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LITTLE ROCK — GOLF

Lewis takes early lead

Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Razorbacks) made seven consecutive birdies and tied the LPGA EvianMasters record with a 9-under-par 63 to open a two-stroke lead after the first round Thursday in Evian-Les-Bains, France. The American, a two-time winner this year on the LPGA Tour, matched three-time champion HelenAlfredsson’s tournament record set in 2008. Lewis birdied Nos. 5-11 and 17 and 18. South Korea’s Hee Young Park opened with a 65, Ilhee Lee had a 66, and Japan’s Mika Miyazato and Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe followed at 67. Karen Stupples (Arkansas State) finished with an 81.

Scott Piercy shot an 8-underpar 62 in the first round of the PGA Canadian Open, taking advantage of perfect scoring conditions at rain-softened Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Ancaster, Ontario. Piercy eagled the par-5 fourth and 17th holes and had five birdies and one bogey. Greg Owen and William McGirt were a stroke back, and Robert Garrigus had a 64. Ernie Els, the British Open winner Sunday at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, opened with a 72. John Daly (Dardanelle, Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 69 while Ken Duke (Arkadelphia, Henderson State) had a 70.

Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Mark McNulty after the first round of the Champions Tour’s Senior British Open in Turnberry, Scotland. Langer, the German star who won the 2010 tournament at Carnoustie, had six birdies on Turnberry’s Alisa Course. TomLehman, Michael Allen, David Frost, Jay Don Blake, Dick Mast and Chien Soon Lu shot 66.

Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen shot a 4-under-par 68 to take a threestroke lead during the suspended second round of the Lyoness Open in Atzenbrugg, Austria. Olesen had a 12-under 132 at Diamond Country Club. France’s Thomas Levet was second after a 70.

Trevor Murphy shot an 8-under-par 63 and leads James Sacheck by three strokes in theweather-delayed Web.com Children’s Hospital Invitational in Columbus, Ohio. The tournament was suspended because of heavy thunderstorms. Half of the 144-player field will resume first-round play today. David Lingmerth (Arkansas Razorbacks) and Tag Ridings (Razorbacks) each shot 71.

BASKETBALL

Knicks sign Brewer

Free agent guard Ronnie Brew-er (Fayetteville, Arkansas Razorbacks) has landed with the New York Knicks. Brewer, a 6-7 guard, signed a one-year deal worth a reported $1.4 million Wednesday, bringing a defensive presence to a Knicks backcourt that includes recent acquisitions Jason Kidd and Raymond Felton. Brewer appeared in 66 games (43 starts) last season with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 6.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.09 steals per game. He has averaged 9.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.37 steals per game over his six-year career. Brewer was taken by the Utah Jazz with the 14th overall selection of the first round in the 2006 NBA Draft. He also has played for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Miami’s championship defense will begin where it won last season’s title. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Heat will raise their title banner at home Oct. 30 against the Boston Celtics as part of an opening-night tripleheader, meaning Ray Allen’s first game with Miami will come against his former club and in a rematch of last season’s seven-game Eastern Conference final. Also on opening night, Washington visits Cleveland (the season’s first game, starting an hour earlier than the Boston-Miami matchup) and Dallas plays at the Los Angeles Lakers, Steve Nash’s debut as Kobe Bryant’s teammate.

Former Indiana basketball player Neil Reed, who went public with a claim that Bob Knight choked him in practice, died Thursday of cardiac arrest. He was 36. Reed collapsed in his house in Nipomo, Calif. In March 2000, Reed accused Knight of choking him three years earlier. Knight denied the accusation until practice video surfaced.Indiana fired Knight in September 2000. Reed transferred to Southern Mississippi shortly after the incident and recently was coaching girls golf and teaching physical education at Pioneer Valley High School in Santa Maria, Calif.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sandusky abuse victim might sue Penn State

HARRISBURG, Pa. - For months, the identity of the boy who was sexually assaulted in the locker room showers by Jerry Sandusky was one of the biggest mysteries of the Penn State scandal. Now, for the first time, a man has come forward to claim he was that boy and isthreatening to sue the university.

The man’s lawyers sa id Thursday they have done an extensive investigation and gathered “overwhelming evidence” on details of the abuse by Sandusky, the former assistant football coach convicted of using his position at Penn Stateand as head of a youth charity to molest boys over a period of 15 years.

Jurors convicted Sandusky last month of offenses related to so-called Victim 2 largely on the testimony of Mike McQueary, who was a team graduate assistant at the time and described seeing the attack.

“Our client has to live the rest of his life not only dealing with the effects of Sandusky’s childhood sexual abuse, but also with the knowledge that many powerful adults, including those at the highest levels of Penn State, put their own interests and the interests of a child predator above their legal obligations to protect him,” the lawyers said in a news release.

They did not name their client, and The Associated Press generally does not identify victims of sex crimes without their consent.

The university said it was taking the case seriously but would not comment on pending litigation.

University PresidentRodney Erickson and the board of trustees “have publicly emphasized that their goal is to find solutions that rest on the principle of justice for the victims,” a school spokesman said.

The statement from the man’s attorneys said Victim 2 suffered “extensive sexual abuse over many years both before and after the 2001 incident Michael Mc-Queary witnessed.”