Indians opt to go with Acta as manager

Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford will have season-ending shoulder surgery this week and expects to enter the NFL draft in April. The Oklahoma quarterback injured his right throwing shoulder twice this season, most recently against Texas Oct. 10. “I dreamed about coming to Oklahoma my whole life,’’ Bradford said. “That’s the reason I came back for this season. And I came back to play, not sit on the bench.’’ . . . Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen called for disciplinary action against the Southeastern Conference replay official who worked the Bulldogs’ 29-19 loss to Florida after a Gators touchdown that might have been a fumble was not overturned. “I hope he’s severely punished if he ever works another SEC game again, because I think it’s completely unacceptable,’’ Mullen said. An SEC spokesman said the league would not comment until after the play is reviewed. The replay official was not identified.

Didier Cuche of Switzerland and Ted Ligety of the United States finished 1-2 in the opening men’s World Cup race in Soelden, Austria, a giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier skipped by US star Bode Miller, the overall World Cup champ in 2005 and 2008. Miller plans to begin his season when the circuit resumes with men’s and women’s slaloms Nov. 14-15 in Levi, Finland . . . Chad Hedrick claimed another spot at the US speedskating trials after making a surprise appearance in the 1,000 meters. After skipping the first round of the 1,000 Thursday, he ended up fourth, joining Shani Davis, Nick Pearson, Trevor Mariscano, and Jonathan Kuck on the World Cup team. Davis announced he’ll consider being part of team pursuit at the Olympics. Davis didn’t skate the pursuit in Turin and feuded over the decision with Hedrick.

Phil Blackmar won his first Champions Tour title, birdieing five of his first six holes en route to a 7-under-par 64 and a one-stroke victory over Jay Haas, Tom Kite, and Andy Bean in the AT&T Championship in San Antonio . . . Troy Matteson birdied the second playoff hole to beat Jamie Lovemark and Rickie Fowler in the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Ariz. . . . Matt Every won the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship in Charleston, S.C., to earn a 2010 PGA Tour card with a 10th-place finish on the money list, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory over Michael Sim. Also earning cards were Kevin Johnson of Pembroke (13th) and Fran Quinn of Northborough (25th). Quinn barely hung on, finishing tied for 46th in the event after spending Saturday night in the hospital because of a urinary tract infection.

Gilbert Kirwa shattered the course record in leading a Kenyan sweep at the Frankfurt Marathon. Kirwa finished in 2 hours 6 minutes 14 seconds to beat Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot’s 2008 course record by 1:07. Cheruiyot finished second (2:06:23) and William Kiplagat third (2:07:05). Agnes Kiprop of Kenya won the women’s race in 2:26:57 . . . Braintree native Sean Quigley edged defending champion Jacob Korir of Kenya by 1 second to win the 20th Mayor’s Cup Cross Country 8k at Franklin Park. Quigley finished in 23:54. Kenyan Irene Kimaiyo won the women’s 5k race in 16:39 . . . John Mentzer, a lieutenant commander stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, won the Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Va., in 2:21.47 . . . In MLS action, the Houston Dynamo held off Chivas USA, 3-2, in Carson, Calif., to finish second in the Western Conference. Houston (13-8-9) will play the expansion Seattle Sounders FC in the first round. Chivas USA (13-11-6) dropped to fourth in the West and will open against the Los Angeles Galaxy . . . In tennis, Mikhail Youzhny beat Janko Tipsarevic, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 6-4, in the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the sixth straight year a Russian has won the title . . . Kayla Harrison, 19, of Wakefield earned a silver medal in the 78-kilogram division at the Judo Junior World Championships in Colorado Springs, becoming just the second person to medal at two championships.