Williams signs with CFL’s Argonauts

Ricky Williams has a new home in the CFL.

Suspended for the 2006 season by the NFL after a fourth positive drug test, Williams signed a $240,000, one-year contract Sunday with the Toronto Argonauts – a deal making him the highest-paid running back in the Canadian league.

Williams, who’s still under contract with the Miami Dolphins, is expected to begin practicing with his new team Monday; the Argonauts open preseason play this weekend and start their regular season at home against Hamilton on June 17. The 18-game regular season runs through late October.

“It hasn’t been too often that I’ve heard kind words about me and my situation. … It’s really an uplifting feeling to be in this kind of environment,” Williams said at a news conference in Toronto.

Soccer

U.S. downs Latvia

Brian McBride scored in the 43rd minute, and the United States completed a grueling series of three World Cup warmup games in six days with a 1-0 win over Latvia in East Hartford, Conn.

McBride scored from 6 yards off a cross from Steve Cherundolo, sending the ball off the fingertips of leaping goalkeeper Aleksandrs Kolinko and into the net at the far post.

Basketball

Arenas arrested

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas and forward Awvee Storey have been arrested on charges of disobeying police.

Storey was blocking traffic in the middle of a busy street when an officer told him to get back to the sidewalk Saturday night in Miami Beach, Fla., according to police reports. Storey didn’t get out of the street, and the officer arrested him and charged him with failure to obey a command.

Arenas was taken into custody and charged him with resisting without violence when he refused an order not to stand next to his teammate.

•Arkansas star Ronnie Brewer has hired an agent, ending any chance of him coming back to the Razorbacks for his senior season.

Track and field

Gatlin wins in Oregon

Justin Gatlin overcame chilly, damp conditions to win his 100-meter race in 9.88 seconds, tying the meet and Hayward Field record at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.

•Marion Jones easily won the women’s 100 meters at the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, finishing in 11.16 seconds.

Miscellany

Title for Northwestern

Aly Josephs scored four goals to lead Northwestern to its second consecutive NCAA women’s lacrosse title with a 7-4 win over Dartmouth in Boston.

Tournament MVP Sarah Albrecht added two goals and an assist for the Wildcats, who became the first team in school history to win back-to-back national titles.

•Ivan Basso won the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Milan, Italy, dominating the 21-stage event for his first major title.

•Defending national champion Texas was selected as one of the 16 regional tournament hosts by the NCAA Division I baseball committee.