SOCCER

Anschutz enters Hall of Fame for building efforts

Colorado businessman Philip Anschutz was inducted Monday into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., with former U.S. national team defenders Alexi Lalas and Carla Overbeck, and two-time Hermann Trophy winner Al Trost.

Anschutz, a former owner of Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids, was inducted as a builder of the game, particularly after owning several MLS clubs and constructing soccer-specific stadiums in Carson, Calif., and Bridgeview, Ill.

Lalas appeared in 96 games for the United States, finishing with nine goals and 11 assists. Overbeck started every game for the United States at the 1991, 1995 and 1999 Women's World Cups. Trost scored two goals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.

• D.C. United midfielder Domenic Mediate had surgery on his broken right leg and is out for the season.

BASKETBALL

U.S. focus on Nowitzki in worlds quarterfinals

The bracket says the United States will be facing Germany in the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championship Wednesday.

In truth, the United States is facing Dirk.

"Man, they have Dirk," U.S. point guard Chris Paul said.

Everyone is on a first-name basis with German forward Dirk Nowitzki, who has joined the ranks of the one-name basketball stars. There's Kobe, Shaq, LeBron and Yao. And Dirk.

Nowitzki leads the tournament's remaining players in scoring, at 24.5 points a game, and rebounding, at 10.3 a game.

"Obviously the U.S. is the favorite to win it all here, but you never know," Nowitzki said. "Every game has to be played."

• The Atlanta Hawks exercised the contract options for the 2007-08 season on Josh Smith, Josh Childress and Marvin Williams, three former first-round draft picks.

FOOTNOTES

Bourdais coasts closer to Champ Car series title

Sebastien Bourdais took a big step toward a third straight Champ Car World Series title, winning the Montreal Grand Prix.

With Thornton resident A.J. Allmendinger finishing last in the 17-car field, Bourdais is a virtual lock to become the first driver in American open-wheel racing to win three straight championships since Ted Horn from 1946 to 1948.

• Former New Mexico State football players Mu'Ammar Ali, Anthony Thompson and Vincent Thompson - all Muslims - coach Hal Mumme and the university, saying they were dismissed from the team because of their religious beliefs.

• Colt McCoy was named the starting quarterback for Texas, ending a battle with fellow freshman Jevan Snead.

• Sophomore Graham Harrell has been selected as the starting quarterback for Texas Tech.

• Dismissed Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar enrolled at Division I-AA Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas.

• Leisel Jones broke the 100-meter breaststroke short-course world record for the second time in two days, and Libby Lenton set a world mark in the 100 butterfly at the Australian short-course championships in Hobart, Australia.

• Jennie Finch pitched a two-hitter to help the defending champion United States beat North Korea 7-0 at the softball world championships in Beijing.

• Francisco Jose Ventoso captured the longest stage of the Spanish Vuelta cycling race, completing the 132-mile route in 5:43:45 at Almendralejo, Spain. Tom Danielson, of Durango, is 29th overall.

• Barbaro's recovery took another step forward when X-rays showed that the pastern joint on the Kentucky Derby winner's right hind leg had fused.

The pastern joint connects a horse's hoof with the rest of the leg.

• Gary Neiwand, a silver medal-winning cyclist at the 1992 Olympics, was sentenced today to 18 months in jail in Melbourne, Australia, for stalking a former girlfriend.

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