IN BRIEF

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Heels' Hansbrough out indefinitely with injury

North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough is out of practice indefinitely with a stress reaction condition in his right shin.

The reigning Associated Press player of the year did not practice Thursday. Instead, he underwent an MRI that revealed the stress reaction, which if not properly treated could lead to a stress fracture, team spokesman Steve Kirschner said.

The school issued a statement saying there is no timetable for his return and no further information on the injury was available.

Hansbrough played in all 108 games during his previous three seasons at North Carolina, and has two weeks to heal before the Nov. 15 season opener against Pennsylvania if he is to keep that streak intact.

Also: For the first time since USA Today took over the coaches poll in 1991, a team is the unanimous preseason No. 1 pick.

North Carolina is No. 1 in the USA Today preseason Top 25. The Tar Heels are a unanimous choice, receiving all 31 votes, and they are the first team to start back-to-back seasons as the No. 1 team.

North Carolina returns its starting lineup from last season's Final Four team and added three McDonald's All-Americans.

UNLV just missed the Top 25, leading the teams also receiving votes at No. 26.

NHL

Alfredsson, Senators agree on four-year deal

The Ottawa Senators re-signed captain Daniel Alfredsson to a four-year contact.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Ottawa Sun reported it was worth $22 million.

Alfredsson, 35, has 334 goals and 856 points in 861 career regular-season games with the Senators. He has spent his entire career with Ottawa and served as the team's captain since 1999.

Also: The Washington Capitals aren't sure when Alex Ovechkin will be back in the lineup.

Ovechkin, who led the league in goals and points last season, left Monday to travel to Russia so he could spend time with his ailing grandfather.

MISCELLANEOUS

Nadal, Federer advance in Paris; Djokovic loses

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer rolled into the Paris Masters quarterfinals without the ousted Novak Djokovic.

Fourth-ranked Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, defending champion David Nalbandian and 2006 winner Nikolay Davydenko also made the last eight.

Roddick claimed the sixth spot in the eight-man Masters Cup in Shanghai next month, leaving Juan Martin del Potro and Gilles Simon waiting on today's results to see if they keep the last two berths.

Nadal beat Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-2, Federer defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 6-4, and Djokovic lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Also: Jacques Rogge formally announced his candidacy for another term as IOC president, vowing to build on four successful Olympics under his stewardship and fight against drug cheats and childhood obesity.

No one is expected to challenge the 66-year-old Rogge at the International Olympic Committee's assembly in October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, making his re-election for a final four-year term through 2014 a formality.

Rogge became IOC president in 2001.

David Beckham will join AC Milan in January on a three-month loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy to maintain his fitness and prolong his career with the English national team.

The former England captain's stint in Serie A will begin Jan. 7, and he will rejoin his Galaxy teammates in March.

Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said an agreement was reached with Beckham's lawyers, although a contract is still to be written.

Oscar De La Hoya announced that Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee has joined his team as he prepares for his Dec. 6 fight against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden.

Dundee, 87, who has trained 15 world champions, including Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, will serve as an adviser to De La Hoya, who is being trained by Nacho Beristain.

Julio Diaz (35-4, 26 knockouts) faces Fernando Trejo (30-14-4, 20 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight main event to headline today's Top Rank card at the Hard Rock Hotel. The card, scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. and be televised on Telefutura (Cable 64), features three Las Vegas fighters -- Diego Magdaleno, Anthony Lenk and Sharif Bogere.

Shadow Ridge's boys soccer team forfeited its match against Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday because the Mustangs used an ineligible player.

Shadow Ridge was a 2-0 winner in the match.

Cimarron is credited with the win, but remained in third place in the Class 4A Northwest League. The Spartans will face Bishop Gorman in the first round of the Sunset Region playoffs Tuesday.

Shadow Ridge finished 1-13-2 overall, 1-11-2 in the league and fell to last place.