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Bernstein retires from NHRA racing

Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, who finished with 16 points, shoots over Florida’s Will Yeguete during the Buckeyes’ 81-74 win. (Associated Press)
Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, who finished with 16 points, shoots over Florida’s Will Yeguete during the Buckeyes’ 81-74 win. (Associated Press)

Motor sports: Six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein is retiring after 30 years of racing.

The 67-year-old said in a statement Tuesday that he’s retiring to pursue other interests with his wife, Sheryl.

Bernstein was the first NHRA driver to eclipse the 300 mph barrier in Gainesville, Fla., in 1992 and won four straight Funny Car titles from 1985-88. He followed with Top Fuel titles in 1996 and 2001.

Bernstein also had success as a team owner, becoming the first to earn wins in NHRA, NASCAR and CART. He won 69 races as a driver and had 18 Top Fuel victories as an owner with his son Brandon driving.

Bernstein said he will work to find a new team for his son.

Locked-out players file antitrust suits

NBA: Locked-out NBA players including Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant filed class-action antitrust lawsuits against the league in California and Minnesota, moving pro basketball’s labor dispute from the negotiating table to federal court.

Attorney David Boies, who represented the NFL during that sport’s work stoppage and now has been brought aboard by basketball’s players, said the NBA lockout violates antitrust laws by refusing to allow players to work.

Boies also said NBA Commissioner David Stern’s ultimatum to the now-disbanded union to accept the owners’ last economic model or face a harsher proposal “turned out to be a mistake” that strengthens the players’ case because it proves that the collective bargaining process had ended.

Buford’s 21 help Ohio St. beat Florida

Men’s college basketball: William Buford scored 21 points and No. 3 Ohio State weathered No. 7 Florida’s fast start for an 81-74 win in Columbus, Ohio.

Jared Sullinger added 16 points for the Buckeyes. Down as much as 16 points, the Gators got as close as five with less than a minute left before Buford sealed it with two foul shots.

• Kentucky races past Kansas: Doron Lamb scored 17 points, Terrence Jones had 15 and No. 2 Kentucky raced to a decisive spurt at the start of the second half, passing an early-season test with a 75-65 victory over No. 12 Kansas in New York.

Starting three highly touted freshmen, Kentucky gave John Calipari his first career win against Kansas.

Tyshawn Taylor scored 22 points to lead the Jayhawks.

• UCLA loses by 20: LaRon Dendy led five players in double figures with 16 points, and Middle Tennessee State (3-0) rode its hot shooting to an 86-66 victory over host UCLA (0-2), the Bruins’ second stunning loss in four days. MTSU was coming off a victory over Loyola Marymount, which beat the Bruins by 11 points on Friday.

Bruins edge Devils for sixth straight win

NHL: Benoit Pouliot scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:01 left in the third period to give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 victory over the visiting New Jersey Devils.

• Rangers win seventh straight: Brad Richards’ go-ahead goal with 4:55 remaining snapped a tie and sent the New York Rangers to their seventh straight victory, 4-2 over the New York Islanders in Uniondale, N.Y.

Lady Vols pull away from Hurricanes

Women’s college basketball: Taber Spani scored 20 points and No. 3 Tennessee rallied in the second half after the game was tied 42-all at the break to beat No. 7 Miami 92-76 in Knoxville, Tenn. The Lady Vols opened the second half with an 18-4 run. Riquna Williams scored 24 points for the Hurricanes.

• Aggies get rings, win: Kelsey Bone scored 15 points and Sydney Carter added 14 to lead No. 6 Texas A&M to a 76-58 victory over No. 9 Louisville.

The Aggies received their national championship rings in a pregame ceremony.

Two-goal burst helps U.S. beat Slovenia

Miscellany: The United States won for just the second time since Jurgen Klinsmann took over as coach in July, with Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore scoring in a 2-minute span late in the first half to lead the Americans over Slovenia 3-2 on a foggy night in Ljubljana. Edson Buddle got the opening goal for the Americans.

• Montana gets boost to facilities bid: The Grizzly Scholarship Association board of directors is committing $500,000 in matching funding to help spur donations for a proposed $6 million upgrade to athletic facilities at the University of Montana.

The athletic improvement plan calls for building a new student-athlete academic center, renovation of the weight room and locker rooms, and installation of lights at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Nearly $2 million has been pledged or collected.

• London 2012 blasts WADA: The head of Britain’s Olympic committee wants an independent review of the World Anti-Doping Agency, accusing the body of failing to catch the worst offenders and dragging the fight against drug cheats into a “dark age.”

British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan said in a speech to international sports federation leaders that law-enforcement agencies – not WADA – were responsible for breaking up the major doping rings and prosecuting cases.