Newsmakers
Signed The Seattle Seahawks signed veteran guard Ben Hamilton. He played 15 games with eight starts last season for Denver.
Declared Louisville center Samardo Samuels declared for the NBA draft but will not hire an agent, leaving open the possibility of returning for his junior season.
•Nevada sophomore Luke Babbitt said he has hired an agent and is forgoing his final two years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft.
Extended Center Marcus Camby signed a two-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers. Camby was acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers on Feb. 16 in exchange for Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake.
Sidelined Tennis star Serena Williams is not going to play for the U.S. against Russia in the Fed Cup semifinals this weekend. Venus Williams still needs to decide whether she’ll be on the team. Both sisters have been dealing with leg problems, and U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez has been holding open a spot for the matches at Birmingham, Ala.
Filed A 22-year-old hotel receptionist filed a lawsuit against Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Eric Foster, claiming he sexually assaulted her in his room before the AFC Championship game. The complaint accuses Foster of luring the woman into his room at the University Place Hotel in Indianapolis on Jan. 24, before the Colts played the New York Jets, under the pretense that there was a maintenance problem.
Suspended Texas tailback Vondrell McGee was suspended for the first game of the 2010 season and maybe more after his arrest on a drunken-driving charge.
Announced The New Orleans Hornets announced that Jeff Bower would step down as head coach but retain his post as general manager.
Promoted Northern Colorado moved quickly to replace Tad Boyle, promoting assistant B.J. Hill to lead the men’s basketball program. Boyle left Monday to take over at the University of Colorado.
Hospitalized Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, was in “very serious” condition in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Barcelona with heart trouble.