In Brief

MOTOR SPORTS

Kyle Busch loses driver's license
for 45 days in speeding incident

NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Kyle Busch lost his driver's license for 45 days Tuesday for driving 128 mph on a road close to a day-care center and church in a nearly $400,000 car. His lawyer said his client was not treated "like any other citizen."

Busch, who doesn't need a license to compete in NASCAR, also was fined $1,000, sentenced to 30 hours of community service and put on one year of unsupervised probation. He pleaded guilty in Statesville, N.C., to speeding and no contest to reckless and careless driving.

Busch addressed the court before his sentencing by District Court Judge H. Thomas Church, apologizing again for driving 128 mph in a 45 mph zone in a bright yellow 2012 Lexus on May 24.

"I think you'll be different in the future," Church said.

"I sure will, your honor," Busch replied.

Busch and his wife, Samantha, were in the car when he was pulled over on a two-lane road in an area near a subdivision, a day-care center and a church. The hand-built LFA sports car was on loan to Busch from Lexus for a 24-hour test drive.

Busch attorney Cliff Homesley argued that his client wasn't being treated the same as other people in similar circumstances, citing a July case of a 21-year-old convicted felon who was caught doing 128 mph and received a $300 fine and no loss of license.

Also: Brad Keselowski will skip the Nationwide Series race this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway because of his broken ankle.

Parker Kligerman will drive the No. 22 Penske Racing Dodge for Keselowski in Friday night's race. It will be the fourth Nationwide race Keselowski has skipped since he was injured in an Aug. 3 accident while testing at Road Atlanta.

Keselowski has not missed any Sprint Cup races because of the accident, winning at Pocono four days after it occurred. He also finished second at Watkins Glen and third at Michigan on Sunday.

BASKETBALL

Timberwolves taking aim
at Adelman for coaching post

The Minnesota Timberwolves have persuaded Rick Adelman to listen to their pitch for the coaching job after all.

Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Adelman arrived in the Twin Cities to meet with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor and president of basketball operations David Kahn.

Adelman, 65, had a phone conversation with Kahn this summer. They have known each other for years, dating to Kahn's time as a columnist at The Oregonian while Adelman was coaching the Portland Trail Blazers.

But Adelman was quoted in The Oregonian as saying he planned to take next season -- if there is a season, of course -- off from coaching.

Also: Detroit Pistons rookie Kyle Singler, taken 33rd overall in the draft, signed with Spanish club Lucentum Alicante for the season if a lockout wipes out the NBA season.

Alicante announced the deal on its website, saying Singler, who led Duke to the 2010 NCAA championship, has a get-out clause that allows him to return to the NBA should a lockout be avoided.

University of Miami senior forward-center Julian Gamble tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left leg and probably will miss the entire season.

Gamble started 13 games in 2010-11 and averaged 3.8 points and 4.0 rebounds.

MISCELLANEOUS

Despite recent run, Serena
seeded 28th for U.S. Open

Serena Williams was seeded 28th for the U.S. Open, which stuck with its policy of following the rankings instead of taking into account players' performances.

That decision means Williams could face one of the Grand Slam tournament's top eight seeded players as early as the third round.

The 29-year-old American leads active women with 13 major championships, including three at Flushing Meadows -- in 1999, 2002 and 2008. She recently won consecutive hard-court tuneup tournaments at Stanford and Toronto, making her one of the favorites to win the U.S. Open, which starts Monday.

Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, the 2009 U.S. Open runner-up, is also No. 1 in the women's singles seedings.

Also: Top-seeded Andy Roddick beat France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Open, the final tuneup before next week's U.S. Open.

The hometown favorites from Clinton County, Pa., overcame a rocky start with a six-run first inning, then held on for a 7-5 win over Warner Robins, Ga., at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.

In other action, Japan beat British Columbia 4-0, and Cumberland, R.I., edged the Netherlands 8-7 in a consolation game.