Sports Briefs February 21, 2011
Aaron Baddeley didn't make a mistake over the last six holes at the PGA Northern Trust Open at Riviera and held off Vijay Singh and 51-year-old Fred Couples, who was trying to become the oldest PGA Tour winner in more than 35 years.
Baddeley closed with a 2-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Singh, who turns 48 today.
• Top-ranked Yani Tseng earned her third tournament win in three weeks, shooting a 6-under 66 to pull away for a comfortable five-shot victory over Michelle Wie in the LPGA Thailand in Pattaya, Thailand.
Tseng led by one stroke over Wie and I.K. Kim going into the final round of the season-opening LPGA event and had the lowest score of the day with seven birdies and one bogey to finish at 15-under 273.
• Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under-par 66 to set a tournament record with a 20-under 196 total and win the Champions Tour ACE Group Classic in Naples, Fla., by four shots.
College basketball
No. 11 Purdue 76, No. 2 Ohio State 63: At West Lafayette, Ind., E'Twaun Moore scored a career-high 38 points to lead the Boilermakers (22-5, 11-3 Big Ten) past the Buckeyes (25-2, 12-2).
No. 5 Duke 79, Georgia Tech 57: At Durham, N.C., Nolan Smith scored 28 points, Kyle Singler added 15 and the Blue Devils (25-2, 12-1 ACC) cruised past the Yellow Jackets (11-15, 3-9).
No. 10 Wisconsin 76, Penn St. 66: At Madison, Wis., Keaton Nankivil scored 22 points and tied a career-high by hitting all five of his 3-point attempts to lead the Badgers (20-6, 10-4 Big Ten) to their 20th consecutive win, beating Penn State (14-12, 7-8).
No. 14 Florida 68, LSU 61: At Baton Rouge, La., Erving Walker and Kenny Boynton each scored 17 points and the Gators (21-5, 10-2) beat the Tigers (10-17, 2-10) to move back into a tie for the overall Southeastern Conference lead.
No. 23 Temple 66, Saint Joseph's 52: At Philadelphia, Lavoy Allen had 14 points and 12 rebounds and the Owls (21-5, 11-2 Atlantic 10) beat the Hawks (7-19, 2-10).
California 76, UCLA 72, OT: Jorge Gutierrez paced the Bears (14-13, 7-8 Pac-10) with 34 points in a win over the Bruins (19-8, 10-4) at Berkeley, Calif.
Federally mediated negotiations toward a new NFL labor deal lasted about eight hours in Washington, the third consecutive day the league and its players' union met to try to find common ground before the current contract expires.
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith didn't stop for questions as he left the Washington office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a U.S. government agency, shortly after 6 p.m. EST.
• The Chicago Tribune reported former Bears safety Dave Duerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, and the co-director of a medical school program said his family has agreed to donate his brain for research.
The Tribune reported that Duerson's death has been ruled a suicide. His body was found Thursday in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.
Blackhawks 3, Penguins 2, SO: Patrick Kane scored the only goal in the shootout to lift host Chicago over Pittsburgh.
Red Wings 2, Wild 1, SO: At St. Paul, Minn., Todd Bertuzzi's shootout goal pushed Detroit past Minnesota.
Flyers 4, Rangers 2: Claude Giroux and Daniel Carcillo scored second-period goals to lift Philadelphia at New York.
Capitals 2, Sabres 1: Marcus Johansson scored the go-ahead goal 9:40 into the third period, tipping in Mathieu Perreault's shot from the left circle, to spark visiting Washington over Buffalo.
Flames 4, Canadiens 0: Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 39 shots to help host Calgary shut out Montreal.
Tennis
Andy Roddick won the 30th title of his career in his 50th final, finishing off a thrilling 7-6 (7), 6-7 (11), 7-5 victory over Milos Raonic in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn.
• Caroline Wozniacki earned her first singles title of 2011, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-3 in the Dubai Championships final in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Dane will retake the No. 1 ranking from Kim Clijsters today.
- The Associated Press