Winter sports
ASPEN, Colo. - Shaun White captured his fourth straight superpipe crown at the Winter X Games, holding off Scotty Lago by performing his signature trick Sunday.
White, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, cemented the win on his second run Sunday night, pulling out the Double McTwist 1260, in which he launches himself high above the pipe, then does two head-over-heels flips and 3 1/2 rotations.
That was good enough to overtake Lago, who led after the first run despite competing with a broken jaw. Louie Vito was third.
• In Sestriere, Italy, a snowstorm and thick fog forced organizers to call off both women's World Cup ski races this weekend - downhill and super-combined events.
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The women's circuit now has four races to make up because giant slalom and slalom races were postponed due to warm weather in Maribor, Slovenia, earlier this month.
UA sports
Arizona Invitational opens spring men's golf season
The Arizona Wildcats open the men's golf spring season today as hosts of the Arizona Invitational at Arizona National Golf Club.
Two Wildcat squads and teams from 14 other schools open play at 8 a.m. today in the 36-hole first day. The final round of the 54-hole tournament tees off at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Other schools in the field are Brigham Young, California, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, Fresno State, Hartford, New Mexico, Pacific, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Texas-El Paso, Texas-San Antonio, UNLV and Utah.
• The UA men's tennis team, with several members suffering from a virus, was forced to default to Mississippi State on Sunday at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in College Station, Texas.
Miscellaneous
Record broken in marathon
HOUSTON - Bekana Daba set a Houston Marathon record in the rain Sunday.
Daba, 22, covered the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 4 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:07:37 set by fellow Ethiopian Teshome Gelana last year. Gelana was unable to defend his title this year because visa problems.
Daba took the outright lead in the 18th mile as steady rain began to fall.
• In Las Vegas, Pima College defeated Colorado Northeast 20-0 and College of Southern Nevada 4-1 to finish 6-2 in the season-opening Southern Nevada Kickoff Classic softball tournament.
• In Hallandale Beach, Fla., Dialed In overcame a 15-length deficit to beat Sweet Ducky by 1 1/2 lengths in the $400,000 Holy Bull, a Kentucky Derby prep for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park.
• Free agent right-hander Dave Bush agreed to a minor league deal with the AL champion Texas Rangers that includes an invitation to major league spring training. Bush spent the last five seasons with Milwaukee. He was 8-13 with a 4.54 ERA in 32 games (31 starts) last year.
• In State College, Pa., Iowa extended its unbeaten streak to 73 wrestling dual meets by upsetting top-ranked Penn State 22-13 on Sunday. The Hawkeyes (11-0-1, 3-0 Big Ten) are now the only undefeated major program in the nation.
Staff and wire reports
By the numbers
Trainer J. Elliott Burch, elected to the National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1980, died Saturday at 86. Horse racing ran in his family.
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A twofer: Generations of Burches in the Hall of Fame as trainers. His father, Preston Burch, was elected to the hall in 1963 and his grandfather, William Burch, in 1955. Also how many Belmont Stakes winners Burch saddled.
SOURCE: The Associated Press, National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame
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