Golf
NICKLAUS' GRANDSON DIES: The 17-month-old grandson of golf great Jack Nicklaus died Tuesday after falling into a hot tub where he had been playing earlier.
Jake Walter Nicklaus was pronounced dead at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palm Beach County, Fla., sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller said.
The son of Steve and Krista Nicklaus had been playing in the hot tub with his 4-year-old brother and their nanny at the family's home, Miller said. The three left the pool area and went into the house, but Jake slipped away and went back through a sliding door to the hot tub, Miller said.
The nanny quickly realized he was missing and discovered him in the water, Miller said. She performed CPR until emergency workers arrived. The boy was breathing at the time, he said.
He was brought to the hospital and died shortly after rescuers were called, Miller said.
Hockey
LOCKOUT HELPS SWEDES: Locked-out NHL stars helped the Swedish Elite League set an attendance record this season.
The league said Wednesday that 1.86 million people attended games this season, an 8.4 percent increase from the previous year.
More than 50 NHL players competed in the 12-team league, including Colorado's Peter Forsberg and Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg. The NHL canceled its season last month.
CANUCKS SALE APPROVED: The NHL board of governors approved the 50-percent sale of the Vancouver Canucks to developer Francesco Aquilini.
The sale of the team by Seattle billionaire John McCaw was approved by a recent fax vote, NHL chief legal officer Bill Daly said Wednesday.
Horse racing
JOCKEY HELD: Kentucky Derby winning jockey Stewart Elliott was on his way back from an overseas trip when his past caught up with him again.
Elliott, a Canadian citizen who won the Derby and Preakness aboard Smarty Jones last year, was taken into custody Tuesday and detained by customs agents in connection with a guilty plea to felony assault four years ago, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
The 39-year-old Toronto native was returning from a trip to Hong Kong late last year when federal agents interviewed him at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, but let him go on his way, said Homeland Security spokesman Manny Van Pelt.
He was asked to return to a Customs and Border Protection office in New York, where officials said he was arrested and transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Philadelphia.
Baseball
MAHLER DIES AT 51: Rick Mahler, who won nearly 100 games during a 13-year career spent mostly with the Atlanta Braves, died Wednesday. He was 51.
Mahler died of a heart attack at home in Jupiter, Fla., while preparing for his second season as a minor league pitching coach for the New York Mets, the team said. He was set to rejoin the Mets' Class-A team in Port St. Lucie.
Mahler pitched in the majors from 1979-91, going 96-111 with a 3.99 ERA. His best season came in 1985, when he went 17-15 with a 3.48 ERA for the Braves. The next year, he led the majors with 18 losses.
Mahler is survived by his wife, Sheryl, and five children.