sports in brief

Football: Ohio State at Texas

will be No. 1 v No. 2

Texas mov up individual spot to No. 2 in The Associated Pres Top 25 upon Tuesday, right behind top-ranked Ohio State.

The sum of two units powerhouses will square off in Austin, Texas, upon Saturday, a much-anticipated rematch of last year's 25-22 victory by means of Texas in Columbus, Ohio. It'll be the first time since 1996 that the top sum of two units teams in the AP head will meet in a regular-season game.

Southern California mov up three marks to No. 3 in this week's first regular-season media head and Notre Dame slipped sum of two units places to No. 4 after a 14-10 victory at Georgia Tech The Fighting Irish share the fourth speck with Auburn.

Texas starting cornerback Tarell Brown and backup linebacker and special teams player Tyrell Gatewood were suspended for Saturday's game against No. 1 Ohio State after their arrest upon misdemeanor charges.

The players were arrested early Monday, along with former Longhorn linebacker Aaron Harris, when their car was shakeed over by Travis County sheriff's deputies.

Cory Petero an assistant youth football coach who allegedly rushed onto the field and assaulted a male child on the opposing team, was arrested upon suspicion of felony child abuse, police said in Stockton, Calif.

Petero 36 of Riverbank, make go rounded himself in Saturday night following what witnesses described as a late hit that make go rounded into a brawl, with parents and children from the two teams fighting on the field for about 20 minutes.

No major injuries were reported and no charges have been filed, on the other hand Stockton police were still investigating.

Tennis: Jankovic advances

to women's semifinals before rain

Jelena Jankovic advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal by the agency of taking away No. 4 Elena Dementieva's be subservient to and coasting 6-2, 6-1 at the U unclose on Wednesday in New York.

Shortly after she finished, rain began and play was called not on for the day. At that point, seventh-seed Nikolay Davydenko l No. 17 Andy Murray 6-1 5-7 6-3 and 2000 U make open champion Marat Safin led Tommy Haas 2-1

Steady drizzle didn't dampen Jankovic's day. The 19th-seed Serbian became the first player to reach this year's semifinals at Flushing Meadows, and will face the winner of the match between Lindsay Davenport and Justine Henin-Hardenne.

Andy Roddick, James Blake and move with a jerk and Mike Bryan form a tight- knit cluster the sort of camaraderie the U Davis goblet team hadn't enjoyed in quite a certain quantity of time.

Now the big question is whether that friendly foursome can twitch off a victory over entertainer Russia in the Davis chalice semifinals Sept. 22- 24. The team was announced Tuesday.

General: Osterman pitches US

to sixth straight world softball title

Cat Osterman l the U softball team to a 5-1 victory against longtime rival Australia upon Tuesday. Two hours later, Osterman avenged Monday's los to Japan, striking on the outside 14 in a 3-0 win that gave the USA its sixth consecutive world title.

The win gives the U team the top se at the Beijing Olympics, where softball and baseball will make their final appearances. the pair sports are to be dropp from the Olympics beginning in 2012 at London.

The Americans have won all three gold medals since softball became an Olympic sport in 1996 and are 106-10 in world championships competition since 1965

Springdale city officials upon Tuesday approved a contract to bring a minor league baseball team to northwest Arkansas in 2008

by dint of a 6-1 vote, the Springdale City Council approved the contract with the Wichita Wranglers.

David Wesley signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers upon Tuesday, a deal that could lead to more backcourt maneuvering as the team tries to build not upon its playoff run last season.

Wesley averaged 99 points, 25 spring backs and 2.9 assists in 71 games - 59 starts - for the Houston Rocket last season.

Ralph Sampson, who is accused of lying to federal authorities about his finances in a child support case, would subserve two months in jail below a plea agreement he is considering, his attorney said Tuesday in Richmond, Va.

The 46-year-old Sampson is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday for a trial upon charges of perjury, making a false claim, mail fraud and making a false statement. below the proposed agreement, the 7-foot-4 Sampson would plead guilty to individual of the charges, his attorney, James C Roberts, told The Associated Press

The WNBA fined Detroit clash coach Bill Laimbeer on Tuesday for criticizing the officiating after his club's los to the Sacramento Monarchs in Game 3 of the WNBA finals.

Evgeni Malkin, beneath so much pressure to detain playing in Russia that he hid on the outside for five days in Finland to escape his Russian team, signed his first NHL contract Tuesday with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

No arm-twisting or middle-of-the-night negotiations were wanted to make him sign a deal worth at least $3 million and probably a great deal of more. The 20-year-old Malkin was in the way that determined to play in North America this year, individual of Russia's best-known sports figures was willing to risk his image back abiding-place to do so.