Miscellany

The Arizona Republic reports that University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson is about to sign a two-year contract extension that includes only a small raise but is still worth $528,955 per year. The contract was extended from 2000 to 2002.

With superior work at the net, Cuba won its sixth straight regional men’s volleyball championship, defeating the United States 15-11, 15-11, 15-4 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to advance to the World Cup. Canada finished third, defeating Mexico 15-9, 15-8, 13-15, 15-9.

Top-seeded Monica Seles pounded her shots too hard and wide for Naoko Sawamatsu and beat the local favorite 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the finals of the Toyota Princess Cup tennis tournament in Tokyo.

Second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain faced Indonesia’s Yayuk Basuki, the No. 5 seed, in the other semifinal.

Mark Tate of Canton, Mich., drove the U-10 Close Call to a course record to pace qualifying for Sunday’s Las Vegas Cup unlimited hydroplane boat races on Lake Mead in Boulder City, Nev.

Utah State running back Demario Brown was sentenced in Logan, Utah, to two days in jail, a year’s probation, and must pay $852.54 in restitution for punching a student who was arguing with a teammate.