CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Larry Coker's tumultuous and disappointing season at Miami ended with his dismissal as head coach.

Coker was fired Friday, one day after the Hurricanes finished a 6-6 regular season. He will coach the team in a bowl game if Miami is invited.

Coker led the Hurricanes to a 59-15 record and two appearances in the national championship game in six seasons, but and no conference titles or major bowl bids since 2003.

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros signed outfielder Carlos Lee and right-hander Woody Williams Friday.Lee, a two-time All-Star left fielder who played with Texas and Milwaukee last season, signed a six-year, $100 million deal, the largest contract in Astros history. Last season was Lee's fifth straight with at least 30 home runs and 99 RBIs.Williams, who grew up in Houston and was a college star there, is a 14-year veteran who was 12-5 with a 3.65 ERA last season with San Diego, his best ERA since 2002 with St. Louis.

KOCHI, Japan — Michelle Wie was hoping to make the cut but ended up just trying not to finish last.Wie beat only one player Friday in yet another embarrassing performance in a men's event, shooting an 8-over 80 in the second round of the Japanese tour's Casio World Open.The 17-year-old Wie finished at 17-over 161 on the Kuroshio Country Club course, leaving her 27 strokes behind leader Tetsuya Haraguchi and a shot ahead of amateur Tomomichi Oto. She didn't birdie a single hole in the tournament.In her previous two men's events, she finished last in the European Masters (78-79) and 84 Lumber Classic (77-81).

LONDON — Lewis Hamilton will race for McLaren next season, becoming the first black driver in Formula One.The team announced Friday that it selected the 21-year-old British driver to race alongside two-time defending F1 champion Fernando Alonso in 2007.Hamilton won this year's GP2 championship, a feeder circuit for F1. In 2005, he dominated the F3 series, winning 15 of 20 races.

ROME — American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who recently completed a two-year doping ban, signed a one-year contract with a new team Friday.Hamilton is joining the Tinkoff Credit Systems team for the 2007 season, the team said.Hamilton was suspended for two years after testing positive for a blood transfusion at the Spanish Vuelta in September 2004. His ban ended on Sept. 22.

MOSCOW — Brian Joubert of France, seeking his second Grand Prix gold medal of the season, won the Cup of Russia men's short program.American Johnny Weir was less than two points behind and Canada's Emanuel Sandhu was third.Julia Sebestyen of Hungary took the lead after the women's short program.