A Roundup Of The Week Sept. 17-23

BOXING—TONY LOPEZ successfully defended his IBF junior lightweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Jorge Paez, in Sacramento.

PRO FOOTBALL—The AFC champion Broncos ran their record to 2-1 by twice coming from behind to win. On Monday night Denver kicked a field goal with no time left to beat the Chiefs 24-23, and on Sunday kicker David Treadwell booted a 25-yard field goal in overtime to defeat the Seahawks 34-31. In the latter game, the Broncos' John Elway completed 30 passes, a career high, for 297 yards and three touchdowns. The Bears stayed unbeaten as Kevin Butler kicked four field goals, including a 52-yarder with four seconds remaining, in a 19-16 victory over the Vikings. Paced by wide receiver Tim McGee, who caught six passes for 163 yards, Cincinnati routed the Patriots 41-7 to go 3-0, too. The 49ers won their 11th straight game, a streak dating back to last November, with a 19-13 victory over the Falcons. San Francisco's Joe Montana passed for 398 yards, 171 of them to Jerry Rice. Warren Moon threw for 308 yards in the Oilers' 24-10 defeat of the Colts to surpass George Blanda as Houston's leading career passer, with 19,289 yards. The Saints' Rueben Mayes rushed for 99 yards and three TDs in leading the Saints to a 28-7 thrashing of the Cardinals. The Chargers sacked the Browns' Bernie Kosar three times in their 24-14 victory, to run Kosar's season total to 13. In other games, the Redskins defeated the Cowboys 19-15; the Chiefs beat the Packers 17-3; the Dolphins lost 20-3 to the Giants; the Eagles upset the Rams 27-21; the Buccaneers edged the Lions 23-20; and the Raiders crushed the Steelers 20-3 (page 30).

GOLF—IAN WOOSNAM beat Mark McNulty 4 and 2 to win the World Match Play title and $184,950, in Virginia Water, England.

Nolan Henke shot a final-round three-under-par 68 to beat Mark Wiebe by three strokes and win a PGA Tour event in Endicott, N.Y. Henke, who had a 16-under-par 268 for the tournament, took home $126,000.

Nancy Lopez birdied the first hole of sudden death to defeat Cathy Gerring and win an LPGA tournament in Buena Park, Calif. Her victory was worth $48,750.

Jim Dent fired a final-round seven-under-par 65 to edge Lee Trevino by a stroke and win a Senior PGA Tour event in Manakin-Sabot, Va. Dent, who had a 202 for the 54-hole tournament, earned $52,500.

HARNESS RACING—BEACH TOWEL ($2.80), driven by Ray Remmen, defeated In The Pocket by 1� lengths in the final heat to win the Little Brown Jug, the third leg of pacing's Triple Crown, at the Delaware County ( Ohio) Fairgrounds. In the deciding heat, the 3-year-old pacing colt covered the mile in 1:53[3/5] to collect the $160,733 winner's purse.

Lexie ($2.20), with Mickey McNichol in the sulky, coasted to a 3�-length victory over Quiet Star to win the Molly Pitcher Pace and $31,040 at Freehold Raceway. The 2-year-old filly's time for the mile was 1:57[2/5].

HORSE RACING—AT LAST ($33.60), Jerry Bailey up, beat Unbridled by 3� lengths to win the Super Derby, at Louisiana Downs. The 3-year-old colt finished the 1� miles in 2:02 and took home $600,000.

Quick Mischief ($16.40), ridden by Raul Rojas, made a strong move on the final turn to defeat Personal Business by three lengths and win the Ruffian Handicap, at Belmont. The 4-year-old filly ran the 1[1/16] miles in 1:42[4/5] and earned $144,480.