Sports briefs

UGA Senior Match Play features upsets

Two major upsets highlighted the quarterfinal matches at the UGA Senior Match Play Championship Wednesday at Rose Park Golf Course.

Ben Maddox knocked off medalist Steve Poulson in 19 holes in the Senior Division, while Dave Edmonds eliminated Rich Gibbons, 2-up in the Super Senior Division.

Maddox will meet Rick Lloyd in today's semifinals after Lloyd defeated Brent Fenstermaker 8 and 6. Defending champion Bill Probst had to go to the last hole to beat Rob Bachman, 2-up and he will face Bill Pizza, a 5 and 4 winner over Rick Bodell, in the semifinals.

Edmonds will face Dick Peacock, former PGA Senior Tour player, in the semifinals. Peacock defeated Sterling Larson 2 and 1. In other Super Senior matches, Mel Roberts defeated Joe Watts 5 and 4 and Jim Jensen defeated Reese Nielsen 3 and 2.

In the Senior Net Division winners were defending champion Hal Hintze, medalist Keith Cook, Bryan Taylor and Ken Webb.

Finals will be Friday morning.

Yahoo files a fantasy suit for football

MINNEAPOLIS — Yahoo Inc. has sued the NFL Players Association, claiming it shouldn't have to pay royalties to use players' statistics, photos and other data in its popular online fantasy football game because the information is already publicly available.

Yahoo, based in Santa Clara, Calif., filed its lawsuit Monday in federal court in Minneapolis.

According to the complaint, a licensing arm of the players union has threatened to sue Yahoo if it doesn't pay for the information. The last of Yahoo's licensing agreements with NFL Players Inc. expired March 1. But Yahoo claims it doesn't need authorization, due to a court decision in April in a similar dispute between NFL Players Inc. and CBS Interactive Inc.

Fantasy sports league participants create teams comprised of real players. As the season progresses, participants' track their players' statistics to judge how well their team is performing. According to the judge's decision in the CBS Interactive case, an estimated 13 million to 15 million people participate in fantasy football games that gross more than $1 billion a year.

Cohen wants no age restriction for NBA

WASHINGTON — A lawmaker urged the National Basketball Association Wednesday to repeal its requirement that players be at least 19 years old and a year out of high school before entering the league, calling the restriction unfair.