For The Record

Won
The International Tennis Championships in Delray Beach , Fla. , on Sunday, by Kei Nishikori (above), the first Japanese man to win an ATP event in 16 years. Nishikori, 18, came into the ITC as a qualifier and ranked No. 244 in the world. But he beat top seed James Blake 3--6, 6--1, 6--4 in the final, making him the youngest player to win on the ATP Tour since Lleyton Hewitt won in Adelaide in 1998 at age 16. "I still can't believe it that I beat James Blake," said Nishikori, who has trained at the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton , Fla. , since 2004. "I've only seen him on TV."

Broken
By Australian swimmer Eamon Sullivan (below) on Sunday, the 50-meter freestyle world record. Sullivan, 22, had a time of 21.56 seconds at the New South Wales Open in Sydney , .08 of a second faster than the mark set by Russia 's Alexander Popov in 2000. Sullivan wasn't the only swimmer to break a long-standing mark. At the Missouri Grand Prix last Saturday, Zimbabwe 's Kirsty Coventry, 24, swam the 200-meter backstroke in 2:06.39, breaking a 16-year-old mark that was swimming's second-oldest record.

Diagnosed
With a form of leukemia, Vikings defensive end Kenechi Udeze (right), according to media reports in Minnesota . Udeze, 24, a first-round pick out of USC in 2004, started 15 games in 2007 and tied a career high with five sacks. Last week several outlets reported that Udeze was undergoing tests to determine the severity of the disease; Udeze's agent, Ethan Lock, did not confirm the reports. "We respect the privacy of Kenechi," said coach Brad Childress.

Rejected
By the NCAA , a request from Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk for a sixth year of eligibility. While playing for Wake Forest in 2006, Mauk broke his passing arm and dislocated his shoulder in the season opener. He missed the rest of that year, his third of eligibility, and transferred to Cincinnati , where last season he threw for 31 touchdowns and led the Bearcats to a 10--3 record. NCAA rules grant players four years of sports eligibility to be used within five years; Mauk , a graduate student, argued that since he was forced to redshirt his freshman year at Wake Forest and missed nearly all of '06 with the injury, he should have another year to complete his eligibility. "I wouldn't say it's a major disappointment," Mauk said. "There's more to life than football."

Granted
To athletes at the Beijing Games by the IOC, the right to blog. At previous Olympics the IOC had banned athlete blogs, but last week it announced that they will be permitted this year as long as a lengthy list of rules is followed. Blogs should take the form of a diary or journal, the IOC said, and athletes are forbidden from posting interviews with other competitors. Also banned: audio or video clips from any Olympic events or venues, still pictures of events or of other athletes who have not consented to be photographed, and domain names that include the word Olympic or Olympics.

Filed
By a group led by former Rams safety Willie Gary, a $100 million class-action lawsuit accusing the Patriots of cheating when they defeated St. Louis in Super Bowl XXXVI. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in New Orleans , alleges that New England coach Bill Belichick illegally had a Rams pre--Super Bowl practice videotaped. Gary, who now plays for the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League, seeks $25,000—the difference between a winner's and loser's bonus that year—for each player on the Rams ' 45-man roster for the game, plus $125,000 compensation for the estimated value of the Super Bowl rings the Rams did not win. The suit also asks the NFL to give refunds to the 79,922 people who attended the game. Neither the Patriots nor the NFL would comment on the suit, but on Sunday, Belichick denied ever watching a tape of an opposing team's practice.