*TENNIS: Stanislas Wawrinka gave his good friend and Olympics doubles partner Roger Federer an early exit from the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco, beating him 6-4, 7-5 Thursday in the third round. The 13th-seeded Wawrinka will next face qualifier Andreas Beck, a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 winner over Juan Monaco. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to face No. 7 Fernando Verdasco by beating Albert Montanes 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-0. Verdasco beat No. 10 David Ferrer 6-2, 6-1. … In Charleston, S.C., second-seeded Venus Williams was upset in the third round of the Family Circle Cup, falling to 63rd-ranked Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 7-6 (5). Top seed Elena Dementieva, ranked No. 3, defeated Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 6-1. … The International Tennis Hall of Fame will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Australian Rod Laver’s 1969 Grand Slam at its induction ceremony in July. He is the last player to win all four major tournaments in one year.
*GOLF: Alex Cejka shot his best round in nearly two years, a 7-under 64, to take a one-stroke lead at the Verizon Heritage in Hilton Head Island, S.C. He’s one shot ahead of two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen and two in front of last year’s Masters winner, Trevor Immelman. Only six of the world’s top 20 are playing this week.
*COLLEGES: Jerrance Howard, a key contact with Chicago-area recruits, said he turned down an offer to become associate head basketball coach at Memphis and is staying at Illinois, where his recruiting has drawn national attention. … Illinois and Cincinnati have moved their football game up a day to Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. … Penn State and Rutgers will renew their football rivalry, with the Nittany Lions traveling to Rutgers in 2014 and hosting in 2015. … Courtney Kupets posted her fifth perfect score of the season, in the balance beam, and matched the highest all-around score of all time to lead four-time defending champion Georgia to the team finals at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships in Lincoln, Neb. Her four-event total of 39.800 was the highest since 2003.
*HORSE RACING: Three-year-old colt Mafaaz won’t run in the Kentucky Derby despite clinching a spot by winning the Kentucky Derby Challenge in England last month.
*MOTORSPORTS: McLaren chief executive Ron Dennis relinquished all Formula One roles amid fallout from a lying scandal that could lead to the team being banned from the world championship. He will become executive chairman of McLaren Automotive. Martin Whitmarsh will take on the CEO role. … A federal jury reached a partial verdict in the tax-evasion trial of Helio Castroneves in Miami but was hung up on several counts. Federal Judge Donald Graham said he would not immediately read the verdicts on two tax-evasion counts and told jurors to continue deliberating on four other tax evasion counts and one conspiracy count.
*ALSO: World champion Evan Lysacek finished second in the men’s short program behind France’s Brian Joubert to help the U.S. into the lead after Day 1 at the World Team Trophy in Tokyo. The U.S. has 48 points, followed by Japan (43) and Canada (39). … The Minnesota Wild announced that the team’s original general manager, Doug Risebrough, would not return next season, less than a week after coach Jacques Lemaire resigned. … Lance Armstrong has told organizers he will race in the May 9-31 Giro d’Italia in Milan despite having surgery on a broken right collarbone March 25.
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EDITED BY JIM HARDING FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
