Associated Press
LAHAINA, Hawaii ó North Carolina, which returns national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough and its top five other scorers from last season’s Final Four team, will open the 25th annual EA Sports Maui Invitational against host Chaminade.
The pairings for the early season tournament, which will be held Nov. 24-26 at the Lahaina Civic Center, were announced Tuesday.
The other first-round games will have Texas, a regional finalist last season, against Saint Joseph’s, Indiana meeting Notre Dame in an all-Hoosier state matchup, and Oregon facing Alabama.
North Carolina, expected to be the runaway preseason No. 1 in almost every poll, has Ty Lawson, Danny Green and Wayne Ellington ó who all withdrew their names from the NBA draft ó returning from the team that went 36-3. In addition, coach Roy Williams has one of the nation’s top recruiting classes heading for Chapel Hill.
Chaminade, the Division II school from Honolulu, beat Princeton in last year’s seventh-place game to improve its all-time record in the tournament to 5-65.
North Carolina won the Maui Invitational in 1999 and 2004. Duke holds the record with four Maui titles in as many appearances.
BASEBALL
NEW YORK ó Kansas City catcher Miguel Olivo and pitcher Zack Greinke have been suspended five games each for causing trouble in a weekend game with the Chicago White Sox.
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended two games and Royals manager Trey Hillman was given one game Tuesday. All four penalties also included undisclosed fines.
– PHOENIX ó Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star right-hander Dan Haren has agreed to terms on a four-year, $44.75 million contract that runs through the 2012 season. Haren, acquired in an offseason trade with Oakland, is 12-5 with a 2.75 ERA, fourth-best in the National League.
– ARLINGTON, Texas ó New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain will be examined by noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews today after undergoing an MRI on his ailing right shoulder.
– NEW YORK ó Billy Wagner was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained left forearm, leaving the New York Mets without their All-Star closer as they chase a playoff spot.
It’s a huge blow to the Mets, even though Wagner has blown seven of 34 save chances. No other New York pitcher has a save this season.
OLYMPICS
BEIJING ó The Olympic flame is being carried on the final leg of a long and sometimes contentious global tour, two days before the official opening of the games.
Thousands of Chinese who massed on Wednesday at some of Beijing’s most recognizable landmarks waved bright red national flags as the first torchbearers left the Forbidden City to carry the flame toward Tiananmen Square.
The arrival of the torch marks one of the final steps in China’s seven years of preparations for the games that have cost billions of dollars.
– SHANGHAI, China ó Undefeated, but no longer unchallenged.
The U.S. Olympic basketball team wrapped up its exhibition schedule with its toughest test, pulling away to beat Australia 87-76 Tuesday night in its final game before heading to Beijing.
Dwyane Wade scored 22 points and LeBron James had 16 for the Americans.
– MONTE CARLO, Monaco ó Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record was ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The Jamaican sprinter ran the 100 in 9.72 seconds on May 31 in New York, breaking Asafa Powell’s previous mark of 9.74.
Bolt intends to compete in both the 100 and 200 at the Beijing Olympics, which open Friday. Powell will also be running in the 100, along with world champion Tyson Gay.
NBA
ORLANDO, Fla. ó Point guard Carlos Arroyo, who spent the last two seasons with the Orlando Magic, has become the latest NBA player to bolt overseas, signing with an Israeli team. The 29-year-old Arroyo signed a one-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
– CLEVELAND ó A sports agency says Charlotte Bobcats unrestricted free agent Earl Boykins has signed a one-year deal worth more than $3.5 million to play with Virtus Bologna of the Italian league.
TENNIS
LOS ANGELES ó Former No. 1 Marat Safin continued his slow climb back toward the top of the rankings with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 6-foot-9 John Isner in the first round of the Countrywide Classic on Tuesday afternoon.