In brief: Mills will forfeit college eligibility

NBA: Patty Mills is prepared to test his talent in the NBA.

The Australian Olympic star and point guard from Saint Mary’s College says he will forgo his final two years of college eligibility and keep his name in the NBA draft. Next up will be hiring an agent.

Mills was among 12 players to work out in two separate sessions Monday for 21 NBA teams at the Golden State Warriors’ practice facility. He even campaigned for the Warriors to select him on draft day June 25 so he can stay in the Bay Area.

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O.J. memoriabilia back on block

NFL: The footballs, jerseys and framed photographs that put O.J. Simpson in a Nevada prison are in the hands of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and likely headed for the auction block, an attorney for longtime Simpson nemesis Fred Goldman said Monday.

Simpson’s attempt to retrieve the items by leading a handful of cohorts in a bungled stickup of memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas resulted in his being sentenced last year on armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges.

Simpson is serving nine to 33 years, but on Monday asked the Nevada Supreme Court to let him out while it decides whether to overturn his conviction.

Goldman attorney David Cook said the box’s contents will be auctioned shortly to help satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful-death judgment Goldman and others won against Simpson in 1997.

The civil judgment against Simpson followed his acquittal in 1995 of charges he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, who was the son of Fred Goldman.

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Dahmen to play for Lewis-Clark

Golf: Former Clarkston High School standout Joel Dahmen will join the Lewis-Clark State College men’s team this fall, LCSC coach Paul Thompson said.

Dahmen, who graduated from Clarkston High in 2006, spent his freshman season on the University of Washington golf team, where he played in four tournaments. His best finish was an even-par 216 at the Husky Invitational, which tied him for 15th overall. He did not play on the golf team the past two seasons and will be a junior, eligibility wise, Thompson said.

Dahmen was a four-year letterwinner in golf at CHS and won the state individual title both his freshman and senior seasons. He was a four-time All-Greater Spokane League selection and was the league’s MVP as a senior, when he shot a 61 at Indian Canyon.

In the summer of 2007, he won the Washington State Men’s Amateur Championship by six strokes. He also won the 2005 Junior Americas Cup.