In Brief
CHICAGO - All-Pro receiver Muhsin Muhammad agreed to a six-year contract with the Chicago Bears one day after being released by the Carolina Panthers.
Muhammad was cut by Carolina on Friday because the Panthers did not want to pay a $10 million roster bonus due on Tuesday. It didn't take long for him to find a new home, and the Bears will give him a $12 million signing bonus, which is guaranteed money.
Muhammad, who will be 32 in May, comes off a strong season despite the Panthers having spiraled from NFC champions to 7-9. He caught 93 passes, led the league with 1,405 yards and had 16 touchdowns as the main target after Steve Smith broke his leg.
FONTANA, Calif. - Mark Martin added to his record Busch Series win total, pulling away from Kevin Harvick on Saturday at California Speedway for No. 47.Martin, the longtime star of NASCAR's top stock car series, was dominant. He led 102 of the 150 laps, including the last 34. He easily held off Harvick in an eight-lap sprint on the 2-mile oval after the last of eight caution flags.
CARLSBAD, Calif. - David Toms delivered the most dominant performance in the seven-year history of the Match Play Championship, winning eight out of nine holes to put away Chris DiMarco before lunch, then pouring it on in the afternoon for the largest margin of victory ever in the 36-hole final at La Costa Resort on Sunday.The score was 6 and 5, and it could have been much worse. Toms was 9 up at one point and earned $1.3 million for his 11th career PGA Tour victory, and first World Golf Championship title. His record in the Accenture Match Play Championship improved to 18-5, second only to the 21-4 mark by two-time champion Tiger Woods.
TUCSON, Ariz. - Geoff Ogilvy sank an 18-foot, downhill putt for birdie on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Kevin Na and win the Chrysler Classic of Tucson for his first PGA Tour title.Ogilvy, who had four top-10 finishes last season, won for the first time in 108 PGA Tour events. He shouted for joy after making the difficult putt, and embraced his wife Juli on the green after Na missed an 8-footer that would have extended the playoff.Mark Calcavecchia closed with a 3-under 69 to tie Na (71) and Ogilvy (71) at 19-under 269 and get into the playoff. But Calcavecchia made a double bogey on the first extra hole.
Ben Gallagher scored 17 points to help the Albright College men's basketball team to an 81-69 victory over Lebanon Valley Saturday to win the Commonwealth Conference Championship and a berth into the NCAA Tournament.Gallagher is a graduate of Butler High School.
Seneca Valley graduate and Bloomsburg University distance runner Justin Shepherd placed fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15 minutes, 7 seconds at the PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at East Stroudsburg Saturday.Shepherd also finished ninth in the 3,000 (8:53.0).
East Carolina University swimmer Josh Barthlow set three school records during the Conference USA Championships this past weekend.Barthlow, a graduate of Butler High School, set school standards in the 100 back (49.71, second), 200 back (1:48.44, third) and as a member of the 200 medley relay (1:30.96, fourth).He also set personal bests in the 50 free (21.43, 13th) and in the 200 free relay (his leg of 20.53).
