Sports Briefs December 19, 2011
Skiing
Lindsey Vonn thinks she will end her stellar skiing career at the 2018 Winter Games before looking into ways of furthering an acting career.
The 27-year-old American believes stopping at 33 years old, after one final Olympics, would be perfect before settling into a different kind of life: swapping the white hills for the silver screen, and hopefully starting a family.
Vonn crashed out of the World Cup slalom event Sunday at Courchevel, France, which was won by Austrian Marlies Schild.
Schild won by more than a second in Aspen, Colo., last month, and this time her margin of victory was even greater. She finished 1.87 ahead of Finland's Tanja Poutiainen.
• Massimiliano Blardone finished with a combined time of 2 minutes, 46.49 seconds to follow up victories in 2005 and 2009 in the challenging Gran Risa race in Alta Badia, Italy. Austrians Hannes Reichelt and Philipp Schoerghofer finished second and third, 0.35 and 0.57 seconds back.
Basketball
Brittney Griner scored 12 of her 25 points in the closing run that pushed top-ranked Baylor (11-0) past No. 2 Connecticut (9-1) 66-61 in Waco, Texas.
• TOP 25
Oral Roberts 64, Xavier 42: At Cincinnati, Dominique Morrison scored 19 points, leading the Golden Eagles (8-4) over previously unbeaten and eighth-ranked Xavier (8-1), which couldn't do much with three of its starters suspended.
No. 9 Connecticut 77, Holy Cross 40: At Hartford, Conn., freshman Andre Drummond scored a season-high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds as UConn (9-1) extended its home winning streak to 40 games against non-conference opponents by beating the Crusaders (4-7).
No. 10 Missouri 94, William & Mary 56: At Columbia, Mo., sixth man Michael Dixon scored a career-high 30 points and Missouri (11-0) beat the Tribe (2-9), continuing its best start in two decades.
Missouri jumped to a 19-0 lead over the Tribe, who missed their first eight shots while committing five fouls and 10 turnovers.
Football
The Indianapolis Colts will have to win their last two games the same way they tried to win their first 14 - without Peyton Manning.
Minutes after the previously winless Colts got their first win, 27-13 over Tennessee, team vice chairman Bill Polian said the four-time league MVP will not play this season though he has begun throwing to teammates at the team complex.
• University of Wyoming coach Dave Christensen said he has agreed in principle to a new, five-year contract.
Christensen and athletic director Tom Burman confirmed the agreement Saturday, the day the Cowboys were beaten by Temple 37-15 in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, N.M.
• Seven people suffered minor injuries when a runaway electric cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield and plowed into them after a high school football playoff game in Arlington, Texas.
The incident happened after Spring Dekaney beat Cibolo Steele, 34-14, to win the Texas 5A Division II football title at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Saturday night.
Of the seven treated for minor injuries at the stadium, one man with leg abrasions was taken to a nearby hospital for a precautionary examination, Arlington Fire Lt. Darrel Whitfield said Sunday.
Hockey
Panthers 3, Hurricanes 2: At Sunrise, Fla., Kris Versteeg scored 3:08 into overtime, lifting Florida over Carolina.
Blackhawks 4, Flames 2: Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist, and host Chicago beat Calgary.
Blues 6, Blue Jackets 4: Alex Pietrangelo scored in the third to lift host St. Louis over Columbus.
Correction
In a Dec. 16 column about NBA commissioner David Stern's involvement in the trade that sent Chris Paul from New Orleans to the Los Angeles Clippers, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Stern said during a conference call, "It's been a lot of fun." The correct quote is, "It wasn't a lot of fun."
- The Associated Press