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UNLV

UNLV women's schedule includes North Carolina

The UNLV women's basketball team will host perennial national power North Carolina as part of its nonconference schedule for the 2009-10 season, the school's athletic department announced Monday.

The Tar Heels, with a lineup including former Centennial High School standout Italee Lucas, will visit Cox Pavilion on Nov. 22.

UNLV opens the season Nov. 13 at Southern Utah, then hosts Nebraska on Nov. 15.

The 14-game nonconference schedule could include up to six teams that reached the postseason last season.

Also, Noel Johnson, a 6-foot-7-inch guard from Fayette County (Ga.) High, is scheduled to make a recruiting visit to UNLV this weekend.

Rivals.com ranks Johnson the No. 53 prospect in the class of 2009.

Johnson signed with Southern California but recently was granted a release from his letter of intent.

Johnson is considering several other schools, including Georgia Tech and Louisiana State.

Rebels coach Lon Kruger has one scholarship available for next season.

SOCCER

Chelsea snaps up ex-AC Milan coach

Carlo Ancelotti was appointed Chelsea's new manager, joining the English Premier League team a day after quitting as coach of AC Milan.

Ancelotti succeeds Guus Hiddink, who led Chelsea on a caretaker basis this season after the dismissal of Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Also: Real Madrid confirmed that Manuel Pellegrini will coach the club next season, Florentino Perez's first signing since assuming the presidency of the Spanish powerhouse.

MISCELLANEOUS

Washington rolls in Women's CWS opener

Jenn Salling hit a two-run single that turned into a whole lot more as Washington routed top-seeded Florida 8-0 Monday night in Game 1 of the best-of-3 Women's College World Series finals.

Salling's bases-loaded single brought in four runs in the third inning when catcher Kristina Hilbreth tried to catch a runner at second. Her throw sailed into center field, clearing the bases.

Also: An attorney for a University of Florida cornerback charged with punching another man in the head during a fight says his client acted in self-defense.

Gainesville, Fla., police spokesman Lt. Keith Kameg said police saw Janoris Jenkins punch another man in the head shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday.

When Jenkins continued fighting, they shot him with a Taser, and he tried to run away.

He was arrested on charges of resisting arrest without violence.

Jim Murtishaw of Menifee, Calif., rolled a 289 on his way to a 1,416 six-game pinfall to lead after the first round of qualifying in the PBA Senior U.S. Open at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

Murtishaw had a 10-pin edge over Sam Ventura of Syracuse, N.Y.

Following the lead of international sports, the Phoenix Mercury became the first WNBA team to put a sponsor's name on its jerseys.

Under the three-year deal with LifeLock, the identity theft protection company's name will replace the "Phoenix" and "Mercury" across the road and home uniforms, respectively. The team's logo will appear above the "LifeLock" on the left side.

Retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens is opening his own racing stable. It will be based at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.