IN BRIEF

BASKETBALL

Duquesne forward cited twice for drugs

Duquesne forward Stuard Baldonado, suspended from school Wednesday after being charged with drug violations, was arrested near the Pittsburgh campus again hours later that day on a misdemeanor drug charge.

Baldonado, one of five Dukes players shot on campus a year ago this month, was initially arrested Friday and charged with criminal conspiracy involving the manufacture, delivery or possession of a controlled substance. He was indefinitely suspended from the university and the basketball team on Wednesday after school officials reviewed the situation.

A few hours later on Wednesday night, Pittsburgh police said they spotted Baldonado smoking by himself on a street corner near the Duquesne campus. After being questioned, the 22-year-old Baldonado was told he would be mailed a summons charging him with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, officer David Honick said.

Also: A prostitute who was with former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter on the night he was beaten aided and abetted his killing, according to a criminal complaint.

Porter, 58, died May 26, a week after he was found unconscious in a Minneapolis alley.

Tonya Evette Johnson, 33, is charged with second-degree murder for her role in Porter's death. She told authorities that she was walking near her St. Paul apartment when she approached Porter for a "date." Johnson said she brought Porter to her apartment to exchange sex for money and crack cocaine when four masked men rushed in and beat him, according to the complaint.

Johnson told police she knew one of the men was Rashad Arthur Raleigh, 29, who has been charged with second-degree murder.

Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard has agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep him at the Worcester, Mass., school until 2013.

Willard has a 159-89 record in eight seasons with Crusaders, an average of nearly 20 wins per year. He has taken the team to the NCAA Tournament four times, including last season when the team finished 25-9.

GOLF

Arkansan, 55, youngest to win Senior Amateur

Stan Lee beat Sam Farlow 4 and 3 to win the USGA Senior Amateur title in Andover, Kan. -- five days after his 55th birthday -- to become the tournament's youngest champion.

Lee, of Heber Springs, Ark., surpassed the previous record of 55 years, three months and 18 days, set by Bill Bosshard in 1991. "I cannot believe it," said Lee. "It is a dream come true. I'm still kind of pinching myself to see if this is real or not. What an honor to win a USGA event."

Also: Anna Schultz beat Robyn Puckett on the second playoff hole to win the USGA Senior Women's Amateur championship in Sunriver, Ore.

Schultz, of Rockwall, Texas, had a 4-up lead through 12 holes at Sunriver Resort's par-71 Meadows Course. Puckett, of Irvine, Calif., then won four of the next five holes to pull even heading into the 18th.

UNLV women's golf coach Missy Ringler won the Nevada Women's State Amateur tournament by a single stroke, outlasting one of her own players -- junior Nicole McGirr.

Ringler finished with a three-round total of 11-over-par 227 at the Las Vegas Country Club to earn her second Nevada amateur title. She won her first state medalist honors in 2003.

Ringler shot a final-round 74, which was three strokes better than McGirr, of Henderson, who shot a final-round 77.

The UNLV men's golf team is ranked eighth in Golfweek Magazine's preseason top 10.

Stanford, the defending NCAA champion, is the top-ranked team, followed by UCLA, Alabama, Georgia and Southern California in the top five.

Florida is sixth, followed by Clemson, UNLV, Duke and Oklahoma State.

MISCELLANEOUS

Big Ten Network signs with Dish Network

The Big Ten Network reached an agreement with satellite TV provider Dish Network, expanding the reach of the new channel.

The number of households with the network nationwide will initially increase from about 17 million to 28.5 million. In the eight states with Big Ten schools, the number will increase from 3.5 to 6.2 million.

Dish customers who subscribe to the America's Top 100 package or higher will have access to the channel through early 2008. After that, customers in the eight Big Ten states will get the channel on the America's Top 100 Plus service, which includes regional sports networks. It has yet to be determined how the channel will be made available to customers outside the eight states after that time.

Also: The much-delayed return of Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches has one more week to go.

As expected, the first filly in 102 years to capture the Belmont won't run in Saturday's Ruffian Handicap at Belmont Park but is set for the Gazelle Stakes a week later.

The 3-year-old filly spiked a fever and missed a workout Aug. 27, then put in a five-furlong workout last Sunday at Saratoga Race Course. Rags to Riches was back at Belmont on Wednesday.