Basketball
CBA SUSPENDS PLAY: The Continental Basketball Association temporarily suspended play, with league owner Isiah Thomas attempting to sell the teams to local groups.
The league's value plummeted when the NBA decided to operate its own developmental league rather than relying on the CBA, though the NBA extended its partnership through the current season. The CBA, in its 55th season, is nearly $1.5 million in debt.
Football
SMITH ARRESTED: Akili Smith, the Cincinnati Bengals' second-year quarterback, was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.
Smith, the third overall pick in the 1999 draft, was pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street in the downtown Gaslamp Quarter at about 2 a.m., police spokesman Bill Robinson said. Smith told the officer he was looking for friends.
Smith, who lives in San Diego, was given a sobriety test and booked into San Diego County jail, Robinson said. He later was released on $1,600 bail.
Business
AGENTS SUE SFX: Two prominent baseball agents have sued their former company, SFX Entertainment Inc., for fraud and asked for $60 million in damages.
The lawsuit throws in question who will represent dozens of major league players, including Pedro Martinez, Mariano Rivera, Larry Walker, Moises Alou, Vladimir Guerrero and Jim Thome.
SFX fired agents Jim Bronner and Bob Gilhooley last week after the suit was filed and put veteran agent Randy Hendricks in charge of their players and staff.
Baseball
CASEY WINS ARBITRATION: Cincinnati first baseman Sean Casey beat the Reds in salary arbitration in the first case argued before a panel that included two women.
Casey was awarded a raise from $400,000 to $3 million rather than the $2.6 million offered by the Reds.
Casey, 26, hit .315 last season with 20 homers and 85 RBIs.
YOUNG SIGNS WITH REDS: Outfielder Dmitri Young avoided arbitration with the Cincinnati Reds by agreeing to a $3.5 million, one-year contract.
Young had asked for $3.9 million in arbitration and the team offered $3.1 million. They settled at the halfway point. Young made $1.95 million last season, when he batted .303 with 18 homers and 88 RBIs.
Track & field
HUNTER MAY BE BANNED: The head of the IAAF's anti-doping commission is threatening to ban 1999 world shot put champion C.J. Hunter if the U.S. governing body doesn't take action soon.
Hunter tested positive four times for the anabolic steroid nandrolone last year.
Doping cases usually are handled initially by the national federation. Hunter, the husband of triple Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones, has not been suspended by USA Track & Field and no hearing date has been set.
Boxing
DE LA HOYA'S CONTRACT VOIDED: A federal judge issued a written ruling declaring Oscar De La Hoya's contract with longtime promoter Bob Arum "void and unenforceable."
De La Hoya's new promoter is Jerry Perenchio, the head of Spanish-language network Univision.
BOWE ARRESTED: Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe was arrested following a fight with his wife at their home on Long Island, authorities said.
Tennis
KOURNIKOVA ADVANCES: Anna Kournikova, still without a WTA Tour title, beat Sandra Kleinova 6-0, 6-3 in 45 minutes to reach the quarterfinals of the Gaz de France tournament. Defending champion Nathalie Tauziat also advanced.
Also advancing were, defending champion Nathalie Tauziat, beating fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy; Amy Frazier, who beat France's Anne-Gaelle Sidot, and Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States beat Denisa Chladkova.