In brief: February match to unify two heavyweight titles
IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO titleholder Sultan Ibragimov will fight Feb. 23 in Madison Square Garden to unify two of the four heavyweight world titles.
Regarded by many as the best of the current heavyweights, Klitschko (49-3, 44 knockouts) tops the independent IBO rankings. Ibragimov (22-0-1, 17 knockouts) beat Evander Holyfield by unanimous decision last month.
The other two heavyweight champions are Ruslan Chagaev of the WBA and Samuel Peter of the WBC.
“Mike Tyson reported to jail in Phoenix where he’ll serve a one-day sentence for a DUI conviction.
College football
Paterno’s salary public
The salaries of Penn State coach Joe Paterno and the school’s top administrators must be disclosed by the state retirement system, the state Supreme Court at Harrisburg, Pa., ruled.
The 4-2 decision said the Commonwealth Court, which had ordered the disclosure, properly balanced the public’s interest in knowing details about retirement system finances against the effects disclosure might have on reputations and personal security.
“Purdue wide receiver Selwyn Lymon was dismissed from the team after being charged with drunken driving for the second time this year.
“A van driven by former Alabama football star Siran Stacy was struck by a pickup at an intersection in Dothan, Ala., and six people were killed, including Stacy’s wife and four of his children, state troopers said.
“Florida A&M fired football coach Rubin Carter after the Rattlers finished 3-8 this season, at the same time accepting the resignation of athletic director Nelson Townsend.
“Shawn Jeremiah Cody Bowers, an assistant football coach at Maryville (Tenn.) College, was killed in an on-campus truck crash.
Miscellany
Roddick to lead U.S.
Sixth-ranked Andy Roddick was selected to join the United States against defending champ Russia in the Davis Cup final along with No. 13 James Blake and the top-ranked doubles pair of Bob and Mike Bryan.
The best-of-five series will be played Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko, Igor Andreev, Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny lead the Russians.
“UAB point guard Paul Delaney III will miss the rest of the college basketball season with a knee injury.
“The United States lost to Spain in four sets at the volleyball Men’s World Cup at Matsumoto, Japan, where the top three teams qualify for the Beijing Olympics, dropping the U.S. to 1-2.
“World ice dancing champion Maxim Staviski has been charged with drunk driving and causing a fatal accident in Sofia, Bulgaria.
“Italian team Mascalzone Latino and Spanish syndicate Ayre Challenge will sail in the next America’s Cup.
“Jared Bunde has been suspended from cycling for two years after testing positive for clomiphene.
“Floyd Landis filed his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, setting in motion his last chance to regain the 2006 Tour de France title that was stripped because of a positive doping test.