Sports briefs for October 13, 2003

Monday, Oct. 13, 2003 | 10:58 a.m.

Less than four months after the ACC added Miami and Virginia Tech to form an 11-team league, Boston College agreed Sunday to become the 12th member. The Eagles will likely begin play in the conference in 2006.

"An 11-team league can work, but does it work in the best way you would like to it to work from a number of different angles?" ACC commissioner Swofford said. "We found the answer to that to be no."

No guarantee of a football playoff game and scheduling nightmares in a league with deep-rooted rivalries helped convince the ACC's chancellors and presidents to move swiftly to add a 12th team.

Unlike in June when Duke and North Carolina balked at expanding, the vote Sunday was 9-0 in support of adding the Eagles.

Boston College had until Nov. 1 to accept the ACC's offer, but agreed in less than four hours to jump leagues.

Big East by-laws require 27 months notice to leave that conference or face a reported $5 million exit fee. Miami and Virginia Tech will begin ACC play next season.

Swede wins Samsung

Sophie Gustafson eagled the first hole and birdied eight others en route to an 8-under 64 to win the LPGA Samsung World Championship at The Woodlands, Texas.

Federer wins in Vienna

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer retained his CA Trophy title at Vienna, Austria, defeating Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 for his sixth championship this year.

Rutto wins in Chicago

Kenya's Evans Rutto won the Chicago Marathon in his debut at this distance, finishing in 2:05:50. Russia's Svetlana Zakharova, this year's Boston Marathon winner, won the women's race in 2:23:07.

Milestone for Tkachuk

St. Louis Blues right winger Keith Tkachuk scored his 400th and 401st career goals in a 2-1 victory against the Colorado Avalanche.

Oklahoma still on top

Oklahoma and Miami remained 1-2 in the latest Associated Press rankings. Polls, 12D.