MARANA, Ariz. — Henrik Stenson, the Swede who delivered the winning point for Europe in the Ryder Cup, won a big match for himself Sunday by surviving a roller-coaster round against Geoff Ogilvy to capture the Accenture Match Play Championship.

FONTANA — With crew chief Robbie Reiser back home in North Carolina on a NASCAR-enforced absence from the racetrack, Matt Kenseth and the rest of the No. 17 team just tried to remember the lessons he has taught them over the years.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Todd Linden reached the major leagues for a brief stint in just his second professional season. He’s also played with San Francisco the past three years.

STANFORD -- The Stanford players put on their Pac-10 championship T-shirts, cut down the nets and celebrated another title.

INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Martin found the perfect cure for his offensive struggles — Indiana’s suddenly porous defense.

OAKLAND — Maurice Evans and his Los Angeles teammates could sense a surrender.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Dave Roberts knelt beside Barry Bonds on the first day of spring training hoping to strike up a conversation with the slugger. Bonds spoke first with one message: Be aggressive and run.

VERO BEACH, Fla. — Jason Schmidt passed up opportunities for a longer, more lucrative deal in the offseason to sign a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers — for his children.

PHOENIX — Bobby Crosby’s standout rookie season seems so long ago.

LONG BEACH — Levi Leipheimer won the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday, having never trailed in the eight-day race.

This week’s Amgen Tour of California had some high points and some low points for Napa native Lucas Euser.

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IN THE WESTERN DESERT, Egypt — Three ultra-endurance athletes have just done something most would consider insane: They ran the equivalent of two marathons a day for 111 days to become the first modern runners to cross the Sahara Desert’s grueling 4,000 miles.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Rob Phillips still remembers his first horse, a paint named Mickey he got more than 50 years ago. It was the start of a lifelong love affair with horses that’s led to plans for an endurance race over the Santa Fe Trail.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — The air quality at two of the most popular winter spots here continues to improve, a new study finds.