Calcavecchia wins after Slocum misses putt

Mark Calcavecchia, ready to leave after opening with a 75, survived some wild swings Sunday to win the PODS Championship when Heath Slocum missed a four-foot par putt on the final hole in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Calcavecchia closed with a one-under 70 and never lost the lead, but it wasn’t easy. He had a two-shot lead and stood over a four-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole that he missed.

With Calcavecchia ahead by one shot, his eight-iron came up short of the 18th green and he missed a seven-foot par putt before Slocum’s big miss.

Calcavecchia won for the 13th time and with $954,000 went over $20 million for his career. He finished at 10-under 274.

Slocum and John Senden shared second at 275.

Meanwhile, J.P. Hayes, 41, withdrew after playing four shots in the final round and was taken to a hospital after complaining of minor chest pains and some dizziness.

The PGA Tour had no update on his condition.

Stacy Prammanasudh shot a two-under 70 in the second round to pull within a stroke of leader Meaghan Francella at seven under in the MasterCard Classic, the rain-plagued LPGA Tour event set to finish today in Huixquilucan, Mexico.

South Korea’s Seon-Hwa Lee was six under and Annika Sorenstam, the two-time defending champion making her first start of the year, was at five under.

Golfer Arjun Atwal is under investigation for what police said appeared to be a high-speed street race that ended in a fatal crash near Orlando, Fla.

Atwal was not injured in the Saturday accident. The other driver, John Noah Park, 48, died at a hospital, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Kim Miller said.

No charges have been filed against Atwal, the first player from India on the PGA Tour.

PRO FOOTBALL

Eagles reportedly lose Stallworth to Patriots

After one season with the Philadelphia Eagles, receiver Donte’ Stallworth, 28, and the New England Patriots agreed to a multiyear contract, according to the Associated Press.

ESPN.com reported Stallworth’s contract could be worth $33.1 million over six years, including a guaranteed $3.6 million next season.

WINTER SPORTS

Schild wins slalom to take overall lead

Marlies Schild of Austria won a World Cup slalom for the seventh time this season in Zwiesel, Germany, to claim first place in the overall standings. Julia Mancuso, second overall entering the race, finished 24th.

Hans Grugger led a 1-2 Austrian finish in a World Cup super-G race in Kvitfjell, Norway, and Bode Miller was seventh.

Grugger finished in 1:29.57. Teammate Mario Scheiber trailed by 0.72 seconds. Switzerland’s Didier Cuche was third.

Shani Davis won his second gold medal in as many days, winning the men’s 1,500 meters in 1:42.39 at the World Single Distances Speedskating Championships in Kearns, Utah. Erben Wennemars was second.

JURISPRUDENCE

Tennessee man arrested for threatening Jones

A Tennessee man was arrested on suspicion of threatening Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones with a pocket knife.

Police booked Clayton Smith, 33, on an aggravated assault charge after he pulled the knife on Jones in Franklin, Tenn.

Ted Saskin, executive director of the NHL Players’ Assn., and Ken Kim, the union’s business director, were placed on paid leave Sunday amid allegations that they had improperly read players’ e-mails during the labor dispute that wiped out the 2004-05 season.

A conference call among the union’s executive board and team representatives produced a decision to hire outside counsel to investigate the matter.

-- Helene Elliott

Defending champion Jeff King kept the lead in the Iditarod dog race, with three other teams close behind entering the final leg of the race.