New uniform NCAA’s Brand has cancer

NCAA president Myles Brand said Saturday he has pancreatic cancer and his long-term prognosis is “not good.”

The 66-year-old Brand has led the governing body of college sports since 2003. He disclosed his condition in a written statement to colleagues on the final day of the NCAA Convention at Oxon Hill, Md., which he was unable to attend. He said he learned of the diagnosis “very recently.”

Brand is perhaps best known for his dismissal of basketball coach Bob Knight in 2000 for violating a “zero-tolerance” policy for misbehavior when Brand was Indiana University president.

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GOLF

Fujikawa, 18, shoots 62 and is two behind

Tadd Fujikawa, an 18-year-old senior in high school, shot an eight-under-par 62 in the third round of the Sony Open at Honolulu in his bid to become the PGA Tour’s youngest winner ever.

Fujikawa made birdies on half of his holes for his best round, pulling him to within two shots of former Masters champion Zach Johnson and giving golf its biggest buzz since the Ryder Cup.

Johnny McDermott was 19 years and 10 months when he won the U.S. Open in 1911. Johnson was at 10-under 200, one shot ahead of David Toms, Shigeki Maruyama (68), Brian Gay (68) and Nathan Green (69). Fujikawa was tied for sixth.

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WINTER SPORTS

Vonn comes back after near-crash

Lindsey Vonn nearly crashed early in the downhill portion of a super-combined race at Zauchensee, Austria, but used her improved slalom skills in the second part to take the World Cup victory. Vonn had the third-fastest slalom run to finish in an aggregate time of 2 minutes 40.53 seconds.

Didier Defago of Switzerland won a World Cup downhill at Wengen, Switzerland. Bode Miller, who had won this race the last two times, finished second and Marco Sullivan of the United States was third. . . . Shani Davis of the United States won the 1,000 meters at the world sprint speedskating championship at Moscow.

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SOCCER

Beckham plays in AC Milan win

David Beckham played 81 minutes for AC Milan in a 1-0 victory over Fiorentina in the Italian league. Just before halftime, Beckham had an excellent chance to score. The ball was worked across to him on the right side of the penalty box, but goalkeeper Marco Storari was able to push his low shot away for a corner kick. . . . Chelsea winger Joe Cole has been ruled out for the rest of the season because of a ruptured knee ligament.

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ETC.

Texas suspends Augie Garrido

University of Texas baseball Coach Augie Garrido was suspended indefinitely with pay after his early morning arrest on a drunk-driving charge.

Garrido, 69, the winningest coach in major college baseball, has been the Longhorns’ head coach since 1996 after coaching at four schools, including Cal State Fullerton.

Nebraska’s Marlon Lucky rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown and the East defense stopped the West three times inside the 10-yard line to secure a 24-19 win in the East-West Shrine Game at Houston. Tennessee State’s Javarris Williams and Northwestern’s Tyrell Sutton had touchdown runs for the East. . . . David Nalbandian overcame an inconsistent serve and a string of unforced errors to defeat Jarkko Nieminen, 6-3, 6-7 (9), 6-2, in the Sydney International tennis final. Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States won the doubles title with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory over Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic. . . . Left-hander Cole Hamels has agreed to a three-year, $20.5-million contract with the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, three people familiar with the negotiations said. . . . The Indy Racing League is cutting two days from its Indianapolis 500 practice schedule to save money. . . . Giniel De Villiers of South Africa won the Dakar Rally in Argentina, holding off Mark Miller of the United States and NASCAR driver Robby Gordon.