Europeans Seek U.S. Help to Offset Ryder Cup Cost

European Ryder Cup officials will seek $1.6 million from the PGA of America to help offset the cost of increased security at the event.

The request comes because of the higher cost of staging the Ryder Cup at the Belfry in September, The Scotsman newspaper reported Tuesday from Edinburgh. The matches were postponed one year because of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

The Europeans spent $4.4 million on security, substantially more than the anticipated $800,000.

As a result, Europe’s anticipated profit from the showcase event, won by the Europeans, 15 1/2-12 1/2, will be lower than expected. The final total has not been released.

The Europeans raised the idea of financial assistance at the Masters this year and are expected to discuss the issue during the international golf trade show in Florida next month, according to The Scotsman.

College Football

Colorado running back Chris Brown, the nation’s third-leading rusher despite sitting out the final two games of the regular season because of a bruised sternum, will play in Saturday’s Alamo Bowl at San Antonio against Wisconsin.

Brown has been limited to non-contract drills since returning to practice on Thursday. He’s expected to participate in full drills later this week, Coach Gary Barnett said.

Brown, the Big 12 Conference’s offensive player of the year, rushed for 1,744 yards and 18 touchdowns this season. He finished third in the nation in both rushing yardage and average yards per game with 158.6, although he sat out Colorado’s win over Nebraska on Nov. 29 and the Big 12 championship game against Oklahoma on Dec. 7.

Brown’s return is especially significant because backup tailback Bobby Purify will miss the Alamo Bowl because of a high ankle sprain. Purify, who rushed for 739 yards and three touchdowns this season, was injured during Colorado’s win at Nebraska.

Two Colorado football players were arrested early Tuesday for public intoxication in San Antonio.

Senior linebacker Drew Wahlroos, an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection, and freshman defensive tackle Will Down were both charged, the magistrate’s office said. Down, 18, also was charged with failure to identify himself to police.

Barnett said he has not decided whether to take disciplinary action.

“I’m disappointed that our guys didn’t show more self-control and more discipline,” Barnett said after the Buffaloes’ practice session. “Things like this -- these matters -- are generally best handled internally, and this one will be handled that way.”

Wahlroos, 22, is third on the team in tackles with 85. Down did not play for Colorado during the regular season and is inactive for the Alamo Bowl because of a back injury.

Both players were ordered to appear in court Jan. 7. The magistrate’s office would not say where the men were arrested. The team is staying in a downtown San Antonio hotel.

Pro Basketball

The New York Knicks will retire Patrick Ewing’s jersey on Feb. 28, making him the ninth person in franchise history to receive the honor.

Ewing’s No. 33 will be raised to the Madison Square Garden rafters alongside the jersey numbers of Walt Frazier (10), Dick Barnett (12), Earl Monroe and Dick McGuire (both 15), Willis Reed (19), Dave DeBusschere (22) and Bill Bradley (24). Red Holzman also has a retired number -- 613, for his victory total as the Knicks’ coach.

Ewing, the team’s career leader in scoring and rebounding, retired as a player in September and became an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards.

Ewing, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1985 draft, was an 11-time All-Star who was named one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1996. The 7-foot center led the Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1994, but never won a championship during a 17-year career that ended with one-year stints in Seattle and Orlando.

Ewing averaged 21 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.45 blocks in his career and finished with 24,815 points and 11,607 rebounds.

The Atlanta Hawks signed guard Mike Wilks, who has been playing with Huntsville of the National Basketball Development League, to fill the roster spot left by Emanual Davis, who went on the injured list Monday because of a torn right Achilles’ tendon.

Pro Hockey

Dallas Star center Mike Modano, who sat out three games after sustaining a concussion on a hit by Philadelphia’s Jeremy Roenick, will return for Thursday’s game against Nashville.

The team said the 32-year-old Modano, who leads the Stars in scoring with 13 goals and 22 assists, was cleared by doctors six days after he suffered his fourth concussion in nine seasons.

Roenick was suspended two games by the league for hitting Modano from behind.

Passings

Richie Regan, who spent nearly half a century at Seton Hall as a basketball player, coach, athletic director and fund-raiser, died Tuesday. He was 72. Regan died in Neptune, N.J., where he had been hospitalized since Dec. 14.

Regan played at Seton Hall and was a first-round NBA draft pick who had a three-year career with the Rochester and Cincinnati Royals. He began a 10-season tenure as coach at Seton Hall in 1960 and was the school’s athletic director from 1971-85.

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T.J. Simers is on vacation.