Miller takes overall lead in World Cup standings

Bode Miller won a super-combi Sunday in Chamonix, France, for his fourth World Cup victory this season and took the lead in the overall standings.

The American skier finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 34.58 seconds after winning the downhill run. Miller replaced Benjamin Raich of Austria at the top of the World Cup overall standings.

Miller leads the overall standings with 967 points, moving up from third. Raich is second with 905, followed by downhill leader Didier Cuche of Switzerland with 878.

•Americans Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the first run, while Marlies Schild went on to win her fourth World Cup slalom race of the season in Ofterschwang, Germany.

The Austrian finished the course in a combined time of 1 minute, 40.85 seconds, ahead of Therese Borssen of Sweden by 0.42 seconds. Overall World Cup leader Nicole Hosp of Austria was third.

•Anni Friesinger of Germany and Denny Morrison of Canada set track records in the 1,000-meter races at a speedskating World Cup meet in Hamar, Norway.

Baseball

Lieberthal retires

Catcher Mike Lieberthal has decided to retire after a 14-year big league career with the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I’m done,” Lieberthal said on Saturday. “I decided a couple weeks after the season ended. If (the Dodgers) had picked up my option, I probably would have played one more year. But I didn’t want to go anywhere else.”

The 36-year-old Lieberthal played his first 13 seasons with Philadelphia before signing with the Dodgers last winter. He hit .274 with 150 home runs and played in two All-Star games.

The Dodgers declined the option they had on Lieberthal for the upcoming season. Lieberthal played in 38 games last season as a backup to Russell Martin.

•Washington Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca is scheduled to have surgery on his left knee today to repair what his agent called a minor meniscus tear and could be out for up to six weeks.

Miscellany

Ganassi drivers win

Chip Ganassi’s drivers weren’t racing to make money. They wanted to make history.

They succeeded Sunday in Daytona Beach, Fla., when Juan Pablo Montoya teamed with Dario Franchitti, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas to give Ganassi an unparalleled third victory in the Rolex 24-Hour race in as many years.

Other than a minor handling problem for Pruett at Saturday’s start of the race, the team’s No. 01 Lexus Riley Daytona Prototype was virtually perfect, racing at or near the lead in the race, which up until its waning hours was the most competitive in the event’s 46-year history.

•Guatemala’s Jose Garcia captured the men’s title in the Miami Marathon, while American Kelly Lijleblad won the women’s race.