In Brief

SPORTS AND THE LAW

Prosecutors given more time
to consider new trial for Bonds

A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday gave prosecutors more time to decide whether home run record-holder Barry Bonds should face another perjury trial.

Bonds' criminal trial ended inconclusively April 13 when a jury convicted the seven-time Most Valuable Player on an obstruction of justice count but deadlocked on three perjury charges, the allegations at the heart of the government's case. Prosecutors tried to show that Bonds lied about using performance-enhancing drugs, which the slugger maintained he never knowingly took.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston granted prosecutors' request for more time to decide whether to try the case again, over the objections of Bonds' attorney, Allen Ruby. Ruby wanted to know immediately whether the government would continue its yearslong pursuit of Major League Baseball's career home runs leader.

Also: The authors of the Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball were ordered to give pitching legend Roger Clemens more of the evidence they used to accuse him of using steroids and human growth hormone.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said in a ruling filed in Washington that Clemens needs the investigators' notes of interviews with his accusers to defend himself in a criminal trial next month on charges he lied when he denied using drugs.

The notes were taken when the investigators questioned steroids dealer Kirk Radomski and longtime Clemens trainer Brian McNamee. Both said they provided drugs for the seven-time Cy Young winner. Clemens has denied the accusation.

The Thursday court date for Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt was postponed to July 12.

Britt is charged in Hoboken, N.J., with resisting arrest this month after detectives suspected he was carrying a marijuana cigar at a car wash.

Former Michigan State basketball standout Mateen Cleaves was cited for driving with a suspended license.

Cleaves was pulled over for speeding by police in Mount Morris Township, Mich., on Wednesday night, the day his license was suspended. His license was suspended because he didn't pay a responsibility fee for having too many points in February.

GOLF

Tseng shoots 66, takes early
lead at LPGA Championship

Top-ranked Yani Tseng shot a 6-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Paula Creamer in the first round of the LPGA Championship in Pittsford, N.Y.

Angela Stanford, Meena Lee, Diana D'Alessio and Stacy Prammanasudh were 4 under, and Morgan Pressel, Stacy Lewis, Ryann O'Toole, Amy Hung, Minea Blomqvist and Hee Young Park were 3 under.

Defending champion Cristie Kerr, who was ailing with a light case of the flu, shot par 72.

Also: Michael Bradley had a one-stroke lead when first-round play in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., was suspended for the day because of rain.

Bradley was 6 under with two holes left when play was stopped at 11:30 a.m. EDT at TPC River Highlands.

Officials reopened the driving range late in the afternoon and hoped to resume play at 5:45 p.m., but another shower forced more delays and officials eventually decided not to restart play before 7 a.m. today.

Vijay Singh was in a group of seven players a shot back.

Sweden's Henrik Stenson shot an 8-under 64 in poor weather to take a one-shot lead over Gary Boyd of England after the first round of the BMW International Open in Munich.

MISCELLANEOUS

Former USC football player
admits taking illegal payments

Former Southern California football player Lonnie White said he took $14,000 in illegal payments during his four-year career in the 1980s, mostly by selling game tickets allotted to scholarship players.

White made the admission Wednesday in a first-person story for The Daily, an online publication. He was a sports writer at the Los Angeles Times from 1987 to 2008.

White was a receiver and special teams player at USC, where he played under John Robinson and Ted Tollner from 1982 to 1986. He went to training camp with the New Orleans Saints before his football career ended.

White said he sold the four season tickets provided to every scholarship player, which is illegal. Players also had the option of buying four more tickets to home games.

Also: New York Jets backup quarterback Erik Ainge said he is moving on from football because of injuries to his right foot and throwing shoulder.

The 25-year-old Ainge told The Associated Press this "isn't the next step I wanted, but it's the hand I'm dealt."

Ainge, nearly a year clean of drugs and alcohol, missed last season while dealing with recovery from his addictions. He had surgery on his foot in January, an injury that plagued him for years, and he recently tweeted that he was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff.

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, the linchpins of the Philadelphia Flyers' run to the Stanley Cup Finals a year ago, were traded in stunning deals that shook up the franchise on the eve of the NHL Draft.

The moves cleaned house -- and cleared needed salary-cap space to sign goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. The move for the franchise goalie was imminent. The Flyers acquired the rights to Bryzgalov, 30, this month in a deal with the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Flyers moved more than $100 million in salary in deals that sent Richards to the Los Angeles Kings and Carter to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Boston Bruins will begin defense of their Stanley Cup title against the Philadelphia Flyers as part of an opening night tripleheader Oct. 6, the NHL announced.

Winnipeg, the new home of the former Atlanta Thrashers, returns to the NHL on Oct. 9 when the still-unnamed team hosts the Montreal Canadiens.

Also, the Flyers will play host to the New York Rangers in the Winter Classic, scheduled for Jan. 2 at Citizens Bank Park, home of Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies.

Defenseman Andrei Markov signed a three-year, $17.25 million contract to stay with the Montreal Canadiens through the 2013-14 season.

The 6-foot, 209-pound Markov has 366 points (81 goals, 285 assists) in 623 regular-season games over 10 seasons with the Canadiens.

The San Jose Sharks signed forward Devin Setoguchi to a $9 million, three-year contract to prevent him from becoming a restricted free agent.

Setoguchi had 22 goals and 19 assists in the regular season. He added seven goals and three assists in the playoffs.

Boston College assistant Joe Jones was hired by Boston University to be its men's basketball coach.

Jones replaces Patrick Chambers, who left early this month after two years to become head coach at Penn State.

Tyson Gay moved into the second round of the 100 meters despite a less-than-stellar time of 10.01 seconds in the U.S. Nationals in Eugene, Ore.

Gay was second to Ivory Williams, who finished the wind-aided heat in 9.95.

Among those joining Gay in the semifinals will be Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic champion, who is returning to nationals for the first time since 2006, after a four-year doping ban.