Sports in Brief: Mayweather is released from jail

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail early Friday after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case.

The undefeated boxer walked out of the Clark County Detention Center in darkness. About 20 family members and friends, including rapper 50 Cent, were there as Mayweather emerged from jail just after midnight.

GOLF: Jim Furyk shot a 4-under 66 to maintain his momentum and the lead at the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

Tiger Woods went in the other direction with a second-round 72 to sit 13 shots out of the lead.

NFL: The new owner of the Cleveland Browns watched his team practice, ahead of being introduced to a city desperate for its first NFL championship in nearly a half century. Tennessee truck-stop magnate Jimmy Haslam III walked to the middle of the field with team president Mike Holmgren and general manager Tom Heckert for his first glimpse at what $1 billion can buy.

LOCAL BASEBALL: Spring City defeated Milton, 11-0, in the Pennsylvania American Legion tournament on Friday and advanced to the championship game against Doylestown. Both teams have already advanced to next week's Mid-Atlantic tournament in West Lawn.

SOCCER: Manchester United said Danish goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard signed a four-year contract extension at the club through till the 2015-16 season.

Chelsea captain John Terry denied the English Football Association charge of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a match last year.

COLLEGES: New South Carolina baseball coach Chad Holbrook was given a five-year contract paying him $400,000 a season. Holbrook's new contract also includes several bonuses, like $15,000 for a regular-season Southeastern Conference title, $15,000 for an NCAA tournament appearance as a regional host and $50,000 for a national title. Holbrook also gets a bonus if his players get good grades.

AUTO RACING: Jeff Gordon is NASCAR's charitable champion. The four-time Cup champion was honored as the seventh recipient of the Heisman Humanitarian Award.

The Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation has raised more than $11 million for children's charities through the years.

MISCELLANEOUS: Nick Valvano is stepping down after 13 years as CEO of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and the group has selected Susan Braun as his replacement.

The V Foundation says it has awarded more than $120 million for cancer research grants, including $14.4 million last year. It was founded in 1993 by ESPN and Jim Valvano before he died of cancer later that year.

JURISPRUDENCE: Cycling's international governing body is trying to block the case American anti-doping officials filed against Lance Armstrong.

- Associated Press