Muckleshoots offer land for arena to keep Sonics

The Muckleshoot Indian tribe, calling it a “contribution to the region,” said it will donate a 26.5-acre site it owns next to the Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, to whoever wants to build a multipurpose arena to keep the Seattle SuperSonics and Storm in the Puget Sound region.

A feasibility study paid for by the tribe said the proposed site could accommodate an 18,500-seat arena along with parking. It would cost about $450 million, the tribe said.

•NBA referee Joey Crawford was reinstated by commissioner David Stern, five months after he was suspended indefinitely for improper on-court conduct.

San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan contended that Crawford challenged him to a fight during a game against the Dallas Mavericks on April 15. Crawford ejected Duncan while the player was laughing on the bench. Stern cited a pattern of similar acts in suspending Crawford.

•Restricted free-agent guard Charlie Bell signed a $18.5 million, five-year offer sheet with the Miami Heat, and will wait to see if Milwaukee chooses to match that deal.

•Former Oklahoma State star Byron Houston was sentenced to four years in prison on an indecent exposure conviction.

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U.S. softball set

Lisa Fernandez, the gold-medal winning pitcher who also led the Americans in hitting at the Athens Games, was one of 18 players selected to the U.S. roster. Fernandez had taken a three-year break to give birth and take care of her first child.

Fernandez and outfielder Laura Berg will be trying for their fourth gold medals next August in Beijing.

•The Southeastern Conference fined Kentucky $25,000 for violating league policy about keeping fans off the playing field following the Wildcats’ 40-34 football victory over Louisville on Saturday.

•Versatile center Mike Fisher agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $21 million with the Ottawa Senators.

•A trademark lawsuit by tennis player Andre Agassi alleges that Target Corp. sold a sandal using his name without his permission.

•Greg Norman and his ex-wife settled their divorce after 25 years of marriage, a contentious split marked by a dispute over money and assets.

•The chief of Indonesia’s soccer association, Nurdin Halid, was sentenced to two years in prison for misusing funds in the distribution of staple goods to the poor after the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

•Champion thoroughbred John Henry is recovering well after battling dehydration last week, officials at the Kentucky Horse Park said.

The 32-year-old gelding won Horse of the Year honors in 1981 and ‘84.•Charges were dismissed against two former racing officials accused of falsely reporting the weight of prominent jockeys in 2004. The case against Mario Sclafani and former star jockey Braulio Baeza was based on faulty evidence, Judge Jerry Scarano ruled in Ballston Spa, N.Y.

•Farid Mansurov of Azerbaijan won gold in the 146-pound division at the World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

He defeated Steve Guenot of France. European champion Nikolay Gergov of Bulgaria and Justin Lester of the U.S. settled for bronze medals.