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In brief: Solo added to U.S. women’s Olympic team

The Spokesman-Review

Goalkeeper Hope Solo is among 18 players picked for the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer roster, nine months after she was kicked off the team at the World Cup.

Briana Scurry, who took over from Solo for last year’s World Cup semifinal loss to Brazil, was left off the roster by coach Pia Sundhage, who replaced Greg Ryan following the World Cup debacle.

Solo was the starter for most of 2007, but Ryan surprisingly replaced her with Scurry for the semifinal, which the Americans lost 4-0. Solo criticized Ryan, saying she would have made the saves, and was dropped from the team.

Football

Robbers charged

Two Green Bay men face charges of burglarizing the home of Packers running back Noah Herron, who hit one of them over the head with a bedpost when the man came in his bedroom in Green Bay, Wis.

Yeshua Tate, 31, was charged with two counts of being party to burglary on Friday after he was released from a Madison hospital.

The same charges were filed in Brown County Circuit Court against Joel Mullin-Romo, 20, who was arrested outside Herron’s home. He has remained in custody on a probation hold.

“Former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was ordered to install an ignition-lock breath tester in his car after he was charged with drunken driving.

“Backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen was waived by the New York Giants a little more than a month before training camp.

Basketball

Hornets guard jailed

New Orleans Hornets guard Rasual Butler was arrested and charged with flashing a loaded gun near a nightclub in Miami Beach, Fla.

A witness told investigators that Butler pulled out a gun near a South Beach club according to a Miami Beach police report.

Butler faces charges of carrying a concealed firearm and improperly displaying a firearm.

“A lawyer for disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy says his client is being vilified by the league’s demand for nearly $1.4 million in restitution in his gambling case.

In a letter filed in Brooklyn federal court, attorney John Lauro renews his accusation that the league is trying to punish Donaghy for alleging that referee misconduct is rampant. That’s something the NBA denies.

Miscellany

Track to get makeover

Santa Anita will completely overhaul its troubled synthetic surface in July, four months before the track hosts the Breeders’ Cup.

The project calls for removing the existing asphalt base, adding a new grid base material, and treating the entire track with binder and fiber material. The process is expected to begin July 14 and last six weeks.

“The co-owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown says his stable will be drug-free by the end of the year, and is encouraging other horse owners to follow suit.

Michael Iavarone says IEAH Stables will take its horses off steroids and every other racing medication besides Lasix in an effort to restore the public’s confidence in the sport.

“The Nashville Predators signed goalie Dan Ellis and defenseman Shea Weber.

The team announced that Ellis signed a $3.5 million, two-year deal. Weber signed for three years and $13.5 million.

“Monica Abbott pitched a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts, Crystl Bustos and Stacey Nuveman hit three-run homers and the U.S. Olympic softball team rolled to a 20-0 win over a Mid-American Conference All-Star team at Ashland, Ohio.