TENNIS: Wozniacki injures ankle
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki retired with an injured ankle in the Warsaw Open quarterfinals yesterday, jeopardizing her play at the French Open.
Wozniacki, ranked No. 3 behind the Williams sisters, lost the first set 6-3 to fifth-seeded Zheng Jie before retiring.
HOOPS: Poole to play at Rutgers
St. Benedict’s Prep guard Mike Poole signed a national letter of intent to play for Rutgers. New coach Mike Rice announced the signing yesterday.
* Former Lincoln guard Devon McMillan became the second local product to follow head coach Tom Pecora from Hofstra to Fordham. The 5-foot-11 guard verbally committed to the Rams once he was released from his national letter of intent yesterday, joining Bishop Loughlin’s Branden Frazier, his AAU teammate on New Heights. –Zach Braziller
NCAA: BCS head tackles Congress
The head of the Bowl Championship Series is standing firm in his belief that Congress should stay out of the college football business.
BCS executive director Bill Hancock responded to a letter from two U.S. Senators who are unhappy about the way the sport determines its champion. Hancock wrote that “decisions about college football should be made by university presidents, athletics directors, coaches and conference commissioners rather than by members of Congress.”
HOCKEY: Russia tops Canada
In Cologne, Germany, Evgeni Malkin scored twice, and Russia beat Canada again at the world ice hockey championship, eliminating the Olympic champion with a convincing 5-2 win.
* Philadelphia’s Jeff Carter took part in his first full team practice since breaking his right foot last month, but general manager Paul Holmgren says it’s too early to tell when the forward can return in the playoffs.
ETC.: Canseco to testify June 3
Jose Canseco’s appearance before the grand jury investigating Roger Clemens is now scheduled for June 3. Canseco will testify before the panel that will decide whether to indict Clemens for lying under oath to Congress.
* FC Dallas midfielder Bruno Guarda was suspended for one game after he kicked a ball into the crowd and made an offensive gesture toward fans in Philadelphia. Guarda was suspended by his team and fined $750 by Major League Soccer.
* The Red Sox have designated left-hander Scott Schoeneweis for assignment. The former Mets reliever got the news on Wednesday night as he was getting ready for the first anniversary of his wife’s death from a drug overdose.
* The NFL has set up a career transition program for retired players that will begin next month. A four-day course from June 7-10 at Georgia Tech will launch the program designed to help former players transition from football to the business world. The league will pay for tuition and accommodations.