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COLLEGE BASEBALL

U.Va.'s Miclat, McAnaney honored

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Virginia's Greg Miclat and Pat McAnaney have been named to the all-Atlantic Coast Conference baseball team.

Miclat was a first-team selection at shortstop, and McAnaney earned second-team honors as a starting pitcher. Miclat is batting .332 this season and leads the ACC with 29 stolen bases.

McAnaney is 4-4 and owns a 3.09 earned run average. He ranks first in the league in complete games (three) and innings pitched per game (6.56).

Virginia, the No. 6 seed, begins the ACC tournament at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Jacksonville, Fla., when it battles No. 3 seed North Carolina.

Florida State catcher Buster Posey was named player of the year, and Hurricanes coach Jim Morris was chosen as coach of the year for leading Miami to the No. 1 national ranking.

R-MC trio given region honors

Randolph-Macon left fielder Mike Wallace was named to the first unit of the all-South Region team, and second baseman Greg Meleski and pitcher Byron Mendenhall were second-team choices.

Wallace led the Old Dominion Athletic Conference with a .438 batting average. Mendenhall, the ODAC rookie and pitcher of the year, went 7-1 with a 2.33 ERA. Meleski hit .394 with 40 RBI.

The team also included Washington and Lee center fielder Terrence McKelvey on the second unit. Also a region Gold Glove winner, McKelvey batted .407.

TENNIS

Betting panel to review 45 matches

LONDON - An independent panel concluded that 45 professional tennis matches from the past five years require further review because of suspicious betting patterns.

The International Tennis Federation, the ATP, the WTA Tour and the four Grand Slams published the findings of the panel in a 66-page report.

The review said while "professional tennis is neither institutionally nor systematically corrupt, it is potentially at a crossroads."

The review said it had examined 73 matches over the past five years, and 45 remain under suspicion "from a betting perspective."

Roddick withdraws from French Open

DUESSELDORF, Germany - Andy Roddick withdrew from the French Open because of a right shoulder injury and hopes to be ready for Wimbledon.

The sixth-ranked American, who lost in the first round at Roland Garros the last two years, retired from the semifinals of the Rome Masters on May 10.

NFL

Owners could opt out of contract

ATLANTA - The NFL's labor situation could get more complicated this week.

The league's owners meet today and could vote to opt out of the labor contract. Such a move could signal a protracted period of labor tension and lead to a 2010 season without a salary cap and a potential work stoppage the following year. The owners have until Nov. 8 to terminate the contract. In other NFL news:

Linebacker Odell Thurman was released by the Cincinnati Bengals one month after he was reinstated by the NFL from a two-year suspension. Thurman failed to attend the team's three voluntary workouts last week, when he was in Georgia following the death of his grandmother. The Bengals are installing a new defense, and wanted him to participate.

Linebacker Dan Morgan retired two months after the frequently injured former first-round draft pick signed with the New Orleans Saints. Morgan, who signed with the Saints on March 11, played seven seasons with the Carolina Panthers.

Offensive lineman Steve McKinney, coming back from a knee injury that forced him to miss most of the 2007 season, signed a contract to join the Miami Dolphins.

Wide receiver Andre Johnson recently had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee that will keep him from practicing with the Houston Texans until training camp in July. ELSEWHERE

In Wayne, N.J., the family of a boy who suffered brain damage after he was struck by a line drive off an aluminum bat sued the bat's maker and others, saying they should have known it was dangerous. The family of Steven Domalewski, who was 12 when he was struck by the ball in 2006, filed the lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court. It names Hillerich & Bradsby Co., maker of the Louisville Slugger TPX Platinum bat used when Steven was hit. The suit also names Little League Baseball and Sports Authority, which sold the bat.

Olympic 10,000-meter champion Xing Huina of China has a thigh injury that will prevent her from defending her title at the Beijing Games.

AROUND THE STATE

Lynx sign U.Va. product Zoll

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Lynx have signed former Virginia guard Sharneé Zoll. A four-year starter, Zoll wrapped up her career by becoming the ACC's career assists leader (785) and leading the squad to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Zoll was chosen in the third round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. After being waived by the Sparks, she was signed by the Lynx on Sunday.

W&L golfer honored

For the second straight year, Washington and Lee senior Nathaniel James made the first units of the Ping Division III All-America and all-South Region golf teams chosen by the Golf Coaches Association of America. James tied for third in the recent Division III championship. - From Staff and Wire Reports