Miller sets U.S. World Cup record with victory
Bode Miller won the combined title for the slalom and downhill Sunday in Kitzbuehel, Austria, setting a U.S. record with his 28th World Cup victory.
Miller finished 14th in the slalom after finishing second in Saturday’s downhill race. Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won the slalom on Sunday.
Phil Mahre set the American record of 27 World Cup victories more than two decades ago.
American Ted Ligety, who faced a 0.74-second deficit, started fast in his second run but lost control of a ski at the bumpy upper part of the course. He finished eighth.
•Maria Holaus of Austria won a sunny Super-G in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy, to claim her first World Cup victory while Julia Mancuso of the United States finished second.
•Michelle Roark put together a solid final run to win the women’s World Cup moguls event at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Olympic champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia won the men’s event.
Pat Deneen, a 20-year-old from Cle Elum, Wash., who qualified for the World Cup last month, picked up his second top-three finish of the weekend.
•Janis Minins of Latvia clinched his first World Cup victory in the four-man bobsled, earning the title of European champion in Cesana Pariol, Italy.
Minins and his team of Daumants Dreiskens, Oskars Melbardis and Intars Dambis completed the two runs in a combined time of 1 minute, 50.6 seconds.
•Lee Kyou-hyuk won consecutive titles and Jenny Wolf won her first overall gold at the sprint speedskating world championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Lee, from South Korea, dominated the ice, winning the 500 meters at the Thialf Stadium in 34.85 seconds.
College Football
Rodriguez terms public
Rich Rodriguez agreed to six-year deal worth $2.5 million annually when he left West Virginia last month for Michigan.
The contract, which has not been finalized or signed, also includes a $4 million buyout. The terms of the deal were confirmed by school spokesman Bruce Madej.
West Virginia has sued Rodriguez to collect on a $4 million buyout clause in his contract with the Mountaineers.
When Rodriguez was introduced as Michigan’s new coach on Dec. 17, school officials declined to comment on any details of the deal.
Miscellany
Cubs sale delayed
The drawn-out process of Tribune Co. selling MLB’s Chicago Cubs may not end until midseason or later, the team’s senior vice president said, in part because Wrigley Field first must be sold off.
Crane Kenney told attendees of the team’s annual fan convention that new Tribune owner Sam Zell wants 94-year-old Wrigley in the hands of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority – the same state agency that funded stadiums for the Bears and White Sox – before he accepts bids for the Cubs.
•Shannon Boxx scored on a looping header in the 77th minute Sunday and the United States women’s soccer team beat China 1-0 to win the Four Nations Tournament in Guangzhou, China.