The 25-year-old Rodriguez collapsed after being stopped in the 10th round and was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he underwent emergency brain surgery.

Promoter Dominic Pesoli disclosed Rodriguez's death last night.

Known as "El Nino Azteca," the Mexican-born Rodriguez had been a fan favorite in the Chicago area since turning professional in January 2005. He had won the Chicago Golden Gloves several times.

COLLEGES: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were inducted into the National Collegiate Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo.

Johnson was joined by his coach at Michigan State, Jud Heathcote, and the late Oklahoma star Wayman Tisdale was represented by his wife, Regina.

Also inducted were Travis Grant, college basketball's career scoring leader; longtime coach Gene Bartow; former NCAA executive director Walter Byers; and USA Basketball executive director Bill Wall.

UCLA extended center Nikola Dragovic's suspension for at least another game after he was charged with felony assault.

The 21-year-old senior from Belgrade, Serbia, was arrested Friday and charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office for his involvement in an incident last month at a concert in Hollywood. Details were not disclosed.

SOCCER: Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match an English Premier League record while powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan.

Defoe equaled the mark set by Newcastle's Alan Shearer in 1999 and Manchester United's Andy Cole in 1995.

TENNIS: Roger Federer overcame an erratic forehand and rallied to beat Fernando Verdasco, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, in the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Andy Murray overcame a second-set slump to beat Juan Martin del Potro, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

FOOTBALL: Anthony Calvillo tied a Canadian Football League playoff record with five touchdown passes as the Montreal Alouettes routed the British Columbia Lions, 56-18, to advance to the Grey Cup for the seventh time in 10 years.

Montreal will face Saskatchewan, a 27-17 winner over Calgary, in the title game in Calgary on Sunday.

TRACK: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and 400-meter runner Sanya Richards of the United States won their second IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards.

Bolt retained the honor by winning the 100- and 200-meter finals in record times at the World Championships in Berlin in August. Richards also won the award in 2006.

WINTER SPORTS: Tony Benshoof, the USA luge veteran who was fourth in the 2006 Turin Olympics, will receive an epidural cortisone injection today in Calgary, Alberta, to treat a recurrence of a herniated disk in his back - the same problem he had surgery on 11 months ago.

Benshoof was sixth in the World Cup opener at Calgary on Saturday, even with the back pain, and said he's hopeful of racing when the international series continues in Igls, Austria, this weekend.

Steven Holcomb, the reigning four-man bobsled world champion, won the four-man World Cup event at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., giving the U.S. a 1-2 finish for the second straight day.

Holcomb finished the two-run race in 1 minute, 49.60 seconds to beat teammate John Napier, who had won the two-man gold Saturday just ahead of Holcomb.

- Staff and wire reports