NEW YORK — The NFL is looking into how a female television reporter was treated at New York Jets practice Saturday.

Ines Sainz, a reporter for Mexico's TV Azteca doing a story on quarterback Mark Sanchez, had footballs thrown in her direction by a Jets coach during practice, and players later called out to her in the team's locker room.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Sunday that the league and the Jets began looking into the situation when they were made aware of it Saturday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Even though his club is likely to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane saw no reason to let manager Bob Geren's contract status linger.Confident in the direction that the youngest team in the majors is headed, Beane and the A's on Saturday exercised the club option on Geren's contract for the 2011 season.

NEW YORK — Esther Vergeer won her 396th straight wheelchair match, defeating Daniela di Toro 6-0, 6-0 to capture the U.S. Open title Sunday.Vergeer, the 29-year-old from The Netherlands, won her fifth U.S. Open and 16th Grand Slam championship.

FRANKFURT, Germany — IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko stopped former titleholder Samuel Peter in the 10th round Saturday night, an emphatic victory that came after getting knocked down three times and squeaking by Peter in their first meeting nearly five years ago.Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs) had controlled the fight and was never in trouble.

TORONTO — Donald Fehr is a step closer to becoming the NHL Players' Association's executive director.The union said Saturday it has accepted the recommendation of its search committee and will put Fehr's name to a vote among its membership.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.— The Penn State women's volleyball team's record match winning streak ended at 109 with a 28-26, 25-12, 25-18 loss to Stanford on Saturday night in a tournament at Florida.Penn State's streak was the second-longest in Division I team sports, behind the 137 straight wins by the Miami men's tennis program from 1957-1964.