Sports in Brief: Marlins schedule physical for Pierre

Reading GM Scott Hunsicker in the new hat of the double-A team, newly dubbed the Fightin Phils on Saturday. The ostrich pays homage to the popular Crazy Hot Dog Vendor mascot, who "rides" one at FirstEnergy Stadium. AP
Reading GM Scott Hunsicker in the new hat of the double-A team, newly dubbed the Fightin Phils on Saturday. The ostrich pays homage to the popular Crazy Hot Dog Vendor mascot, who "rides" one at FirstEnergy Stadium. AP
Posted: November 19, 2012

The Miami Marlins are planning on having Juan Pierre take a physical on Monday, amid reports that they have agreed on a $1.6 million, one-year deal that would reunite them with the 35-year-old who played with the Phils last season.

Pierre stole 37 bases last season, tied for fifth in the National League.

Pete Rose's copy of the 1990 agreement in which he accepted a lifetime ban from baseball failed to sell at auction because no bid met the minimum. Goldin Auctions said Sunday the highest bid was $236,000, a price that would have been raised to $258,600, including the auctioneer's 10 percent fee.

NCAA: The University of Maryland's board of regents is scheduled to meet Monday to discuss the school's possibly leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference to join the Big Ten.

If Maryland approves the move and applies for admission, Rutgers is expected to follow suit and leave the Big East. An announcement on Maryland's final decision is expected this week.

GOLF: U.S. Women's Open champion Na Yeon Choi won the Titleholders in Naples, Fla., to turn a great season into her best one yet. She closed with a 2-under 70 for a 2-shot victory.

Henrik Stenson shot a 71 for a 17-under total of 271 to win the European Tour's South African Open in Johannesburg and end a three-year wait for a tournament title. . . . Miguel Angel Jimenez, at 48 years and 318 days, became the oldest European Tour winner by shooting a 5-under 65 to capture his third Hong Kong Open title. . . . Adam Scott shot a 5-under 67 to win the Australian Masters in his native country for his first victory of the year.

AUTO RACING: A bold pass at the end of a long straightway slipped Lewis Hamilton past Sebastian Vettel, and the McLaren driver went on to win the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, in the first Formula One race on American soil since 2007.

SOCCER: Houston got a goal from Boniek Garcia, and the Dynamo advanced to their second straight MLS Cup final and fourth in seven years by tying D.C. United, 1-1, in Washington to earn a 4-2 aggregate-goal win in the Eastern Conference final series.

Eddie Johnson and Zach Scott scored for the Seattle Sounders, but it wasn't enough as the L.A. Galaxy won the Western Conference to advance to the MLS Cup final against Houston. Seattle won the game, 2-1, but Los Angeles, which got a goal from Robbie Keane, won the aggregate-goal series by 4-2.

- Associated Press

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