UNC Asheville's Kenny George, at 7 feet 7 Division I's tallest college basketball player, will not play this year amid reports part of his right foot was amputated.

George, 22, who wears size-26 shoes, needed surgery after contracting a staph infection, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported. ESPN.com said he had surgery three weeks ago and is expected to remain in an Iowa hospital for at least another month.

UNC Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach wouldn't confirm the reports, saying he was respecting George's wish for privacy.

Biedenbach said George first felt discomfort in his foot in August after attending a basketball camp in Las Vegas. When he returned to his native Chicago, a doctor recommended immediate surgery. George has had several operations since.

Red Giant and Tropic Storm were declared out of their respective Breeders' Cup races. Red Giant was one of the favorites in the $2 million Turf next week at Santa Anita, Calif. He didn't finish his feed from the previous night and had a high temperature. Tropic Storm was declared out because of a soft tissue injury. The 4-year-old colt was pre-entered in the Sprint and Turf Sprint.

Fourth-ranked Andy Murray beat Gilles Simon of France, 6-4, 7-6 (6), to win the Madrid Masters in Spain. Murray, a U.S. Open finalist, became the first Briton to win four titles in a season. He will be the first Briton in the Open era since Fred Perry in 1936 to finish the year at No. 4.

• Venus Williams won the Zurich Open in Switzerland for her second singles title of the season. Williams beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta, 7-6 (1), 6-2, to take the tournament she previously won as a teenager in 1999.

Chris Minard had two goals and an assist as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins edged the host Hershey Bears, 5-4, in AHL action.

Apolo Anton Ohno found no room to make his customary late charge and finished third in the men's 1,500-meter final at the short-track speed skating World Cup in Kearns, Utah. Ohno was sealed off on the final two laps by the top two finishers, South Korea's Lee Jung-su, who finished in 2:17.941, and runner-up Lee Ho-suk (2:17.966). Ohno anchored the U.S. men's 5,000-meter relay team to a second-place finish.

Kenya's David Cheruiyot and Ukraine's Tetyana Byelovol won the Detroit Free Press Marathon in a race that crossed into Canada. Cheruiyot was timed in 2:16:44. He was followed by Clint Verran of Rochester Hills (2:18:21) and Tommy Greenless of Walnut Creek, Calif. Byelovol covered the 26.2 miles in 2:40:17. Mary Akor of Las Cruces, N.M., finished second among the women in 2:41:32 and Sarah Hinkley of Hillsdale was third.

• Jynocel Basweti won the Denver Marathon as Kenyans took the top three finishes. Basweti posted a winning time of 2:22:13. Richard Kimeli was second in 2:23:54, followed by defending champion Jonathan Ndambuki in 2:24:53. Romania's Nuta Olaru won the women's race in 2:42:18.