IN BRIEF

BASKETBALL

Roy, Trail Blazers agree on five-year extension

Guard Brandon Roy reportedly has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers planned a news conference today.

The extension is expected to be worth between $78 million and $82 million.

Roy led the Blazers with 22.6 points and 5.1 assists per game last season.

Also: The Detroit Pistons have signed first-round draft pick Austin Daye.

The Gonzaga forward signed a two-year guaranteed contract. Daye averaged 12.7 points and 6.8 rebounds as a sophomore for the Bulldogs.

The Houston Rockets signed rookie guard Jermaine Taylor to a multiyear contract. Taylor scored 1,979 points at Central Florida and made a school-record 251 3-pointers.

Kurt Rambis was seen boarding a plane Wednesday to meet again with Minnesota Timberwolves officials, a strong sign that the Lakers' assistant coach will be hired to coach the team.

GOLF

UNLV-UNR rivalry heats up at Legends event

Former UNR golfer Michael Allen wants to clear something up about the friendly rivalry going on this week between former UNLV and Wolf Pack golfers at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.

"It's not friendly at all," he said with a smile Wednesday before playing in the pro-am at Montreux Golf and Country Club. "We want to kick their butt, are you kidding me?"

Allen, who won the Senior PGA Championship in May, is one of four Wolf Pack alumni in the field, along with Charlie Wi, Rich Barcelo and Kirk Triplett.

Former UNLV golfers Charley Hoffman, Chris Riley and Bill Lunde also are playing. Riley won the $3 million tournament in 2002 and Triplett in 2003.

"Most of the guys out here, you're friends all the time," Allen said. "But you've got to try to defend the home turf here. It's important. We want to win out here, certainly beat the UNLV guys."

Allen is trying to become the first golfer to win on the PGA Tour after first posting a victory on the senior circuit.

Also: The PGA Tour is returning to the once-elite Greenbrier -- just two months after the resort's new owner promised to bring a major tournament back for the first time in 15 years.

Owner Jim Justice made that pledge in May, and his wish came full-circle with the announcement from PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem. Finchem said the two sides agreed on a six-year contract to bring a tour stop to The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

MISCELLANEOUS

Omaha jumps out early in 14-1 pasting of 51s

Omaha scored 10 runs in the first three innings on the way to a 14-1 rout of the 51s (55-57) in Pacific Coast League play at Omaha, Neb.

The Royals (46-64) roughed up Las Vegas starter David Purcey (5-5), who lasted one inning, giving up five runs on four hits and four walks.

William Murphy relieved and gave up seven runs in the next four innings.

J.P. Arencibia accounted for the 51s' run with his 12th homer of the season.

Also: A man believed to be the getaway driver in the robbery and shooting death of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest has been arrested, Atlanta police said.

Jquante Crews, 25, of Dallas, Ga., faces several charges including murder, possession of a firearm during a commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The arrest came hours after another suspect, Demario Ware, was denied bond in the July 25 crime.

Vitali Klitschko has agreed to defend his WBC heavyweight title against rising prospect Chris Arreola on Sept. 26 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The bout will be Klitschko's third since returning from a layoff of almost four years to beat Samuel Peter late last year.

Klitschko is 37-2 with 36 knockouts, and Arreola is 27-0 with 24 KOs.

NASCAR driver Reed Sorenson inhaled carbon monoxide during Monday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., and his team has asked former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve to be on standby this weekend at Watkins Glen.

Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett has withdrawn a request for early release from prison so he can pursue an NFL career.

Clarett had argued that the sooner he was released, the sooner he could make a comeback.

Clarett, 25, was sentenced in September 2006 to serve at least three years for a holdup outside a Columbus, Ohio, bar and a separate highway chase that year that ended with police finding loaded guns in his SUV.

Kickoff for UNLV's Sept. 19 game against Hawaii at Sam Boyd Stadium has been moved to 8 p.m. The game, originally scheduled to start at 6, will be shown on The Mtn. and CBS College Sports Network.

Brendan Shanahan is back for another season in the NHL.

The 40-year-old forward signed a one-year deal with the New Jersey Devils, keeping him with the team that drafted him second overall in 1987.

Veteran defenseman Teppo Numminen will retire after 20 seasons in the NHL. The 41-year-old was an unrestricted free agent after playing the last four seasons in Buffalo.

Missy Bellinder of Fullerton, Calif., took the lead after 16 games of qualifying in the U.S. Women's Open bowling tournament at Sunset Lanes Strike Zone.

Bellinder carries a 224 average into today's third and final eight-game qualifying blocks. The field then will be cut to the top 25 percent of the 170-player field.