IN BRIEF
Blaine and Ben Sinz of Chicora were the winners of the Jerome Bettis Fathead in a contest sponsored by the Butler Eagle and Hutchinson's Dry Cleaners.
The drawing was held at Hutchinson's.
Seneca Valley graduate Brad Stotsky, a senior safety for the Allegheny College football team, was named to Don Hansen's Football Gazette Division III All-North Region second team.Stotsky led the Gators with 58 tackles and five interceptions this past season.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Michelle Kwan's hopes for that elusive Olympic gold medal rest in a rink half a world away from Turin.Kwan will do her short and long programs for a five-person monitoring committee today on her home ice in Los Angeles. If the committee decides she's healthy and fit enough to compete, the five-time world and nine-time U.S. champion will be on her way to Turin.
SAN DIEGO — Brandt Jobe and Thomas Levet, both playing on the North Course at Torrey Pines, shared the lead after the first round of the Buick Invitational Thursday.Tiger Woods hit only one fairway and had to scramble for a birdie on his final hole for a 1-under 71, leaving him six strokes back. He will be around the cut line Friday playing the South Course, which was four strokes harder.
HOUSTON — Gary Kubiak returned home Thursday to become coach of the Houston Texans.Kubiak, who spent the last 11 years as Denver's offensive coordinator, inherits a team that had a league-worst 2-14 record last season that cost Dom Capers his job. He reportedly signed a five-year contract worth about $10 million.
