Dolphins’ Porter punches way into news
Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter was accused of punching Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Levi Jones after police said the players exchanged trash talk at a casino blackjack table in Las Vegas.
Porter was issued a summons on a misdemeanor battery charge after the Sunday altercation that began inside the Palms hotel-casino, Las Vegas police officer Martin Wright said.
Porter could face up to a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
•Jacksonville Jaguars safety Gerald Sensabaugh was arrested and charged with speeding and carrying a firearm without a permit.
Sensabaugh, 23, was pulled over at 12:06 a.m. after an officer spotted his 2006 BMW driving 86 mph in a 55 mph zone in Kingsport, Tenn.
•The Detroit Lions signed free agent wide receiver Shaun McDonald to a two-year deal.
•The New York Jets re-signed offensive tackle Anthony Clement.
•The New England Patriots signed free agent cornerback Eddie Jackson.
•University of Tennessee starting quarterback Erik Ainge had torn cartilage removed from his right knee and will need at least three weeks to recover.
Soccer
Jones to play one more
Cobi Jones planned to retire before the 2007 season – but when the Los Angeles Galaxy signed David Beckham, he decided to play another year.
Jones, a pioneer on the U.S. national team during the 1990s, said he will retire after the 2007 Major League Soccer season.
When Jones originally let his intentions be known to Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive officer of Galaxy owner AEG, Leiweke interrupted him to say Beckham might be joining the Galaxy.
“And Cobi said, ‘At the end of this next season,’ ” Leiweke related, smiling.
•Houston Dynamo defender Wade Barrett and midfielder Brian Mullan were added to the U.S. roster for exhibition games against Ecuador and Guatemala.
Miscellany
China, Russia rule pool
With an eye toward striking gold at the Beijing Olympics next year, China got off to a rousing start from the board by sweeping the first two diving events of the world championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Over at Rod Laver Arena, the Russians made it two-for-two in synchronized swimming and set themselves up for a huge medal haul in that often-maligned sport.
•IOC president Jacques Rogge wants to launch an Olympics for teenagers in 2010.
The proposed Youth Olympic Games would feature athletes 14 to 18 who would compete in largely the same sports as those in the regular Olympics.
•Dick Pound, who steps down as World Anti-Doping Association chief in November, said he is a candidate to become the president of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest tribunal in the sports world.
•The United States defeated the Czech Republic and Russia on the third day of the women’s world curling championship in Aomori, Japan.
•NHRA driver Eric Medlen was critically injured in an accident at Gainesville, Fla., Raceway.