GolfJim McGovern conquered his putting problems with...

Golf

Jim McGovern conquered his putting problems with a late rush that took him to a six-under-par 65 and a one-shot lead over Mark Calcavecchia in the first round of the Honda Classic at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Kim Williams and Karen Noble shot five-under-par 67s and shared the first-round lead of the Ping-Welch’s LPGA event in Tucson.

Basketball

The list of the 15 finalists for the John Wooden Award as the collegiate basketball player of the year did not include Maryland’s Joe Smith, who is ineligible because he does not have the required 2.0 grade-point average.

Miscellany

With time and wind running out, Mighty Mary and Young America quit their America’s Cup match as the two boats were on the final turn, and no points were awarded.

The Green Bay Packers and NFL Management Council vowed to fight a grievance filed by the NFL Players Assn. on behalf of all-pro wide receiver Sterling Sharpe, who is seeking full payment of his 1995 salary despite having been released after neck surgery.

Montana musher Doug Swingley claimed the $3,000 halfway prize as the first to reach the abandoned Alaska mining town that gives its name to the Iditarod sled dog race.

The top-ranked UCLA men’s volleyball team will play host to third-ranked Stanford tonight in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at 7:30 in the Wooden Center.

Mike McCarthy of Team Saturn and Laura Charameda of Timex Cannondale were first-stage winners in the Redlands Bicycle Classic.