Off the wire

LITTLE ROCK — TENNIS

Capriati recovering

Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati was recovering Monday from an accidental overdose of prescribed medication, a family spokesman said. The 34-year-old Capriati, once ranked No. 1 in a career sidetracked by personal troubles, was in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery, spokesman Lacey Wickline told The Associated Press. She declined to identify the medication. Capriati was rushed to a South Florida hospital early Sunday morning, she said. Wickline would not say how Capriati was found or who called emergency services. Public records show Capriati owns a condo on Singer Island in Palm Beach County, Fla. Riviera Beach, Fla., city spokesman Rose Anne Brown said a person was transported from Capriati’s address Sunday morning but could not provide details, citing privacy laws. Nearby hospitals did not have a patient listed under Capriati’s name. Celebrity website TMZ first reported that Capriati was hospitalized. Capriati was arrested in 1993 for shoplifting at a Florida mall, and in 1994 for marijuana possession. She also spent more than a week in drug rehabilitation in 1994, and acquaintances alleged she used crack cocaine and heroin during a weekend party before her arrest at a Coral Gables, Fla., motel. Capriati won three majors - two Australian Opens and one French Open between 2001-2002 - and a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics. She was the youngest semifinalist at the French Open in 1990, when at 14 shelost to Monica Seles, the eventual champion. Capriati reached the U.S. Open semifinals in 2003, losing to Justine Henin. She failed to gain any momentum from that run and soon faded from the game again.

GOLF

Two share PGA lead

Rob Moss shot a 2-under-par 70 and Sonny Skinner had a 71 on Monday, both on the Pete Dye course, for a 3-under 139 to share the lead after two rounds of the PGA Professional National Championship in French Lick, Ind. They played the par-70 Donald Ross course in the first round. Moss, the head pro at Pepper Pike Club in Pepper Pike, Ohio, birdied four of his last eight holes to overcome an early double bogey. This is the second time he’s made the cut at the PGA National in four appearances. The other time came in 2005 when he finished tied for 18th. Skinner, the teaching pro at River Pointe Golf Club in Albany, Ga., birdied the 18th hole to tie Moss. He was second in 2008 at the PGA National and tied for 29th last year. One stroke back were Bruce Smith (69), Ryan Benzel (70) and Mike Small (72). They played the Pete Dye course. Grant Masson (Little Rock) shot a 9-over 81 on the Pete Dye course for a 7-over 149, missing the cut by two strokes.

Suzann Pettersen and Hunter Mahan made up two strokes on the last two holes and tied Juli Inkster and Boo Weekley for the lead at 10-under-par 61 after the first round of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic on Monday at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington, R.I. The 10-team best-ball tournament involves PGA, LPGA and Champions tour members. The 36-hole event concludes today. Pettersen, a six-time LPGA Tour winner, rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt at the 17th and Mahan made a 10-footer for birdie at the 18th. Inkster and Weekley made six birdies combined in a back-nine 29. That score on the inward nine was matched by tournament co-founder Brad Faxon and Rickie Fowler, who finished in a five-way tie for third at 8 under. Bubba Watson, who was coming off his first PGA Tour victory at the Travelers Championship, and Camilo Villegas; Angela Stafford and Brett Quigley; Ricky Barnes and J.B.Holmes, and Billy Andrade and Bill Haas were also 8 under. Andrade recorded the only eagle of the round when he made a 12-foot putt on the 538-yard 11th hole.

SOFTBALL

U.S. wins in world play

The defending champion United States defeated the Dominican Republic 10-1 on Monday to improve to 6-0 in group play at the world softball championships in Caracas, Venezuela. The victory ensured the United States will be the top seed in Group B when the quarterfinalsopen Wednesday. Jennie Finch, who picked up her second victory in the tournament, struck out four of the first six batters and allowed only one runner to reach base in the first three innings. Alissa Haber was 2 for 3. The United States scored four runs in each of the first two innings.

CYCLING

Armstrong: Last Tour

Lance Armstrong says the Tour de France, which starts Saturday, will be the last for the record seven-time champion. “It’s been a great ride,” Armstrong, 38, wrote on his Twitter page. “Looking forward to three great weeks.” Armstrong’s manager, Mark Higgins, confirmed the decision in an e-mail. Armstrong finished third in the Tour last year in his return to cycling’s biggest event after a three-year retirement. Armstrong won the Tour seven consecutive times from 1999- 2005 before retiring. He announced his comeback in September 2008 to raise awareness about cancer. Armstrong took time away from the sport in 1998 while recovering from testicular cancer that spread to his brain and lungs.

FOOTBALL

Kines’ daughter killed

Former Arkansas and Alabama interim head coach and defensive coordinator Joe Kines’ daughter was killed in a two-car accident in Tuscaloosa, Ala., that injured seven others. Tuscaloosa police spokesman Brent Blankley said that Susan Kines Langston, 43, died in the head-on collision that occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. He said a Ford Explorer crossed the center line and hit the Buick Lacrosse driven by Langston. Two juvenile passengers in the sedan and the 18-year-old male driver of the sport utility vehicle and four passengers were taken to Druid City Hospital for treatment.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered from a chronic brain injury that might have influenced his mental state and behavior before he died last winter, West Virginia University researchers said Monday. The doctors had done a microscopic tissue analysis of Henry’s brain that showed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Neurosurgeon Julian Bailes and California medical examiner Bennet Omalu, co-directors of the Brain Injury Research Institute at West Virginia, announced their findings alongside Henry’s mother, Carolyn Henry Glaspy, who called it a “big shock” because she knew nothing about her 26-year-old son’s underlying condition or the disease. Henry died in December, a day after he came out of the back of a pickup his fiancee was driving near their home in Charlotte, N.C. It’s unclear whether Henry jumped or fell. Toxicology tests found no alcohol in his system, and an autopsy concluded he died of numerous head injuries, including a fractured skull and brain hemorrhaging.

The NFL will review the conduct of Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand, who was cited over the weekend for drunken driving after telling authorities he was a designated driver picking up a friend before a test showed his blood-alcohol level was twice Michigan’s legal limit. Lewand was arrested late Friday after his Lincoln sport utility vehicle was seen crossing from one lane to another after leaving a bar’s parking lot. He was issued a citation in Denton Township, Mich., about 150 miles northwest of Detroit. After initially refusing to have his blood alcohol level tested for the first of several times, according to the report, Lewand agreed to do it 30 minutes later and registered a 0.21 reading and .20 a few minutes later, according to a Roscommon County sheriff’s department report. Lewand failed a sobriety test, struggling to walk heel to toe as requested and touching his upper lip instead of his nose, according to the report.

BASKETBALL

Jordan’s sons together

Make that two sons of Michael Jordan playing for Central Florida. Central Florida announced Monday that guard Jeff Jordan is enrolled at the school. He joins his brother, Marcus, who was a freshman last year for the Knights. Jeff Jordan left Illinois after last season. He played 92 games in three years, averaging about 13 minutes a game last season. He must sit out the 2010-2011 season under NCAA transfer rules and will have one year of eligibility left. Marcus Jordan averaged eight points and three rebounds a game for Central Florida last season.