Football
N.D. HIRES DAVIE: Bob Davie, Notre Dame's defensive coordinator the past three years, signed a five-year contract Sunday to succeed Lou Holtz.
The hiring was announced during a campus news conference one day after Notre Dame beat Rutgers 62-0 in Holtz's final home game. Holtz confirmed Tuesday he was leaving after 11 years there.
It is the first head coaching job for Davie, who has spent the past 20 years as a defensive assistant. It's the first time Notre Dame has promoted an assistant since 1954, when Terry Brennan replaced Frank Leahy.
BAYLOR COACH FIRED: Baylor coach Chuck Reedy was fired Sunday, one day after a blowout loss that left the Bears with their worst record since 1978 and a last-place finish in their inaugural season in the Big 12 South.
Baylor was 4-7 this season and 23-22 in five seasons under Ready.
Tennis
APT TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Overcoming a roaring crowd and bullet serves from his opponent, Pete Sampras beat Boris Becker 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (13-11), 6-4 in the final of the ATP Tour World Championship on Sunday in Hanover, Germany.
Becker pelted 32 aces in the four-hour match but didn't retain his title in the season-ending event. Sampras avenged two straight losses to Becker in Germany.
CHASE CHAMPIONSHIP: Steffi Graf outlasted Swiss teen-ager Martina Hingis 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 in the final of the Chase Championships on Sunday in New York.
Golf
LPGA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Karrie Webb, capping a sensational rookie year, won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship in Las Vegas on Sunday to become the first tour player to earn more than $1 million in a season.
The 21-year-old Australian closed with a 7-under-par 65 for a four-stroke victory over Kelly Robbins, Nancy Lopez and Emilee Klein. Webb, who had a 16-under 272 total on the Desert Inn course, earned $150,000 for her fourth victory of the year to push her season total to $1,002,000.
England's Laura Davies (277), who led Webb on the money list going into the tournament, was five back.
WORLD CUP OF GOLF: South Africans Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won the World Cup of Golf in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday with a remarkable 29-under-par 547 total, beating Americans Tom Lehman and Steve Jones by 18 strokes.
Els closed with a 5-under 67 to win the individual title at 16-under 272 on the Erinvale course. Els and Westner, second in the individual competition, shared $400,000 as the winning team, with Els getting an additional $100,000 as the individual champion.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Greg Norman won his fifth Australian Open title Sunday, shooting a 3-under-par 69 for an eight-stroke victory in Sydney, Australia. Norman, who earned $151,570 for his 77th career victory, had an 8-under 280 total on The Australian course. Tiger Woods finished 12 back.
Soccer
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING: With Joe-Max Moore scoring in the 34th minute, the U.S. beat Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 Sunday to virtually clinch a spot in the final qualifying round for the 1998 World Cup. The Americans are 3-0 and haven't allowed a goal in their last seven qualifying games since 1989.
The win left the U.S. in first place in its CONCACAF semifinal group. The top two teams in the group move into the six-team regional finals, scheduled for next year.
The Americans play at Costa Rica (2-1) next Sunday and will advance with a victory. Three teams from the region representing North and Central America and the Caribbean will play in the 1998 World Cup in France.
Auto racing
SUZUKA 100: Rusty Wallace won the Suzuka Thunder Special 100 on Sunday, finishing 1.192 seconds ahead of Dale Earnhardt in the first NASCAR event in Japan. Wallace, driving a Ford Thunderbird, earned $130,940.
Figure skating
NATIONS CUP: Irina Slutskaya of Russia won the Nations Cup women's title Sunday, beating 14-year-old American Tara Lipinski in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.