DANVILLE, Calif. — Karrie Webb held off Annika Sorenstam by a stroke in the Longs Drugs Challenge for her LPGA Tour-high fourth victory of the year.

Ahead by five strokes after a third-round 66, Webb parred the final five holes in the final round for a 2-under 70 and one-stroke victory over Sorenstam, who made things interesting with a 65.

SAN ANTONIO — Eric Axley won the Texas Open for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 1-over 71 for a three-stroke victory.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms had his spleen removed after taking several hard hits in Sunday's loss to the Carolina Panthers and was resting comfortably in a hospital.There was no immediate word on how long the fourth-year pro might be sidelined. The recuperation time for a normal person is four to six weeks, though it's unclear how long it might take to heal enough to play football.

KENNER, La. — The brother of Indianapolis Colts receiver Reggie Wayne was killed Sunday when the delivery truck he was driving crashed into a highway guardrail.Rashad Wayne was pronounced dead at the scene, said James Gallagher, a spokesman for the Kenner Police Department.

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — A.J. Allmendinger passed Sebastien Bourdais with seven laps to go, then held onto the lead after an extended red-flag delay to win the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America on Sunday.Allmendinger prevented Bourdais from clinching his third straight Champ Car series title. With two races remaining, Bourdais holds a commanding 58-point lead over Allmendinger, but has not yet clinched the title.

MOSCOW — The United States was eliminated from the Davis Cup semifinals Sunday when Andy Roddick lost 17-15 to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in a fifth-set marathon that concluded a match lasting nearly five hours.The Americans trailed 2-1 entering the last day of the best-of-five competition and needed singles victories from Roddick and Blake to advance.But Tursunov put Russia into the title match against Argentina by winning 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 17-15 for a 3-1 lead. Blake defeated Marat Safin 7-5, 7-6 (4) in an inconsequential concluding match, leaving Russia with a 3-2 victory.

Rutgers, long a college football laughingstock, moved into The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 30 years on Sunday.No. 23 Rutgers (4-0), led by tailback Ray Rice, the fourth-leading rusher in the nation, is off to its best start since 1980 after beating Howard 56-7 on Saturday.The Scarlet Knights were one of three new teams at the bottom of the new media poll, which was mostly unchanged at the top.