Sports briefs for July 26, 2005

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 11:02 a.m.

UNLV-San Diego State to air on ESPN+Plus

ESPN+Plus announced Monday that it has selected UNLV's home game Oct. 8 against San Diego State for its Mountain West Conference game of the week, which begins each week at noon.

The Rebels and Aztecs will square off on ESPN+Plus' 22-station network and appear live in Las Vegas on a station to be announced.

The selection means UNLV will show up on ESPN's family of networks at least three times this fall -- the season opener at New Mexico at 10 a.m. Sept. 5 on ESPN2 and the Battle for the Fremont Cannon at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at UNR on ESPNU.

Rebels season tickets are on sale now by calling 739-FANS or logging on to unlvtickets.com.

Jockey dies after Colonial Downs race

At Providence Forge, Va., following the death of a jockey who collapsed in the shower after a race at Colonial Downs, the Virginia Racing Commission said Monday it was waiting for a medical examiner's report on the possible cause.

Emanuel Jose Sanchez, a 22-year-old apprentice rider from Puerto Rico, was taken to a hospital in Richmond on Friday night after he was found lying on the shower floor in the jockeys' room. He then fell into a coma and died, track officials said.

Phillips wins long jump, aims farther

At Helsinki, Finland, Olympic champion Dwight Phillips won the long jump with a leap of 27 feet, 8 1/4 inches on his first attempt in the Helsinki Grand Prix at the same stadium that will host the world championships starting next week.

The U.S. women's 400-meter relay team of Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Lauryn Williams and LaTasha Colander had the world's best mark of the year with 42.65 seconds.

Raymond powers back

At Stanford, Calif., Lisa Raymond outlasted Angela Haynes 6-4, 7-6 (7) to advance to the second round of the Bank of the West Classic.

Raymond recovered from a slow start, dropping three of the first four games in the first set, by matching Haynes' power game. Both players recorded serves of 110 mph.

Coria is the tournament favorite following the withdrawal of French Open champion Rafael Nadal.

Zib reached his third semifinals of the year last weekend in Stuttgart, where he lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

Kings sign Robitaille

At El Segundo, Calif., the Los Angeles Kings and eight-time All-Star forward Luc Robitaille agreed to terms of a one-year contract.

Robitaille, 39, is the highest-scoring left winger in NHL history, and has spent 13 of his 18 NHL seasons with Los Angeles.

Original Knick dies

Sidney "Sonny" Hertzberg, an original member of the New York Knickerbockers and the Boston Celtics' leading scorer in 1949-50, died of heart failure at his home in Woodmere, N.Y. He was 82. -- Sun wire services