SPORTS BRIEFS

AUTO RACING

Briscoe claims IRL pole at Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- Ryan Briscoe couldn't help but flash a big smile.

A week after spinning out at Richmond and losing the IndyCar Series points lead, Briscoe won his second straight pole at Watkins Glen International. He turned a lap Saturday in 1 minute, 28.5970 seconds around the 11-curve, 3.4-mile road course in the Firestone Fast Six Shootout. It was his second pole of the season and sixth overall.

"I haven't had this much fun around a road course in a long time," said Briscoe, who eclipsed the former track record of 1:29.1919 set in 2007 by Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves. "These red tires were just unbelievable. They have a lot of grip."

Justin Wilson will start second, follwed by Scott Dixon and Mario Moraes. A win by Dixon, who captured the SunTrust Indy Challenge last week at Richmond International Raceway, would be his 20th, breaking a tie with Sam Hornish Jr. for most in IRL history.

Graham Rahal qualified fifth, but his car failed post-qualifying tech inspection and was dropped 10 spots on the starting grid.

HORSE RACING

Sea The Stars wins to make history

SANDOWN, England -- Sea The Stars became the first horse in 20 years to add the Eclipse Stakes title to wins in the English Derby and the 2000 Guineas. Sea The Stars is only the fifth horse since 1900 to complete the Group One hat trick after beating Rip Van Winkle by a length at Sandown yesterday. The last horse to accomplish the feat was Nashwan in 1989.

In other horse racing:

• Presious Passion scored a repeat victory in the $750,000 United Nations Stakes, smashing the course record in the process at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. The 6-year-old ran the 1 3-8 miles on the firm turf in 2:10.97, wiping out the mark of 2:12.89 set by English Channel in 2007.

HOCKEY

Kings acquire Smyth

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings acquired left wing left wing Ryan Smyth from the Colorado Avalanche late Friday for defensemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing and a fifth-round draft pick next year.

Smyth, 33, had 26 goals and 33 assists in 77 games last season. He has 310 goals and 350 assists in 920 regular-season games with Edmonton, the New York Islanders and Colorado. In 81 playoff games, he has 25 goals and 27 assists.

Quincey, 23, led Kings defensemen in scoring last season with 38 points (four goals and 34 assists) in 72 games. Preissing, 30, had three goals and four assists in 22 games for the Kings last season.

OVERLINE

Moreno helps Crew tie DC United

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Alejandro Moreno scored the tying goal in the 59th minute, and the Columbus Crew pushed their home unbeaten streak to 17 games with a 1-1 draw with D.C. United last night.

Christian Gomez scored his fourth goal in the 33rd minute to give United (5-3-9) the lead, but the Crew rallied to extend its streak despite being outshot 22-9. Columbus' 11-0-6 run at Crew Stadium is one game shy of tying the MLS record for home unbeaten streaks.

Columbus (5-3-8) got the equalizer when Steven Lenhart, who entered at the start of the second half, flicked a cross from Emmanuel Ekpo to Moreno and he settled the ball before scoring his third goal. ELSEWHERE

• Anselmo Moreno retained his WBA bantamweight title with a split decision over Mahyar Monshipour in Poitiers, France. Moreno (26-1-1) kept his composure as Monshipour pressured strongly between the eighth and 10th rounds. Two of the judges scored the bout 116-113 and 116-112 in favor of Moreno, while the third gave the fight to Monshipour 115-113.

• Kenyan Sammy Kitwara won the 40th Peachtree Road Race with a time of 27:21 in his debut in the annual 6.2-mile event through the streets of Atlanta. Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco was second, and Ethiopia's Gashu Ibrahim Jeilan third. The top seed in the women's field, Lineth Chepkurui of Kenya, won her first Peachtree race.

-- From Wire Reports