Seven tie for Spanish Open lead
CADIZ, Spain, April 14 (UPI) -- Seven players shared the lead at 2-under-par 70 Thursday after the first round of the Spanish Open.
The group includes Peter Gustafsson and Peter Hanson of Sweden, Spaniards Diego Borrego, Jose Rivero and Santiago Luna, Steven O'Hara of Scotland and Emauele Canonica of Italy.
Six players were a stroke back in the European Tour event: Marco Bernardini, Peter Lawrie, Philip Walton, Hennie Otto, Miguel Angel Martin and Oskar Bergman.
Defending champion Christian Cevaer shot a 77.
The tournament is being played at the San Roque Club Old Course.
Mark Snyder named Marshall football coach
HUNTINGTON, W.Va., April 14 (UPI) -- Marshall University Thursday named Ohio State defensive coordinator Mark Snyder its new head football coach.
"I have always been proud to have been a part of Marshall's resurgence in football and now I am honored to have the opportunity to return to my alma-mater and lead Marshall into a new era," Snyder, a 1988 graduate and Ironton, Ohio, native, said.
Snyder replaced Bob Pruett who led the Thundering Herd for nine years and compiled a 94-23 record, including five titles in the Mid-American Conference and five bowl wins.
Curry likely will miss rest of season
CHICAGO, April 14 (UPI) -- Chicago Bulls center Eddy Curry likely will miss the rest of the season because of an irregular heartbeat.
Curry, 22, has missed the last nine games. He has undergone tests in Boston and Minnesota as specialists tried to determine what is causing the arrhythmia.
Curry played 63 games this season and averaged 16.1 points and 5.4 rebounds. The fourth-year center has career averages of 11.8 points per game and 4.9 rebounds. He was drafted out of high school as the fourth overall pick in 2001.
Brazil: Soccer player jailed for slurs
SAO PAULO, April 14 (UPI) -- An Argentine soccer player spent the night in jail after lobbying racial slurs at a Brazilian player during a game, O Globo reported Thursday.
Leandro Desabato, a defender for Argentina's Quilmes club, was taken into Brazilian police custody following Wednesday night's game against Sao Paulo in which he tussled with Brazilian player Grafite, who had already been trading shoves with another player from Quilmes. Desabato then reportedly insulted Grafite before the altercation was broken up.
The Argentine player was released from jail early Thursday morning with the aid of the Argentine consulate in Sao Paulo.
The Brazilian-Argentine soccer rivalry is one of the most heated in the world.
Brazilian officials have taken a hard-line stance on racial slurs during games following reports that Brazilian players were being insulted by Quilmes fans during their game in Buenos Aires last month.
