Sports briefs

MLB

White Sox get Melky

Former Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera, 30, agreed to a three-year deal yesterday with the White Sox for an estimated $42 million to $43.5 million, pending a physical.

Cabrera was suspended for 50 games during the 2012 season with the Giants for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. That mistake cost him a National League batting title and a chance to play in the postseason for the eventual world champs. The switch-hitting Cabrera, who began his major-league career with the Yankees in 2005, is a career .286 hitter with a .339 on-base percentage. His best season was in 2012 when Cabrera was the All-Star Game MVP. -- Chicago Tribune

COLLEGES

St. John's improves to 9-0

Aliyyah Handford scored 17 points as the St. John's women's basketball team improved to 9-0 with a 66-42 win over visiting NJIT . . . Top-ranked South Carolina (9-0) beat visiting Savannah State, 111-49.

Villanova still perfect

Josh Hart and Darrun Hilliard each scored 20 points to lead host No. 7 Villanova to an 85-62 win over Temple in men's basketball. The Wildcats are 10-0 for the second straight year . . . Host No. 4 Louisville got past UNC Wilmington, 68-57.

Virginia men's soccer king

Virginia beat UCLA, 4-2, on penalty kicks after a scoreless tie to win the NCAA men's soccer title in Cary, North Carolina. The Cavaliers (14-6-3) won their seventh national title, their first since 2009.

SOCCER

Marta 3, U.S. 2

Five-time world player of the year Marta scored three goals to lead Brazil to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the U.S. women's soccer team in the International Tournament of Brasilia. Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe scored a goal each in the first 10 minutes for the United States, which needs to beat Argentina by several goals in the last round on Wednesday and hope that China loses to Brazil to stay in the tournament.

NHL

Maple Leafs top Kings

Goalie James Reimer helped host Toronto to a 4-3 shootout win over Los Angeles, shutting out the Kings in the tiebreaker. The Maple Leafs have won five straight.

GOLF

Grace wins Dunhill

Branden Grace won the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Malelane, South Africa, by seven shots. Grace shot a 4-under-par 68 to finish four rounds at 268 . . . Bernhard and Jason Langer won the PNC Father-Son Challenge in Orlando, Florida, closing with a 13-under 59 for a 123 total and a two-stroke victory in the better-ball event . . . Adam Scott bogeyed the seventh playoff hole to hand the Australian PGA Championship in Gold Coast to Greg Chalmers. Chalmers shot an 8-under 64 to match Scott (71) and Wade Ormsby (71) at 277 at Royal Pines. Ormsby was eliminated on the third extra hole. -- AP