Briefs | Filly Genuine Risk who won '80 Kentucky Derby dies

Horse racing

Genuine Risk dies at 31: Genuine Risk, one of three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, died at 31 Monday at Bertram and Diana Firestone's Newstead Farm in Upperville, Va.

Genuine Risk, who won the 1980 Derby at 13-1 odds, was second to Codex in the Preakness and second to Temperence Hill in the Belmont Stakes. She is the lone filly to finish in the money in each of the Triple Crown races.

Genuine Risk, who won 10 of 15 starts and earned $646,587 in her career, was trained by LeRoy Jolley. She was ridden in each of her starts as a 3-year-old by Jacinto Vasquez.

Genuine Risk, Jolley and Vasquez all are in the Hall of Fame.

Jolley noted Genuine Risk had an "unbelievable determination to win" and said, "She wanted to win and she would run so hard that after some of her races, she just practically would lay down for three or four days."

In a statement, the Firestones said, "We are truly blessed that she was a part of our life and we are deeply saddened by her passing."

Fillies Regret (1915) and Winning Colors (1988) also won the Kentucky Derby. Winning Colors died Feb. 17, at 23.

Genuine Risk produced two named foals, in 1993 and 1996, but neither raced.

NBA

Clippers re-sign Davis: The Los Angeles Clippers re-signed center Paul Davis, 24, giving them three players named Davis on the roster. He joins guard Baron Davis, 29, and swingman Ricky Davis, 28.

Paul Davis averaged 2.5 points and 2.1 rebounds in 22 games last season before suffering a season-ending injury to his right knee.

WNBA

Survey says: Approximately 83 percent of teenage girls play sports, with basketball as the top choice, according to a survey sponsored by the league and Seventeen magazine.

College basketball

Ex-Iowa State coach dies: Glen Anderson, former Iowa State coach, died Friday in Hot Springs, Ark. He was 79. Anderson coached the Cyclones from 1959 to 1971, going 142-161.

Virginia player dismissed: Virginia's Laurynas Mikalauskas, a native of Lithuania, was dismissed from the team by coach Dave Leitao, who said the player has not lived up to the standards set by the program.

College football

Craft wins QB job at UCLA: Junior Kevin Craft beat out freshman Chris Forcier for the job as UCLA's starting quarterback in the Sept. 1 opener against No. 18 Tennessee, first-year Bruins coach Rick Neuheisel announced.

Maryland picks starting QB: Senior Jordan Steffy was picked to start at quarterback for Maryland in the season opener Aug. 30 against Delaware.

Virginia Tech suspends receiver: Virginia Tech suspended sophomore receiver Zach Luckett indefinitely for a violation of team policy.

Arena Football League

Garcia to return to Dragons: Aaron Garcia, 37, of the New York Dragons is returning for a 15th league season.

Garcia, a former Washington State quarterback, passed for 3,500 yards and 78 touchdowns in 2008.

Auto racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule changes: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held Labor Day weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., will be moved to October starting next year, speedway president Gillian Zucker told the Los Angeles Times.

This year's race, the Pepsi 500, is Aug. 31 but that will change to Oct. 11 in 2009 as part of a three-track swap, Zucker said. The shift would mean the Fontana track would play host to one of the 10 "Chase for the Cup" events.

Under the changes, Auto Club Speedway would receive Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway's date in early to mid-October, Atlanta Motor Speedway would get the Labor Day weekend race and Talladega would receive Atlanta's fall date later in October, Zucker said.

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