Sunday's FanFare

Briefly

Baseball

Pedro Martinez is confident the Boston Red Sox will pick up his $17.5 million option for 2004 but said Saturday that will be his last season with the team if they wait until November to do it. Martinez made it clear he also wants a contract extension so he can finish his career in Boston.

Boxing

Mike Tyson's fight with Clifford Etienne remained on as of Saturday. Tyson and his handlers, who on Friday discussed postponing the fight due to a Tyson illness, decided not to pull out of his first fight. The fight is Saturday in Memphis.

Colleges

Former Oregon State coach Mike Riley was among the candidates being considered for the Beavers' football coaching job, school officials said. Hawaii coach June Jones, meanwhile, took himself out of the running.

Golf

Tiger Woods' return is shaping up to be a real treat. Not only is he leading the Buick Invitational, he gets to spend the final round with Phil Mickelson trying to chase him down. With a dazzling array of shots and a diet of crucial pars on the back nine, Woods ended an entertaining Saturday by hitting into a corporate tent and still making birdie for a 4-under 68, giving him a one-stroke lead over Brad Faxon (71).

Ernie Els shot an 8-under 64 Saturday to extend his lead to nine strokes through three rounds and all but wrap up his fourth victory of the year in the Johnnie Walker Classic. Els had a 23-under 193 total on the Lake Karrinyup course to break the European tour's 54-hole record of 194 set by Argentina's Vicente Fernandez in the 1975 Benson & Hedges Festival.

A week after becoming the first Canadian winner in Champions Tour history, Dave Barr shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead over Jay Overton and Vicente Fernandez after the second round of the ACE Group Classic.

Horse racing

Trust N Luck is more than a local hero now -- the 3-year-old colt is a Kentucky Derby contender. Leading every step of the way, Trust N Luck ran away with the $200,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday and stamped himself as a horse to be reckoned with on the road to the Derby on May 3.

Miscellaneous

A man who walked away from a local halfway house before being caught impersonating Rams linebacker Jamie Duncan has been ordered back to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Donald Stohr sent Walter Dean, who violated his supervised release by absconding from the halfway house in November, back to prison Friday for 13 months to finish the two-year, three-month sentence he got in 2001. Three years ago, Dean checked into at least three area hospitals claiming to be then-Rams linebacker London Fletcher.

Tennis

Davide Sanguinetti advanced to the final of the Siebel Open with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3 victory over Justin Gimelstob on Saturday. The sixth-seeded Sanguinetti, ranked No. 69, will meet the winner of a later match between top-seeded Andre Agassi and third-seeded James Blake.

Top-seeded Roger Federer beat Karol Kucera 7-6 (5), 6-3 Saturday to advance to the final of the Open 13. Federer will face Jonas Bjorkman, who advanced when Nicolas Escude withdrew before their semifinal match because of a thigh injury.

Second-seeded Anastasia Myskina beat Patricia Wartusch 6-3, 6-3 Saturday to advance to the final of the Qatar Open. Myskina will face fifth-seeded Elena Likhovtseva, a 6-4, 6-3 semifinal winner over Lina Krasnoroutskaya, in Sunday's final.

Venus Williams pulled out of the Dubai Open on Saturday, citing a change of schedule. The event begins Monday.

On the air

Arena League FootballChicago at Indiana, 2 p.m., WPSD

BowlingPBA Via Open, 11:30 a.m., ESPN

College men's basketballNorthern Iowa at Evansville, 6:30 p.m., FOX-Midwest

Wake Forest at Maryland, 7 p.m., FOX-Midwest

College women's basketballTBA, 1 p.m., ESPN2

TBA, 3 p.m., ESPN2

Clemson at North Carolina, 4:30 p.m., FOX-Midwest

Golf

The ACE Group Classic, 12:30 p.m., GOLF

Buick Invitational, 3 p.m., KFVS

Canadian Tour Challenge, 3 p.m., GOLF

Motorsports

Daytona 500, 11 a.m, KBSI, KAPE-1550, KRHW-1520

NBA

Philadelphia at New Jersey, noon, WSIL

San Antonio at Sacramento, 2:30 p.m., WSIL

NHL

San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Soccer

U.S. vs. Iceland, 5 p.m., ESPN2

Track and field Midwest Meet, 7 p.m., ESPN2

Skiing

Alpine world championships, noon, WPSD

Area events

College gymnasticsSoutheast at Western Michigan Triangular, noon

Rodeo

Show Me Center Championship Rodeo, Show Me Center, 2 p.m.