Sports in Brief: Speedy Morris to be honored

St. Joseph's Prep basketball coach

Speedy Morris

will be honored by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and Madison Square Garden with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ECAC/MSG Holiday Festival on Dec. 7.

Morris, who has been at the Prep since 2002, has posted more than 900 career victories. He previously coached the men's and women's programs at La Salle University.

The first game of the ECAC/MSG Holiday Festival at the Garden is Stony Brook vs. La Salle at 11 a.m., followed by St. John's vs. Fordham at 1 p.m.

AUTO RACING Jeff Green will drive in place of Eric McClure in Saturday's Nationwide Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

GOLF Robert Karlsson and Kevin Stadler topped the OHL Classic leaderboard at 12 under when second-round play was suspended because of darkness in Mexico.

Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and South Korea's So Yeon Ryu each birdied the final hole for a share of the second-round lead with Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.

SOCCER FIFA said Ricky Martin will be among the judges of a worldwide contest to pick a song for the official 2014 World Cup album, and will record the final version of the track.

The United States was held to a 0-0 draw by Scotland in a friendly.

RUNNING Middle-distance star Mary Cain, 17, is skipping college and turning pro.

- Staff and wire reports