Lake Buena, Fla. ? Troy Matteson has turned his rookie season into a rousing success. He did it in four weeks, too.

Matteson birdied the last two holes Saturday, finished with a 7-under 65 and had a one-shot lead at 19-under 197 after the third round of the Funai Classic at Disney.

Joe Durant (64) was second at 18 under, one stroke ahead of first- and second-round leader Justin Rose (72). Twenty others – including Davis Love III, Mark Calcavecchia and Mike Weir – were within six shots of the leader.

Matteson, meanwhile, is starting to get accustomed to being on the leaderboard. He tied for eighth four weeks ago at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, then had a sixth-place finish the following week in Greensboro. The two-week spree moved him from 172nd on the money list to 143rd – in position to retain his full-time tour card.

GOLF

Funk maintains top spot,

San Antonio – Fred Funk shot a 4-under 67 to maintain a one-stroke lead in the AT&T Championship, his third event on the Champions Tour.

The 50-year-old Funk, a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, had a 10-under 132 total on the Oak Hills course. Raymond Floyd (66) was a stroke back, and defending champion Jay Haas (64) was two shots behind, along with Keith Fergus (67) and Scott Simpson (68).

Castrale tops at LPGA event

Chonburi, Thailand – Nicole Castrale remained in position to win her first LPGA Tour title, shooting a 4-under 68 in hot conditions to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Honda LPGA Thailand.

Castrale, the former Southern Cal standout in her first full season on the tour, had an 11-under 133 total. South Korea’s Hee-Won Han (68) was 9 under, Christina Kim (66) was 8 under, and Gloria Park (68) and Diana D’Alessio (69) were another shot back.

Two share Mallorca lead

Son Servera, Mallorca – Sweden’s Niclas Fasth and Ireland’s Gary Murphy shot even-par 70s to share the third-round lead in the Mallorca Classic. Fasth and Murphy had 3-under 207 totals.

TRIATHLON

Stadler wins Ironman event

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – Germany’s Normann Stadler won his second Ironman Triathlon title Saturday, setting a record in the bike stage and holding on in the marathon run.

The 33-year-old Stadler, also the 2004 winner, finished the 140.6-mile endurance test in 8 hours, 11 minutes, 56 seconds. He completed the 112-mile bike leg in 4:18:23, more than three minutes better than last year’s record pace.

Michellie Jones of Australia, who was second last year, won the women’s race in 9:18:31. Stadler and Jones each received $110,000 for their wins.

One week after a powerful earthquake rocked Hawaii, the Ironman race went off almost as if the 6.7 magnitude temblor hadn’t hit. The only significant change made was that part of the bicycle route was reduced to one lane.

Australia’s Chris McCormack finished second in 8:13:02. McCormack trailed Stadler by as much as 8:28 at the 12-mile marker in the run.

BASEBALL

Negotiators meet again

New York – Negotiators for baseball players and owners bargained again Saturday as they intensified efforts to reach a new labor contract before the end of the World Series.

The sides’ Friday session didn’t end until 3 a.m. Saturday. Several people on both sides with knowledge of the talks said it was possible an agreement could be reached next week.

The current contract runs out Dec. 19, and reaching agreement before the expiration would be a landmark for baseball, which had eight work stoppages from 1972-95.

In August 2002, the sides agreed to a deal hours before players were set to strike.

TENNIS

Federer stops Nalbandian

Madrid, Spain – Roger Federer moved a step closer to his 10th title of the year, routing David Nalbandian, 6-4, 6-0, Saturday in the semifinals of the Madrid Masters. The top-ranked Swiss will play for the title today against 10th-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile, who beat Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-1.

Sharapova reaches final

Zurich, Switzerland – Maria Sharapova kept alive her chance to finish the year ranked No. 1, beating Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, 7-6 (3), 6-2, Saturday despite an aching foot to reach the Zurich Open final. The second-seeded Russian will play for the title today against Daniela Hantuchova, who defeated third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 6-2. In the second set, Kuznetsova needed treatment for a toe blister. Sharapova, the U.S. Open champion, is ranked No. 2 behind Amelie Mauresmo, who withdrew from the tournament Thursday because of a shoulder injury.

NBA

Kings’ new coach arrested

Sacramento, Calif. – Eric Musselman, in his first season as coach of the Sacramento Kings, was arrested on a drunken-driving charge early Saturday, hours after his team’s exhibition victory over the Utah Jazz.

He was released without bail from Sacramento County Main Jail at dawn, the Sheriff’s Department said. He was cited for misdemeanor driving under the influence.

Musselman was pulled over at 2:15 a.m. about 11â2 miles from the State Capitol, according to the arrest report. The 41-year-old coach failed three sobriety tests performed by the California Highway Patrol and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.11, the arrest report said. The legal limit is 0.08.

Musselman has coached just four preseason games since being hired in June. His arrest comes at a particularly inopportune time for the franchise. On Nov. 7, voters will be asked to approve two ballot measures increasing local sales tax as part of the club’s quest to build a new arena in downtown Sacramento.

Warriors sell naming rights

Oakland, Calif. – The Golden State Warriors have reached a 10-year agreement to sell the naming rights to their arena to Oracle Corp., the large Bay Area software maker. The Arena at Oakland will be renamed the Oracle under the undisclosed financial terms of the deal.

AUTO RACING

Sprague takes truck victory

Martinsville, Va. – Jack Sprague took the lead when NASCAR took it away from Ted Musgrave with 61 laps to go Saturday and won for the first time in 13 career starts at tight and tricky Martinsville Speedway in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series.

The victory was the 27th for the three-time series champion, second only to Ron Hornaday’s 29, and his second this season. He also won at Memphis in July.

Musgrave, who was hoping to run the entire 200-lap race without a pit stop, grabbed the lead from Sprague on the 34th lap and held it through several restarts until the 138th lap, when he was penalized for an improper restart after several warnings.

Alonso ahead of Schumacher

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Fernando Alonso, closing in on a Formula One championship, was fourth fastest Saturday during qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. He finished ahead of Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula One champion who is retiring after the race. Felipe Massa won the third pole position of his career before a home crowd. He was timed in 1 minute, 10.680 seconds on the 2.67-mile Interlagos circuit.

World of Outlaws founder dies

Norman, Okla. – World of Outlaws sprint-car series founder Ted Johnson has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 72. Johnson, who developed a passion for racing while watching his father race motorcycles and briefly drove sprint cars, gave up a career as a china salesman in 1978 to start the traveling series that raced close to 100 times a season. He died Friday night.

GYMNASTICS

China takes more gold

Aarhus, Denmark – China won two more gold medals at the world gymnastics championships Saturday to close the meet with eight. That’s more than half the 14 golds awarded over nine days. Men’s all-around champion Yang Wei won his second individual gold medal of the week – this time on parallel bars – and Cheng Fei also claimed her second gold, adding the women’s floor exercise to her victory on vault.