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Bears' Benson arrested
AUSTIN, Texas - Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson failed a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisted arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers.
Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest after the incident Saturday night on Lake Travis, Travis County Sheriff's Department spokesman Roger Wade said.
Benson was released from jail early yesterday on a $14,500 bond.
Benson was operating the boat with 15 passengers aboard when he was stopped by a Lower Colorado River Authority officer for a random safety inspection. He failed a field sobriety test on the officer's boat and was uncooperative when the officer tried to take him ashore, the authority said.
TENNIS
Nadal beats Ferrer for title
BARCELONA, Spain - Rafael Nadal won his fourth straight Barcelona Open title with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 victory over second-seeded David Ferrer in the final.
Nadal's 21st straight win at the tournament improved his record to 20-1 in clay court finals, including 4-0 at Barcelona. In other tennis news:
HORSE RACING
Big Brown to see new competitors
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Big Brown, dominant down the stretch in his Kentucky Derby victory Saturday, has scared off almost all his Derby rivals and will see new well-rested competitors in the May 17 Preakness, the next step on the Triple Crown trail.
Big Brown became the first horse since the filly Regret in 1915 to win the Derby off just three career starts and the second to win from post position No. 20.
Big Brown is 4-0 in his brief career, winning by a total of 33¾ lengths. But trainer Rick Dutrow was cautious in assessing his colt's potential to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont and give racing its first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. "I don't see that he beat a great Derby field, so I wouldn't know how to judge things," he said.
Eight rested horses likely await Big Brown in Baltimore, including Lexington Stakes winner Behindatthebar, trained by Todd Pletcher, and San Rafael winner El Gato Malo.
Suspend Eight Belles' jockey, PETA urges
NORFOLK - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.
Gabriel Saez was riding Eight Belles when she broke both front ankles while galloping out a quarter-mile past the wire. She was euthanized on the track.
PETA faxed a letter to Kentucky's racing authority claiming the filly was "doubtlessly injured before the finish" and asked that Saez be suspended while Eight Belles' death is investigated.
Guillermo said if Saez is found at fault, the group wants the second-place prize of $400,000 won by Eight Belles to be revoked.
BOXING
De La Hoya eyes Mayweather
CARSON, Calif. - The crowd had gone home mostly satisfied, and Oscar De La Hoya had a few minutes to shower and change from boxing trunks into something a bit less revealing. His job not yet finished for the night, he stood in the same ring where he beat Steve Forbes in a one-sided 12-round decision and wasted no time promoting his next act.
This one has already been seen before, but that didn't stop De La Hoya, who is proving as adept at promoting fights as he is in fighting them.
"I tell you one thing, I can't wait until September," De La Hoya said.
For those not briefed on De La Hoya's retirement tour plans, September means Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the rematch of the most lucrative fight in boxing history. ELSEWHERE
- From Wire Reports
