Sprinter Montgomery makes guilty plea

Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery, once considered the fastest man on Earth until his world record was erased in the BALCO steroid scandal, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy in a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and money-laundering scheme.

Defense attorneys said Montgomery, who played a minor role, could be sentenced to 37 to 46 months in prison. Sentencing is set for Nov. 1.

•California lawmakers approved legislation that would authorize up to $250 million to underwrite the 2016 Olympics if Los Angeles is selected as the host city.

College Basketball

Wooden hospitalized

Former UCLA coach John Wooden has been hospitalized for treatment of a possible recurrence of diverticulitis.

Daughter Nancy Muehlhausen said the 96-year-old Hall of Fame coach is doing fine after being admitted to a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday because of bleeding in the colon.

•Julian Wright, the power forward who helped Kansas win two straight Big 12 titles, is skipping his last two years to enter the NBA draft.

•John Pelphrey, who has been at South Alabama for five seasons, was named Arkansas’ new men’s coach a week after Dana Altman backed out of the job to return to Creighton.

Hockey

Canada to play U.S.

Canada beat Finland 5-0, setting up a 10th straight Canada-United States final tonight in the women’s world championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

•Joe Sakic, the Colorado Avalanche captain, signed a one-year deal to remain in Denver.

•Star Russian defenseman Anton Volchenkov re-signed with Ottawa.

Tennis

Gambill defeated

Juan Monaco of Argentina showed his prowess on slower surfaces to beat Jan-Michael Gambill of Colbert 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Clay Court Championships in Houston.

•Top-seeded Andy Roddick withdrew from the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships because of a hamstring injury he aggravated in Davis Cup play last week.

•The Monte Carlo clay-court tournament sued the ATP Tour in federal court in Wilmington, Del., arguing that dropping the event from the Masters Series would violate antitrust laws.

Miscellany

Robinson mourned

Thousands of mourners passed the open casket of Eddie Robinson in the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge.

His body was carried up a long stretch of granite steps by dozens of white-gloved former players, including former Super Bowl MVP Doug Williams.

•CBS’s coverage of Zach Johnson’s victory at the Masters on Sunday had a 9.1 overnight rating and 21 share, Nielsen Media Research announced. It was up 1 percent from the 9.0/19 last year, when Phil Mickelson won.

•Kentucky Derby hopeful Hard Spun will skip this weekend’s $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes so he can test the track at Churchill Downs.

•A jury should hear the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former North Carolina soccer player Melissa Jennings against her coach, a federal appeals court ruled.

She has accused Anson Dorrance of sexually harassing team members by asking about their sexual activity.

•Spira Footwear sued two track and field federations, contending its running shoes were banned because of technological innovations.

The El Paso company alleges that rules banning assisted devices, including springs, violate federal restraint of trade and antitrust laws.