COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Cavaliers gain 16th commitment

Mike Rocco has been going to Virginia football games from the time his uncle was coaching for the Cavaliers, and now the Rocco family could be spending even more time at Scott Stadium.

One week after receiving a scholarship offer from new Virginia coach Mike London, Mike Rocco committed to UVa on Sunday afternoon.

First, Rocco called new Louisville coach Charley Strong to ask out of an oral commitment he had made to the Cardinals in August.

Rocco, a 6-foot-3, 208-pound quarterback from Liberty Christian Academy, took an official visit to Charlottesville this weekend and met newly named UVa offensive coordinator Bill Lazor.

"All it took was 10 minutes to see how knowledgeable he is," Rocco said. "It's amazing how many great players he's been around."

Rocco passed for more than 2,000 yards in each of his sophomore and junior seasons at LCA but broke his left (non-throwing) wrist in the first of two preseason scrimmages.

He underwent surgery in which a 6-inch plate and nine screws were inserted in his broken wrist but returned for the final five regular-season games and the private-schools state championship, passing for 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Rocco is the 16th player to commit to Virginia for 2011.

-- Doug Doughty

RACING

Action Express Racing wins at Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The new Action Express Racing team showed up at Daytona International Speedway this week simply looking to take its new engine for a test run.

What a run it was.

Joao Barbosa powered the team to the 24 Hours of Daytona title, finishing an improbable victory in the organization's first appearance in the sports car endurance race.

"I think we would agree," teammate Ryan Dalziel said, "we didn't come into this thing thinking we had a realistic shot."

Neither did anybody else.

The team avoided major mechanical problems and benefited from a late blunder by star-studded Chip Ganassi Racing to win by about 50 seconds. No one else was within four laps of the lead.

Ganassi's Justin Wilson was leading before he made an ill-advised stop into the garage late, believing something was wrong with the No. 01 BMW Riley. The crew didn't find anything, and the difference was too much for teammate Scott Pruett to make up in the final two hours.

"It all happened so quick," Wilson said. "You don't have time to think. You just have to react."

WINTER SPORTS

Injured Swiss skier defiant about Olympics

ZURICH -- Swiss skier Didier Cuche said he believes he can challenge for medals at the Winter Olympics despite his broken right thumb.

"I'm confident that I'll be ready in Vancouver and will be able to attack," the World Cup downhill leader told reporters at the clinic where he underwent surgery Saturday.

Jacobsen wins ski flying World Cup event

OBERSTDORF, Germany -- Anders Jacobsen of Norway won a ski flying World Cup event for his first victory in nearly two years.

Jacobsen soared 213.5 and 210 meters to collect 426.7 points. The Norwegian last won in February 2008.

Rahlves injured in Winter X Games wreck

ASPEN, Colo. -- U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Daron Rahlves dislocated his right hip after a nasty wreck in his opening skicross race at the Winter X Games, an injury that could hurt his chances of going to Vancouver.

n Already so good in the aerials and moguls, the Canadians found another freestyle event to dominate.

All part of the country's attempt to win the medal count at the Vancouver Games, starting in less than two weeks.

Huefner finishes off luge title

CESANA, Italy -- Germany's Natalie Geisenberger won the women's luge World Cup finale on the 2006 Olympic track, while Erin Hamlin of Remsen, N.Y. finished third for her third bronze medal of the season.

Another German, Olympic favorite Tatjana Huefner, finished second to wrap up her third World Cup overall title.

BASEBALL

Jane Jarvis, organist for N.Y. Mets, dies

NEW YORK -- Organist Jane Jarvis, still remembered by some longtime New York Mets fans who can recall her playing songs like "Meet the Mets" during games at Shea Stadium, has died.

Son Brian Jarvis said that his mother died Jan. 25 at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, N.J. She was 94.

HOCKEY

Leafs acquire Phaneuf and Giguere

TORONTO -- The Toronto Maple Leafs shook up their struggling club, acquiring defenseman Dion Phaneuf from the Calgary Flames in a seven-player deal and swapping goalies with Anaheim to get J.S. Giguere.

BOWLING

Fagan wins Dick Weber Open

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. -- Mike Fagan defeated PBA Hall of Famer and all-time win leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. for his first individual Tour title in the PBA Dick Weber Open.

Fagan, of Patchogue, N.Y., defeated Williams 241-213 in the championship match to earn the $25,000 first prize.

ETC.

Teen on solo sail around globe to stop in Mexico

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. -- A 16-year-old Southern California girl on a mission to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone says she is taking a pit stop in Mexico to deal with an electricity problem.

On her blog, Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks wrote Saturday she's headed for Cabo San Lucas to add a "new battery or two" because solar panels and wind generators aren't keeping up with her energy needs.

She set sail Jan. 23 from Marina Del Rey and plans to be at sea for five or six months.

Sky broadcasts world's first live 3-D event

LONDON -- British pub-goers became the first public audiences to witness a live sports event broadcast in 3-D when watching Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-1.

Nine pubs across Britain were equipped to screen the first 3-D transmission by Sky Sports on Sunday.

-- Wire reports