BasketballROUNDBALL RUCKUS: Registration forms for the 10th Annual Coca Cola/Utah Jazz Roundball Ruckus 3-on-3 tournament are now available at Smith's, Einstein Bros Bagels, Holiday Oil and Frontier Pies and Restaurants.
Tournament organizers expect 1,800 teams to descend on the campus of Salt Lake Community College June 3-5.
The tournament is open to men, women and children ages 8 years and up.
The entry fee is $88 per team, which can include up to four players. Team members will each receive a T-shirt and are guaranteed a minimum of three games.
A $10 discount is available at all Smith's and Holiday Oil locations. Media partners include the Deseret News, KSL Newsradio 1160, X-96 and KSTU Fox 13.
Proceeds will benefit Salt Lake Community College and local high school athletics said tournament director, Dan Cramer.
"Utah is a basketball state and our tour will stop in 75 cities this year," he said. "Division winners will be invited to the National Championships in Boulder, Colo., over Labor Day weekend."
A 10-year sponsor, the Deseret News will partner with Mt. Olympus Waters with a sport court. Participants will be able to exhibit their shooting skills for the chances to win prizes from the Deseret News and Mt. Olympus Waters.
HIGH SCHOOL HOOPSTERS: The Salt Lake Metro 17-and-under basketball team is representing Utah in the Run 'N Slam All-Star Classic this weekend in Indiana.
Players on Salt Lake Metro include Jason Baker (Bingham); Andrew Blanchard (West Jordan); Derek Dawes (Cottonwood); Garrett Gregson (Skyline); Darrin Hammer (East); Mike Higgins (Bingham); Tyler Holt (Bingham); Schafer Jackson (Provo); and Seth Scott (Mountain View).
Hockey
MARIO'S PEN PALS: Partners in Mario Lemieux's bid to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins include a fireworks maker, a car dealer, two realty companies and a former owner of the team.
Lemieux on Friday revealed the names of his 10 partners as he tries to get creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to approve his $50 million bid. The team is operating with court protection from creditors including Lemieux, the former star center who is owed $32 million.
Tennis
BETTY BARCLAY CUP: Second-seeded Venus Williams reached the semifinals of the Betty Barclay Cup in Hamburg, Germany, with another display of power tennis Friday while top-seeded Jana Novotna was upset.
Williams used her powerful serve to beat Amanda Coetzer 6-4, 6-3. Unseeded Barbara Schett pulled off the first big upset at the event, beating Novotna 6-4, 6-3.
In Saturday's semifinals, Schett will face Mary Pierce, who beat Spain's Conchita Martinez, 6-4, 6-4. Williams plays Spain's third-seeded Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.
BMW OPEN: Alberto Berasategui of Spain beat Italy's Vincenzo Santopadre 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the BMW Open on Friday in Munich, Germany.
Argentina's Franco Squillari and Romania's Andrei Pavel also breezed into the semifinals with easy wins against two little-known Germans in the clay-court event.
Squillari rolled past Michael Kohlmann 6-2, 6-2 in just 66 minutes and Pavel needed just 59 minutes to dispatch an erratic Hendrik Dreekmann 6-1, 6-4.
AT&T CHALLENGE: Unfazed by wind, sprinkling rain and chilly temperatures, Magnus Larsson of Sweden coasted to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over second-seed Jason Stoltenberg of Australia to gain the semifinals of the $325,000 AT&T Challenge in Duluth, Ga.
Fifth-seed Sebastien Grosjean of France advanced as well with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Sargis Sargsian of Armenia. Grosjean now faces Jim Courier, a 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) winner over American Justin Gimelstob earlier in the day in a match delayed because of rain from Thursday night, and a 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) winner over Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quartersfinals.
Skiing
MORAN OUT OF HOSPITAL: Former U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Jim Moran was released from a hospital Friday, two months after suffering a brain injury when he landed badly during a competition at Vail.
Moran, 26, was released from Craig Hospital and will live in the area with his mother and receive outpatient therapy, the hospital said in a news release. He hopes later to live in Page, Ariz., for a time and eventually return to Park City, it said.
The hospital said Moran has a "terrific attitude" and has made "significant progress" since he was admitted to Craig in mid-March. He had been at nearby Swedish Medical Center since his accident at the U.S. Freeskiing Open Feb. 20.
Moran is walking on his own even though his right arm and leg remain partially paralyzed, Craig spokesman Kenny Hosack said. But he still needs therapy for coordination and endurance. He also needs therapy for speech clarity and hoarseness, though he can speak.