College Football
Kansas washes its hands of its football coach Weis
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas head coach Charlie Weis was fired four games into his third season as coach, with the downtrodden program languishing again at the bottom of the Big 12.
Athletic director Sheahon Zenger met with Weis on Sunday, one day after a 23-0 loss to Texas on homecoming left Weis with a 6-22 record in his second head coaching stint.
Weis, who earned a reputation as an offensive mastermind with the New England Patriots, was fired by Notre Dame in 2009 after five seasons at his alma mater.
Defensive coordinator Clint Bowen will serve as interim coach of the Jayhawks, who are 2-2 this season. They play Saturday at West Virginia.
Cycling
Michal Kwiatkowski is the world’s road race king
PONFERRADA, Spain – Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland pulled away from a star-studded field to win a grueling road race at the cycling world championships Sunday.
Kwiatkowski slipped away from the peloton to join a breakaway group of four riders and didn’t stop, staying ahead of the chasers on the final descent.
Kwiatkowski won the 158.3-mile ride in six and a half hours.
Simon Gerrans of Australia was second, and Alejandro Valverde was third for the third consecutive year.
Former Tour de France winner Chris Froome withdrew with less than three laps to go after falling behind the peloton.
Golf
John Cook cooks up a his 10th Champions Tour title
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – John Cook won the First Tee Open on Sunday at Pebble Beach for his 10th Champions Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Tom Byrum.
The 56-year-old Cook birdied the par-4 13th and parred the final five holes to finish at 11-under 204 total. He won the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach for the first of his 11 PGA Tour titles and also won the 1975 California State Amateur at the course.
Byrum also shot 69. Winless on the 50-and-over tour after winning once on the PGA Tour, he bogeyed the par-5 14th and par-3 17th.
NHL
Ferland ignites Flames in preseason win over Colorado
DENVER – Michael Ferland scored twice, including the go-ahead goal early in the second period, and the Calgary Flames kept Colorado winless in the preseason by beating the Avalanche 2-1 on Sunday night.
Karri Ramo made 22 saves before giving way to Joni Ortio for the third period.
Ryan O’Reilly scored for the Avalanche, who fell to 0-4-1 in the preseason. The teams play each other again Tuesday in Calgary.
Jarome Iginla nearly tied the game late in the third when he tried to stuff in the puck, but Ortio’s pad kept it out of the net.
With just over two minutes remaining, and Brian McGrattan in the penalty box for delay of game, goalie Semyon Varlamov was pulled for an extra skater, but Colorado couldn’t score the tying goal.
Tennis
Murray, Nishikori wrap up tournament titles in Asia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Top-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan beat fourth-seeded Julien Benneteau of France 7-6 (4), 6-4 Sunday to win the Malaysian Open.
SHENZHEN, China – Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain rallied from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain, 5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-1 on Sunday to win the Shenzhen Open.
Associated Press
