IN BRIEF
SAN DIEGO — Antonio Gates signed a $380,000, one-year contract Sunday night to end his holdout with the San Diego Chargers.
The record-setting tight end still appears headed for a three-game suspension, including the season-opener against Dallas, for missing a team-imposed deadline to report to camp.
PORTLAND, Ore. — South Korea’s Soo-Yun Kang won for the first time on the LPGA Tour, shooting a 3-under 69 for a four-stroke victory in the Safeway Classic.Kang, who led by three strokes after the first two rounds, finished with a 15-under 201 total at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.Women’s British Open winner Jeong Jang shot a 70 to finish second.
RENO, Nev. — Vaughn Taylor defended his title in the Reno-Tahoe Open, shooting an even-par 72 to beat Jonathan Kaye by three strokes with a tournament-record 21-under total.Taylor, in his second year on the PGA Tour, joined Vijay Singh and Stuart Appleby as the only players to successfully defend a title this year. Taylor opened with rounds of 64, 67 and 64 en route to a 267 total, four better than the previous tournament record set by Kirk Triplett in 2003. The winner also broke the tournament’s 36- and 54-hole marks.Todd Fischer, who lives next to the course, had a 70 to finish third at 17 under. J.J. Henry (66), J.P. Hayes (69) and Aaron Baddeley (70) followed at 15 under. Jesper Parnevik started the day seven strokes back, but shot a 74 to finish at 12 under.
FOUNTAIN, Colo. — Dan Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500 and is on the verge of winning his first Indy Racing League title. It’s undoubtedly been a great season, but Wheldon still has one more goal: six wins.Wheldon moved a step closer to accomplishing that unprecedented trio, taking the lead with 60 laps left and running away with the Honda Indy 225 on Sunday for his record-tying fifth win of the season.Wheldon started 11th and gradually worked his way to the front on the mile tri-oval at Pikes Peak International Raceway, taking the lead when he whipped past defending champion Dario Franchitti on lap 153.
MASON, Ohio — Roger Federer won his 22nd straight final on Sunday, beating an exasperated Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5 for the Cincinnati Masters championship and his ninth overall title this season.
