*AUTO RACING: Greg Biffle won his first pole in more than a year, nipping Kurt Busch for the top spot in NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying for Sunday’s Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Biffle turned a fast lap of 192.453 m.p.h., while Busch had a 192.427.
*BASKETBALL: Former NBA player Eddie Griffin, 25, had more than three times the legal alcohol limit in his system when he crashed his vehicle into a moving train and died last summer, according to an autopsy report. The Harris County (Texas) medical examiner determined his blood-alcohol level was 0.26. The legal limit in Texas is 0.08. … Senior forward Takais Brown, Georgia’s leading scorer last season at 14.2 ppg, was dismissed from the team. Coach Dennis Felton said Brown was kicked off the team for a violation of team policies. … Iowa State freshman guard Lucca Staiger has been declared ineligible pending an appeal. The NCAA ruled that the club team Staiger played for in Germany was professional because of the compensation two teammates received.
*GOLF: Bob Estes and Tommy Armour III shot 5-under 68 to share the lead in the suspended second round of the rain-soaked Ginn sur Mer Classic in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Estes and Armour were at 14 under. Daniel Chopra was another stroke back after a 66.
*HOCKEY : Alexander Giroux scored twice and Steve Martins and Joel Kwiatkowski added goals as the Wolves hammered San Antonio 4-1 at the Allstate Arena.
*COLLEGE FOOTBALL: A prosecutor has decided not to charge Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham after police say they found him with three Vicodin pills given to him by a teammate.
*DOPING: Former world pole vault champ Giuseppe Gibilisco will appeal to the world sport’s highest court after the Italian Olympic Committee reimposed his two-year doping ban. Gibilisco won the world title in 2003 and the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics.
