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NEW YORK — After two initial replays, CBS stopped showing footage Sunday of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware breaking his leg during the first half of his team's NCAA men's tournament game against Duke.

The injury during the nationally televised game, and the shocked reaction of Ware's fellow players, called to mind the gruesome broken leg suffered by Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann during Monday Night Football in 1985.

Ware had leaped to try and block a shot by Duke's Tyler Thornton. His leg landed awkwardly, buckled and flopped as he fell to the ground. CBS commentator Clark Kellogg called it “gruesome.”

LOS ANGELES — Steve Alford was hired as UCLA basketball coach on Saturday, spurning New Mexico days after he agreed to a new 10-year deal with the Lobos for a chance to run what he called “the premier basketball program in the country.”The Bruins are bringing in someone who shares the same Indiana roots as John Wooden, who led UCLA to a record 10 national championships, including seven in a row, before retiring in 1975.Alford agreed to a seven-year deal worth $18.2 million, with a yearly salary of $2.6 million and a $200,000 signing bonus, according to UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero.Alford will be introduced in Westwood on Tuesday.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Andy Murray erased a championship point Sunday and rallied past David Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) in a grueling, dramatic final at the Sony Open.One point from defeat in the last set, Murray skipped a forehand off the baseline to stay in the match. He then dominated the tiebreaker, while Ferrer appeared to cramp and collapsed to the court after one long exchange.The match was filled with grinding baseline rallies, including at least a dozen of more than 20 strokes and one lasting 34. Murray and Ferrer dueled for 2 hours, 45 minutes. The match went so long that CBS had to cut away for the tipoff of an NCAA tournament game between Michigan and Florida.

INDIANAPOLIS — Pete Weber tied Earl Anthony by winning his 10th major Professional Bowlers Association title, 224-179 over Australian Jason Belmonte in the Tournament of Champions on Sunday.Weber became the first bowler to finish the PBA triple crown a second time, adding the Tournament of Champions to his two World Championships titles and five U.S. Opens.Weber won with three doubles, four spares and help from Belmonte, who failed to convert two splits.

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