Baseball
Montreal's Tomo Ohka was suspended for six games and Atlanta's Chris Hammond for three by baseball vice president Bob Watson, who accused the two of intentionally throwing at batters last weekend.
Padres third baseman Phil Nevin apologized to team officials for making an obscene gesture at a fan who was riding him for making an error the previous night in an extra-inning win over San Francisco.
Basketball
The FBI issued an arrest warrant for the brother of former NBA player Bison Dele, the day after Dele's sailboat was found in Tahiti.
Hawks forward DerMarr Johnson broke his neck in a car crash, an injury that is not life-threatening but could cause him to miss the season.
Colleges
Ann Marie Brooks of Missouri, a two-sport athlete who graduated in May with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, is among the finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year. The list of 50 nominees, representing the District of Columbia and every state except Wyoming, was cut to 10 finalists. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will announce the winner at an awards dinner Nov. 2 in Indianapolis.
Football
Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez has agreed to a seven-year deal worth more than $31 million, along with a $10 million signing bonus that is the most any NFL tight end has received.
Golf
Juli Inkster, the U.S. Open winner, missed a 4-foot putt on the 18th hole to share the lead in the opening round of the $1 million Safeway Classic with a 5-under 67.
Billy Andrade shot a 3-under-par 68 to maintain a one-stroke lead after two rounds in the Pennsylvania Classic. A day after shooting a bogey-free 66 on the Waynesborough Country Club course, Andrade's only mistake Friday was a bogey on the sixth hole.
Bruce Fleisher birdied 10 of his first 14 holes for a 10-under-par 60, tying the record for the lowest 18-hole score in Senior PGA Tour history in the first round of the RJR Championship.
Hockey
Mike Vernon, who backstopped the Flames and Red Wings to Stanley Cup titles, retired after a 19-year NHL career.
Motorsports
Rookie Ryan Newman set a track record while winning the pole for the Winston Cup New Hampshire 300. Newman's Ford got around the 1.058-mile track at 132.241 mph.
Kenny Brack won his first CART pole of the season Friday, turning the fastest lap at the Rockingham 500 in central England.
-- From wire reports
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