IN BRIEF

NBA

Hornets guard Pargo signs with Russian team

New Orleans Hornets guard Jannero Pargo is the latest player to turn his back on the NBA for Europe.

Pargo signed a one-year deal with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian League, agent Mark Bartelstein told The Associated Press on Friday.

The one-year deal is worth nearly $4 million and is about twice what Pargo made for the Hornets last season, Bartelstein said. Pargo joins a growing defection of NBA players lured overseas by higher salaries.

Pargo, 28, averaged 8.1 points and 18 minutes a game with the Hornets last season.

Also: Michael Finley is poised to re-sign with San Antonio.

The 35-year-old swingman has reached terms on a deal with the Spurs, according to a report posted on ESPN.com that cited NBA front-office sources.

Finley averaged 10.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists while playing in all 82 games in his 13th NBA season.

Former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz's court bid to regain control of the team will have to wait until after next season.

Federal Judge Marsha Pechman has set a June 15 trial date for Schultz's lawsuit, which seeks to overturn his 2006 sale of the team to Clay Bennett, who moved the team to Oklahoma City.

MOTOR SPORTS

Vickers claims pole for Sprint Cup event

Nobody could touch Brian Vickers in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich.

Vickers' lap of 188.536 mph put the Red Bull Racing driver on the pole for Sunday's 3M Performance 400.

It was the fifth career pole for Vickers, but the first for his team and his first since November 2006 at Texas, when he was with Hendrick Motorsports.

Two-time reigning Cup champion Jimmie Johnson was second at 187.028.

Elliott Sadler was third at 186.577, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. at 186.321, four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon at 186.032 and rookie Patrick Carpentier at 185.979.

Also: Top Fuel points leader Tony Schumacher raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot in the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pa.

Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also led their divisions in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series event.

Schumacher had a 3.816-second pass at 316.67 mph.

MISCELLANEOUS

Hawaii team advances at Little League Series

Christian Donahue's hustle led to the decisive run that backed a strong pitching performance by Caleb Duley as Waipahu, Hawaii, beat Shelton, Conn., 3-1 at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.

Donahue singled in the fourth and advanced to second on a passed ball. Catcher Anthony Searles threw the ball back to pitcher Eddie Kochiss, though time was never called and Kochiss didn't notice Donahue advancing to third. Donahue then scored on a wild pitch to break a 1-1 tie.

In other games, Maracaibo, Venezuela, beat White Rock, British Columbia, 8-1; Tampa, Fla., routed Rapid City, S.D., 10-0 in a four-inning no-hitter; and rain forced the postponement of the matchup between Jeffersonville, Ind., and Hagerstown, Md., to today.

Also: After this weekend, the historic Bay Meadows racetrack in San Mateo, Calif., will be just history.

The final horse race at the 74-year-old track is scheduled for Sunday.

Track officials then plan to auction off track memorabilia and equipment during a three-day public auction beginning Aug. 23.

Developers are planning to build on the site, creating more than 83 acres of housing, retail and office space in a plan first approved by the city in 2005.

Backseat Rhythm rallied from last to beat Rosa Grace by 31/4 lengths at Saratoga in the $150,000 Lake Placid Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

Backseat Rhythm ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.60 to win the first stakes race of her career and paid $14.40, $6.80 and $5.30.

Andy Roddick was upset by Viktor Troicki 0-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

Second-seeded Juan Martin del Potro won his 17th straight match, a 6-4, 6-4 victory over John Isner.

Del Potro, 19, has won the last three tournaments he's played in and will face fourth-seeded Tommy Haas, a 7-5, 6-1 winner over Alejandro Falla.

Sophomore transfer Dax Crum was named the starting quarterback for Wyoming, beating out returning starter Karsten Sween.

Crum transferred to Laramie from Mesa Community College in Arizona, where he played one year after leaving the Arizona State team.

Sween, a junior, played in all 13 games last year, starting 12. He threw for 2,028 yards and 12 touchdowns with 17 interceptions.