In Brief: Washington Capitals promote MacLellan to GM, hire Trotz as coach

NHL: The Washington Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to general manager and hired former Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz.

The team announced the moves Monday.

MacLellan, who also gets the title of senior vice president, replaces George McPhee, whose contract was not renewed after 17 seasons with the Capitals.

Trotz was the Predators’ coach for 15 seasons before being dropped from the job in April. In Washington, he takes over for Adam Oates, who was fired with a season left on his three-year deal.

Skins’ Allen gains titles

NFL: Bruce Allen is now officially upgraded to president and general manager of the Washington Redskins.

Previously, Allen held the GM title but was an executive vice president.

In a press release issued by the team, owner Dan Snyder said, “I think the world of Bruce Allen and giving him both titles is appropriate.”

Allen was hired by the Redskins in December 2009, after spending time with the Buccaneers and Raiders in the NFL, as well as USFL clubs.

Giron, Collins win NCAAs

Tennis: Marcos Giron of UCLA beat Pepperdine’s Alex Sarkissian 6-4, 6-1 in Athens, Georgia, to win the Bruins’ 11th men’s national singles title.

The second-seeded Giron (30-5) is UCLA’s first singles champion since Benjamin Kohlloeffel in 2006.

Giron won after teammate Clay Thompson, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, was upset in the first round by South Florida’s Roberto Cid. Sarkissian beat Cid in the quarterfinals.

In the women’s final, Danielle Collins of Virginia beat California’s Lynn Chi 6-2, 7-5 to become the Cavaliers’ first women’s national singles champion.

Collins, Virginia’s first woman to advance as far as the national quarterfinals, won 11 straight points in the second set to rally from a 3-5 deficit.

Duke takes lacrosse crown

Lacrosse: Duke won its second straight NCAA men’s championship, holding off Notre Dame’s comeback with a goal by Kyle Keenan with 2:39 left to clinch an 11-9 victory in Baltimore.

The top-seeded Blue Devils (17-3) limited the Irish to one goal over the first 35 minutes, built a six-goal lead in the third quarter and held on to capture their third national championship in five years.

Powers sweeps events

Cycling: Alison Powers became the first rider in eight years to sweep the U.S. cycling championships, pulling away from the field in the final stretch to win the women’s road race in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Eric Marcotte held off teammate Travis McCabe to become the surprise men’s champion. Alex Howes finished third in a race that was marked by a serious crash involving time trial champion Taylor Phinney, who was transported to a hospital with a fractured bone in his leg.

Powers, who won the time trial on Friday, is the first cyclist to win both events in the same weekend since Kristin Armstrong in 2006.

Racing: Todd Pletcher became thoroughbred racing’s leading money winning trainer when Jack Milton rallied from last to win the $300,000 Poker Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.

Pletcher’s runners have won $268,502,284. He moved past D. Wayne Lukas, Pletcher’s former mentor, who is now second with $268,467,262.

Quarterhorse earnings by Lukas are not included in the figures.