As they kicked off three days of meetings at an oceanfront resort in Hollywood, Fla., the Bowl Championship Series overseers appear to have a better chance of getting a sunburn than making any major changes in the controversial system.

"I continue to sense a certain comfort level, if you will, with the current status of things with the BCS," BCS coordinator John Swofford said after the first session yesterday. "I think it's been a pretty stable few years."

Still, the commissioners of the 11 major-college football conferences, along with Notre Dame AD Kevin White, will have their most detailed discussions to date of the plus-one model, which could use two bowls as semifinals and another as a national title game, with the four participants seeded. That conversation will take place tomorrow, with Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive leading it.

"We'll have a pretty specific discussion about that," Swofford said.

The plus-one may not seem complicated. But the plan requires unanimous approval, and the Big Ten and Pacific-10 already have made clear they oppose it. The other conferences have been noncommittal.

Golf

Phil Harison, who introduced everyone from Ben Hogan to Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods during his 60 years as the starter on the first tee of the Masters, died of natural causes Sunday. He was 82.

Harison was one of two people to attend every Masters since it began in 1934, and he became a familiar voice to the many fans who grew accustomed to his Southern drawl and understated manner of announcing each player.

Hockey

A Wilkes-Barre newspaper is reporting that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins captain Nathan Smith was charged with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, open lewdness and indecent exposure for his role in a streaking incident early Sunday. According to Scranton police documents, Smith said he was acting on a bet when he ran naked into the street at 2:29 a.m. Police documents also indicated that Penguins winger Ryan Stone was taken into custody for public drunkenness.

College basketball

Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt finalized her divorce from R.B. Summitt after 27 years of marriage. Pat Summitt's petition, filed in August, claimed irreconcilable differences. The pair have one child, Tyler, 17.

• Johnny Dawkins, 44, a longtime assistant coach at Duke under Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski, formally was introduced as the new men's coach at Stanford.

Auto racing

Finland's Heikki Kovalainen said from a hospital bed that he hopes to race in Turkey in two weeks despite his high-speed crash at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona Sunday. The McLaren driver was traveling at 150 mph when his car went off the track and slammed into a protective wall.

Figure skating

Christine Zukowski, the bronze medalist at the 2006 junior world figure skating championships, is retiring at 18. She sat out this past season because of a recurring back injury. Zukowski won the U.S. novice crown in 2004.

Soccer

FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants Spain to bid for the 2018 World Cup. South Africa will be the first African nation to play host to the tournament in 2010, and Brazil has been awarded the 2014 World Cup. The English Football Association has set aside $29.5 million for its bid to be the host of the 2018 event.

Volleyball

The Penn State men's team (28-1) is the top seed and will play Ohio State (20-7) in the NCAA national semifinals Thursday at Irvine, Calif. Long Beach State (23-6) and Pepperdine (16-10) meet in the other semifinal.

Tennis

The Carnegie Mellon men's team (18-7) received an NCAA Division III bid and got a bye in the first-round regional at Kenyon. The Tartans will play the winner of Kalamazoo (13-8)-Wilkes (16-2) in the second round Saturday.