Track
3,000-METER WIN: World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj started his outdoor season with a win in the 3,000 meters at the IAAF Grand Prix II meet on Friday in Turin, Italy.
El Guerrouj, who holds world records in the 1,500 and 2,000 meters as well as the mile, won the race in 7 minutes, 30.23 seconds. Leonard Mucheru of Kenya was second, 11.22 seconds back.
In other events, American Coby Miller won the 100 meters in 10.10 seconds, beating Uchenna Emedolu of Nigeria by 0.09 seconds. Frenchman Florent Lacasse won the 800 meters in 1:44.61.
Salim Sdiri of France won the long jump with a leap of 26-3. Olympic long jump champion Ivan Pedroso, in his first competition since injuring his thigh in March, finished fourth with a leap of 25-5 1/2.
Magdelein Martinez won the triple jump, landing at 48-5 1/2.
Baseball
PITCHER REHABS: St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen, still recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, threw one perfect inning Thursday in his first rehab appearance for Double-A Tennessee.
Isringhausen pitched the first inning, striking out one. He is scheduled to pitch again Sunday.
Cardinals catcher Joe Girardi, who is rehabbing from a back injury, went 2-for-4. Carolina, the Double-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins, won the Southern League game 6-4.
Football
REDSKINS CAMP: The Washington Redskins are staying home, and this time there's no charge to watch.
The team announced Friday it will hold training camp at its year-round facility in the Virginia suburbs. Admission and parking will be free, a lesson learned from three years ago when owner Daniel Snyder drew nationwide ridicule by charging $10 to park and $10 to get in.
The 2000 training camp was also remembered for the scouts from rival teams in the stands. Because admission was charged, they were permitted to watch. They are not allowed to watch free practices.
SURGERY SUCCESSFUL: Former Southern Mississippi tailback Derrick Nix underwent successful kidney transplant surgery Friday.
"The surgery went very well and it was very routine, in fact," said Bob Shepard, spokesman for the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital. Nix received a kidney from his oldest brother, Marcus. The former NFL prospect won't play football again.
He had undergone dialysis treatment since December. The 225-pounder from Attalla, Ala., sat out most of the 2000 season and all of 2001 while recovering.
He returned last season and ran for 1,194 yards and 11 touchdowns. But after the season, tests revealed his condition had worsened and he would eventually need a transplant.
NEW GAMBLING TRIAL: Former Florida State quarterback Adrian McPherson could face another gambling trial after a jury could not reach a verdict Friday.
A mistrial was declared when the jury deadlocked 5-1 for conviction.
McPherson was accused of gambling on college and professional games, including those he played in, by placing bets over the Internet. McPherson was facing up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine for the second-degree misdemeanor.
Soccer
PELE TO ATTEND: A capacity crowd of 27,000, including soccer legend Pele, is expected Saturday when the defending MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy face the Colorado Rapids in their first game at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
"We've always talked in years past about being the flagship organization in this league," Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid said Friday. "This stadium is certainly the flagship stadium in this league now. It's a proud banner that we have to represent on the field as well."
The new stadium is even bigger for soccer in America, Schmid said.
Basketball
TRIAL ORDERED: Jason Richardson of the Golden State Warriors will stand trial on a charge that he pushed his former girlfriend into a wall at her Michigan home.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys were not able to reach an agreement Thursday during a pretrial hearing. A trial date has not been set, and Richardson remains free on $5,000 bond.
The 22-year-old Richardson faces up to 93 days in jail and $500 in fines if convicted of the misdemeanor charge of domestic violence.
FULLERTON JOB: Bob Burton, highly successful junior college coach for 21 seasons, was hired Friday as coach at Cal State-Fullerton.
Burton, an assistant coach at Fresno State last season, succeeds former Ute assistant Donny Daniels, who resigned April 18 after three years as coach of the Titans to become an assistant at UCLA.
"I can't tell you how thrilled I am to receive this opportunity," said the 57-year-old Burton, who signed a four-year contract. "I'm looking forward to building a winning program at Cal State-Fullerton."
Burton's teams at West Valley Community College in Saratoga compiled a 507-167 record in 21 years. He left a year ago to become an assistant under new Fresno State coach Ray Lopes, a former player and assistant coach for him at West Valley.
Burton graduated from Fresno State in 1968 with a degree in social sciences and earned a masters degree a year later at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, where he began his coaching career as an assistant in the 1968-69 season.
Burton was hired in 1972 as coach at Willow Glen High in San Jose, where his teams went 143-52. He also served as an assistant coach under Lynn Archibald at Utah in the 1986-87 season.
"Bob Burton has been one of the most successful coaches in California," Fullerton director of athletics Brian Quinn said. "I don't believe we could have hired a finer coach, someone to lead us to the success that our community wants and looks forward to."
The Titans had a 10-19 record last season.