Sports briefs for May 20, 2005

Friday, May 20, 2005 | 11:21 a.m.

Winslow faces charges for motorcycle crash

Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. will be charged with disregarding safety in the motorcycle crash that put his 2005 season in jeopardy and Westlake, Ohio, police planned to issue the citation today.

The charge carries a maximum fine of $150 with no jail time.

Winslow tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when he crashed, two sources told the Associated Press. An injury such as Winslow's typically requires 10 to 12 months of rehabilitation.

Winslow also sustained unspecified internal injuries when his motorcycle hit a curb at 35 mph and he flipped over the handlebars while practicing in a parking lot near his home May 1.

UNLV holds first place

Rebels senior Matt Fry started his last homestand in a big way, drilling two home runs, including a game-winning two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth as UNLV beat Utah 10-4 at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.

The win kept UNLV (28-26, 21-7 MWC) a half-game ahead of BYU, which beat San Diego State 4-3.

With the score 4-4 and Ryan Bird on first base, Fry laced a 2-2 pitch from Utah starter Josh Cooper over the right-field fence to give UNLV a 6-4 lead.

The Rebels added to the lead in the bottom of the ninth, scoring a run on a sacrifice fly by Fry and then three more on a bases-loaded double by Mike Cruz to push the lead to 10-4. Fry finished with a career-high five RBIs.

Carrillo's streak was tied for the fourth-longest in Division I history, falling two shy of the mark shared by BYU's Scott Nielsen and Wake Forest's Kyle Sleeth.

Wright-Trinidad a hit

Saturday's middleweight fight between Winky Wright and Felix Trinidad generated 510,000 pay-per-view buys and $25.5 million in revenue, HBO Sports announced Thursday.

Wright won a unanimous decision against Trinidad at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a bout promoted by Don King Productions in association with Gary Shaw Productions.

The 510,000 buys -- tops for a pay-per-view boxing event this year --included 280,000 buys from cable homes and 230,000 from homes with satellite television.

The Wright-Trinidad fight will be replayed Saturday on HBO (6:45 p.m. PDT) before the live telecast of the heavyweight fight between Lamon Brewster and Andrew Golota from Chicago.

Eriksson shares lead

Klas Eriksson, who spent three months in bed this season because of a liver virus, shot a 4-under 68 at the Irish Open to share the first-round lead with Nick Dougherty.

Eriksson's round was highlighted by an eagle at the long 18th hole on the Colin Montgomerie-designed course.

Collins drops appeal

Former world champion sprinter Michelle Collins accepted a four-year suspension for a doping violation, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said. Collins forfeits her titles in the 200 meters at the 2003 indoor world and U.S. championships.

Ainge gets extension

The Boston Celtics today extended the contract of operations director Danny Ainge three years through the 2008-09 season. This comes after the Celtics won their first division title in 13 years. -- Sun wire services