Edwards fired as Chiefs coach

Herm Edwards, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs during the worst two-year span in team history, was fired Friday.

Edwards goes out with a three-year regular-season record of 15-33 and with one year remaining on a four-year, $12-million contract. As head coach of the New York Jets from 2001 to 2005, he had a regular-season mark of 39-41 and was 2-3 in the playoffs.

Edwards had been waiting to learn his fate since president and general manager Carl Peterson abruptly resigned Dec. 15. When Scott Pioli was introduced as Peterson’s successor on Jan. 13, he was noncommittal and said only that he intended to speak with Edwards.

Former St. Louis Rams coach Scott Linehan was hired as offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions.

Longtime NFL coach Dan Reeves interviewed for the San Francisco 49ers’ offensive coordinator position.

SOCCER

U.S. plays tuneup against Sweden

Nearly all of the regular starters will be missing when the United States plays Sweden at 5:30 today at the Home Depot Center in a tuneup for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Mexico.

While the stars remain with their European clubs, U.S. Coach Bob Bradley will use a roster that includes seven players who haven’t made their international debuts.

Forward Brian Ching and midfielder Sacha Kljestan are the only players available from the lineup that started in October’s World Cup qualifier against Cuba, the last match that mattered for the Americans.

Mexican defender Rafael Marquez strained a leg muscle while playing for Barcelona, raising doubt whether he will be able to play in next month’s World Cup qualifier against the United States.

BASEBALL

Court may look at sale of Cubs

Although the Chicago Cubs aren’t part of Tribune Co.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, experts say a federal court overseeing the case is likely to review the team’s impending sale.

It’s not yet clear whether such a review would be a mere formality, or whether it could derail or delay a sale. Bankruptcy lawyers said it ultimately could rest on whether creditors and the court believe Tribune could have gotten more than $900 million -- what the billionaire Ricketts family has agreed to pay for the Cubs and related properties.

When Tribune, which also owns The Times, sought bankruptcy protection last month, it left the sports properties off the filing.

Creditors still could object to the exclusion, and Tribune could voluntarily agree to a court review as a precaution. The Ricketts family also could condition the sale on bankruptcy court approval to avoid problems later.

ETC.

Garrido apologizes, will miss four games

Suspended Texas baseball Coach Augie Garrido gave an emotional apology for his drunk-driving arrest, and said he will not be in the dugout for the Longhorns’ first four games.

Garrido’s 1,629 wins are the most in Division I history. He has won five national championships, three with Cal State Fullerton and two with Texas (2002 and 2005).

Garrido will be allowed to participate in team practices and will be paid during his suspension.

Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley will miss spring practice after having surgery on his right shoulder.

Rain washed out Friday’s races in the All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. The races will be added to tonight’s schedule.

Bernhard Langer had seven birdies on the back nine on his way to an eight-under 64 and a share of the lead with Brad Bryant in the Champions Tour’s season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii.

The New York Mets finalized a minor league contract with pitcher Freddy Garcia.

Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller’s legs were amputated six inches below the knee, the result of complications from Type 2 diabetes. The 64-year-old Miller is recovering in a hospital.

PASSINGS

Robertson, 91; on ’39 USC team

Bobby Robertson, a member of USC’s national championship football team in 1939, died of natural causes Jan. 17 in Santa Cruz. He was 91. His touchdown-saving deflection late in that season’s UCLA game preserved a 0-0 tie that helped send the Trojans to the Rose Bowl.