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Sports in brief: Favre decides not to come back

NFL: Brett Favre won’t be coming out of retirement to play for Minnesota.

Vikings coach Brad Childress confirmed to The Associated Press in a text message Tuesday that the three-time MVP quarterback for the Green Bay Packers would not join his team when training camp opens later this week. Favre’s decision was first reported by The Star Tribune on its Web site.

Childress told the paper Favre did not want to put himself through the grind of a 19th NFL season. (See column, Page B5.)

Favre did not immediately offer a comment from Hattiesburg, Miss., where he worked out with high school players this summer in a bid to keep in shape for a potential return to the NFL.

Favre came out of retirement last year to play for the New York Jets. He retired again, had surgery in May to alleviate a torn biceps.

Associated Press

Buehrle sets record in loss

Baseball: Chicago White Sox ace Mark Buehrle set a major league record by retiring 45 straight batters.

Coming off a perfect game in his last start against Tampa Bay, Buehrle retired the first 17 Minnesota Twins batters to surpass the record of 41 straight set by and San Francisco’s Jim Barr in 1972 and tied by Buehrle’s teammate Bobby Jenks, a reliever, in 2007.

Buehrle retired 27 in a row against Tampa Bay in his last start, the 18th perfect game in baseball history, then breezed through the first five innings against the Twins at Minneapolis to break the record.

His bid for a second consecutive perfect game ended with a walk to Alexi Casilla on a close call with two outs in the sixth. Denard Span then singled to break up the no-hitter and the Twins went on to win 5-3.

Associated Press

Colbert’s Durfey in solid second

Rodeo: Tie-down roper Tyson Durfey, the Missouri native who calls Colbert, Wash., home, continues to make hay in Canada.

The 2008 Canadian champion recently tied for second in Medicine Hat, Alberta, good for $2,040 and is second in the standings. He has earned $17,316, leaving him about $2,500 behind the leader but $3,200 up on third place.