FOOTBALL

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS COACH DUNGY WILL RETURN TO TEAM

Tony Dungy insists family always comes before football. But Dungy believes he can make those priorities coexist — even if it means long commutes. With his passion to coach high, his family supportive of his ambitions, and the Colts team owner intent on bringing him back, Dungy followed his heart and his family’s wishes Monday deciding to return for at least one more season as head coach before turning the job over to his chosen successor, Jim Caldwell.

TENNIS

BLAKE TO FACE FEDERER IN QUARTERFINALS

James Blake is in a predicament. He’s being asked if he thinks Roger Federer is vulnerable at the Australian Open after being taken to 10-8 in the fifth set of a third-round match and a few close calls in his fourth-round win over Tomas Berdych. Should Blake talk up his chances and risk aggravating Federer before their quarterfinal, or play down his expectations and quietly hope it’s true?

“It’s just a reminder that everyone’s human. You can have a bad day,” Blake said, taking the cautious route, after his 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 win over 19-year-old Croatian Marin Cilic yesterday.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MEMPHIS MOVES TO NO. 1

Memphis replaced North Carolina as the no. 1 team in college basketball yesterday, the Tigers’ first appearance in 25 years at the top of the Associated Press poll. Kansas, the nation’s only other undefeated Division I men’s team, moved up to No. 2 while the Tar Heels dropped to fifth after their loss to Maryland. Drake and Baylor were two new entries to the rankings, joining the Top 25 for the first time in a long time.