Former CFL player receives prison time

A former Canadian Football League player infected with HIV was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison Monday for knowingly exposing two women to the virus by having unprotected sex with them.

Trevis Smith, a linebacker who attended Alabama and later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was found guilty on two counts of aggravated sexual assault this month. Judge Kenn Bellerose also sentenced Smith to an additional six months in prison for various bail violations.

•Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre had minor ankle surgery and is expected to recover in time for offseason workouts.

Favre, who plans to return for his 17th NFL season, has been bothered for several years by a buildup of bone spurs in his left ankle. He kept putting off the procedure, and skipped out on a previously scheduled surgery Jan. 1.

•Packers defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins has signed a four-year, $16 million contract extension, his agent said. The deal will pay Jenkins a signing bonus of about $6 million.

•George Preas, who won two NFL championships on the offensive line of the old Baltimore Colts, has died in Roanoke, Va. He was 73.

Preas, who had Parkinson’s Disease, died Saturday.

•John Morton, an assistant coach for the New Orleans Saints last year, was hired as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Southern California.

•Defensive end Chris Kelsay signed a four-year contract with the Buffalo Bills, avoiding the uncertainty of becoming an unrestricted free agent.

•San Francisco 49ers cornerback Walt Harris had surgery to insert a screw in his broken left hand.

The 11-year veteran broke a bone in the Pro Bowl earlier this month. Harris earned his first Pro Bowl trip in his debut season with San Francisco.

Winter sports

Suspensions lifted

The International Ski Federation announced that six athletes given five-day suspensions at the Nordic World Ski Championships because of high hemoglobin levels have been cleared to compete after undergoing further testing.

The suspensions were not a punishment and were served to protect the health of the athletes, the federation said.

•American ice dancers Morgan Matthews and Maxim Zavozin are calling it quits, two years after winning the world junior title.

Matthews said it was her decision to end their six-year partnership, blaming the split on creative differences and conflicting opinions about training. Both are looking for new partners.

Miscellany

U.S. to face China

The United States will play an exhibition soccer game against China on June 2 in San Jose, Calif.

Upcoming exhibitions include Ecuador (March 25 in Tampa, Fla.) and Guatemala (March 28 in Frisco, Texas).

•Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters will not play for Belgium in its Fed Cup match against the United States April 21-22 in Delray Beach, Fla.

Both the second-ranked Henin and fourth-ranked Clijsters cited a busy schedule, the Belgian tennis federation officially announced.