Nunez sorry for using fake name, age

Baseball: Miami Marlins reliever Leo Nunez apologized Friday for using a fake name and age, saying he falsified his identify when he was young so he could play professional baseball.

His real name is Juan Carlos Oviedo and he’s 29, a year older than listed in the Marlins’ media guide.

He spoke to the Associated Press in the Dominican Republic one day after he was arrested and released on a charge of using a false identity. Officials said he would not be prosecuted because he was cooperating with a larger investigation of fake documents.

In September, the Marlins placed him on baseball’s restricted list after Dominican authorities said he was implicated in the case.

He said he’s hoping to make it back to the Marlins.

• Moore gets 8-year deal from Rays: Two months after becoming the youngest starting pitcher to win a team’s opening playoff game, Tampa Bay left-hander Matt Moore has agreed to an eight-year contract that could be worth up to $39.75 million. The 22-year-old made his major league debut for the Rays in September, going 1-0 with a 2.89 ERA in three appearances, including one start.

• Tigers reach deal with Dotel: The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Octavio Dotel, with a team option for 2013. Dotel, who has pitched for 12 big league teams already, had a 3.50 ERA in 54 innings and went 5-4 last season for Toronto and St. Louis.

• Yankees sign Freddy Garcia: The New York Yankees have signed right-handed pitcher Freddy Garcia to a one-year contract. The 35-year-old Garcia went 12-8 with a 3.62 ERA in 26 appearances in his first season with the Yankees in 2011.

Sarkisian: Not contacted by UCLA

College football: Washington coach Steve Sarkisian refuted a Los Angeles Times report that he has been contacted by UCLA for the Bruins head coaching position.

UCLA fired Rick Neuheisel after the Bruins went 6-6 in the regular season and lost the Pac-12 championship game.

Northern Arizona coach resigns

College basketball: Mike Adras resigned as Northern Arizona men’s basketball coach. Athletic director Jim Fallis said Dave Brown will serve as interim head coach while a search for a permanent replacement is conducted. Brown is a former head coach of the NAU women’s basketball team and the Yavapai College men’s team.

• Carson ineligible to play for ASU: Top recruit Jahii Carson has been ruled ineligible to play for Arizona State in the 2011-12 season.

Carson didn’t meet the NCAA’s initial academic eligibility standards and retook the ACT test, but the school recently learned he had come up just short and appealed to the NCAA.

• Littell to lead Oklahoma State women: Oklahoma State has picked Jim Littell to coach the women’s basketball team. Littell had been the team’s associate head coach for six years and was named interim head coach following the Nov. 17 plane crash in Arkansas that killed coach Kurt Budke, assistant coach Miranda Serna and two other people, Paula and Olin Branstetter. The Cowgirls are 5-0 under Littell’s guidance.

Wideman powers Caps to victory

NHL: Dennis Wideman scored three power-play goals and added an assist and the host Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2.

In other games: Jason Pominville scored at 2:19 of overtime as Buffalo edged Florida at Buffalo, N.Y. … Dustin Byfuglien scored 34 seconds into the first period and surging Winnipeg won its fourth straight game, beating visiting Carolina 4-2. … Sam Gagner scored a pair of goals and added an assist and Edmonton snapped a two-game losing skid with a 4-1 win over Colorado at Edmonton, Alberta.

Defending champ Penn State ousted

Women’s volleyball: Junior outside hitter Rachael Kidder had 15 kills and UCLA (27-6) swept four-time defending national champion Penn State (25-8) in the NCAA regional semifinals in Lexington, Ky., to end the Nittany Lions’ record 26-game postseason winning streak. Aiyana Whitney had 12 kills for the eighth-seeded Nittany Lions in the 3-0 loss.

• Companies buy pro teams: Canada’s largest telecommunication companies announced they have agreed to buy the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, NBA’s Toronto Raptors and the MLS Toronto franchise in a billion-dollar deal as the firms seek content for their sports channels, digital properties and smartphones.

• Two teams share Shootout lead: Nick Price had a hole-in-one and teamed with fellow Champions Tour player Mark Calcavecchia for a 9-under 63 and a share of the lead with Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele in the Franklin Templeton Shootout golf event in Naples, Fla.

• Golovkin KOs Simon: In Duesseldorf, Germany, Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan knocked out Lajuan Simon of Philadelphia in the first round to keep his WBA middleweight boxing title and remain undefeated.

• Charlotte, UNC in men’s soccer final: Charlotte (17-4-3) beat Creighton (21-3) in penalty kicks after no score through overtime in Hoover, Ala., to advance to the NCAA men’s soccer final for the first time against top-seeded North Carolina (21-2-2), which defeated UCLA (18-5-1) on penalty kicks after tying at 2 through overtime.