Seahawks release veteran punter Rouen

The Seattle Seahawks released punter Tom Rouen on Monday, after the 13-year veteran played in 12 games for the NFC champions last year.

Rouen signed with Seattle on Oct. 5, taking over for Leo Araguz, who was released. Rouen averaged 41.6 yards on 62 kicks, including 20 punts downed inside the 20-yard line. In the playoffs, Rouen averaged 45.4 yards on 15 kicks, including a 50.2-yard average in Seattle’s 21-10 loss to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.

Rouen played in 16 games for Seattle in 2003 and four games in 2004 before being sidelined with a hamstring injury. He averaged 41.5 yards per kick in his 32 games with Seattle.

“Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be cited for failure to wear a helmet and not having a motorcycle license after an accident last week in Pittsburgh left him with a concussion, broken jaw and nose.

“Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes was charged with assaulting a woman, his second arrest since he was chosen in the first round of the NFL draft.

“An assault charge was dropped against former UCLA running back Maurice Drew, who had been accused of attacking a man in a restaurant nearly two months ago.

The case against two other defendants, Chicago Bears cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. and former UCLA running back Tyler Ebell, is pending.

Cycling

Pound to be reviewed

Lance Armstrong wants Dick Pound out as head of the World Anti-Doping Agency over his handling of doping allegations against the seven-time Tour de France champion.

Armstrong, who has consistently denied using performance-enhancing drugs, asked the IOC in an 8-page letter to force Pound to step down as chairman of WADA. The IOC executive board begins a three-day meeting Wednesday in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Tennis

Davenport withdraws

Former champion Lindsay Davenport has pulled out of Wimbledon because of a back injury.

The 30-year-old American, ranked No. 6, also missed the French Open with the injury. She hasn’t played since aggravating her back in mid-March at the Pacific Life Open.

American Taylor Dent and Carlos Moya of Spain also pulled out.

Miscellany

Duran joins U.S. team

The U.S. national softball team announced its roster for this season, with UCLA third baseman Andrea Duran the lone newcomer.

Duran, the player of the year in the Pacific-10, will join a team with a veteran core that has been together through the Olympics and last year’s World Cup of Softball.

“After trying out for several NBA teams – including one coached by his father, Nuggets coach George Karl – Boise State’s Coby Karl withdrew his name from the league’s June 28 draft and will return for his senior year.

“Gaelle Truet, a former Arizona State golfer who played on the Futures Tour, was killed in a collision with a semitrailer on Interstate 74 in Crawfordsville, Ind., during a heavy rainstorm, state police said.