Johnson's crew chief learns from defeat

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Chad Knaus was clearly distracted as he leaned against a cart during a casual conversation before last week's race in Phoenix. His eyes darted around, finally settling on an aerosol can and a box of towels.

Woods leaves Aussies eager for his return

MELBOURNE, Australia - Still wearing his gold jacket from winning the Australian Masters, with his car waiting to take him to the airport, Tiger Woods had one more stop to make at Kingston Heath.

Ochoa turns attention to life outside golf

GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Lorena Ochoa is having one of the best years of her life, and it has nothing to do with being ranked No. 1 in golf.

Sports briefs

Selig says some clubs lost money this year

CHICAGO (AP) - Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.

James Marcou gives UMass overtime win

James Marcou scored with one minute, one second remaining in overtime to give the University of Massachusetts hockey team a 4-3 victory over Yale Thursday night in New Haven, Conn.

Marcou's shot defelcted off Bulldog defenseman Jimmy martin and into the net past goaltender Nick Maricic (32 saves) to give the 11th-ranked Minutemen (8-2) their second overtime win of the season.

UMass drops home opener to Big Red

AMHERST - University of Massachusetts men's basketball coach Derek Kellogg did not like the result or the turnovers, but he left Wednesday's home-opening 74-61 loss to Cornell encouraged.

Harris moves up Minuteman scoring list

AMHERST - University of Massachusetts senior guard Ricky Harris will not pass the Minuteman legend who was in the building Wednesday night, but he put the two most famous former UMass stars behind him on the school's career scoring chart.

Jim McCoy, the Minutemen's all-time leading scorer with 2.374 points, was among the 3,482 fans in the Mullins Center crowd.