STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Talor Battle scored 21 points and converted a steal into a key three-point play as Penn State snapped a three-game losing streak with a 68-63 Big Ten Conference men's basketball win over Minnesota on Saturday.
Freshman Devoe Joseph had a career-high 23 points to lead the Gophers (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten). Minnesota finished with 19 turnovers.
Stanford wins LPGA opener
KAHUKU, Hawaii -- Angela Stanford spoiled Michelle Wie's bid for a victory in her first start as an LPGA Tour member, overcoming a three-stroke deficit to win the season-opening SBS Open by three shots Saturday.
Stanford closed with a 2-under 70 for a 10-under 206 total, giving the Texan her fourth career win. Wie had a disappointing 73 for her second straight runner-up finish in the tournament.
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Johnson leads at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Dustin Johnson shot a 5-under-par 67 for a four-stroke lead Saturday in the AT&T National Pro-Am.
Johnson was at 15-under 201 and will be in the final group with Mike Weir, who had a 69.
Vonn skis with injured thumb, falls on run
VAL D'ISERE, France -- At least Lindsey Vonn didn't reinjure her thumb.
Skiing only four days after she had surgery on a severed tendon in her right thumb, the American was second after the opening run Saturday of the world championship slalom won by Germany's Maria Riesch.
Wearing a specially designed splint, and duct tape all around her glove that made it look like she was ready for the ring, Vonn knocked gates out of her way like a prizefighter.
But she was unable to plant her right pole properly and fell in her second trip down, crashed through a gate and slid downhill for about 70 yards. Then she got back up and skied down to congratulate Riesch.
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Peppers wants to leave Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Julius Peppers was polite, insistent that he has no problems with his coaches and stressed that North Carolina will always be his home.
The four-time Pro Bowl defensive end just doesn't want to play for Carolina anymore -- and hopes the Panthers grant the impending NFL free agent his wish by not placing the franchise tag on him.
"If they decide to use the tag on me, the first thing that I'll be doing is requesting a trade," Peppers said Saturday. "Then anything after, basically I don't know what would be the course of action."
