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Steve Hoskins, once a close friend of Barry Bonds, and Kimberly Bell, the home-run king's girlfriend of 10 years, are expected to be key witnesses for the prosecution if Bonds goes to trial on perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges.
Bonds was indicted last week after being accused of lying when he told a federal grand jury he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.
Track and field
The International Association of Athletics Federation will meet today in Monaco to discuss Marion Jones' doping case, including whether to officially erase her Olympic and world championship results. Jones' relay teammates also could lose their medals.
Jones retired in October after admitting taking the designer steroid "the clear" from September 2000 to July 2001.
She has returned her five Olympic medals and agreed to forfeit all results dating from Sept. 1, 2000.
Former 100-meter world-record holder Calvin Smith and two-time Olympian Jane Frederick are among five inductees headed into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame on Dec. 1 in Honolulu.
The others are 1936 Olympic decathlon winner Glenn Morris, who died in 1974; shot-put champion George Woods; and veteran UCLA coach Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake (1947-64).
Sailing
The 2009 America's Cup was postponed indefinitely by the competition's management because of a legal dispute between the Golden Gate Yacht Club and two-time defending champion Alinghi's SocietĀ Nautique de Geneve over rules for the next race.
Colleges
Quarterback Sam Bradford of No. 10 Oklahoma, the nation's top-rated passer who suffered a concussion Saturday at Texas Tech, was cleared to play tomorrow against Oklahoma State.
An assault charge against Chris Demarest, Rutgers' assistant head football coach, will be dropped if he completes anger-management counseling, attorneys said.
Municipal prosecutor Steven Rubin in Long Branch, N.J., said the July 14 altercation between Demarest and his girlfriend in a local bar was more an argument than a physical assault.
San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Mike Singletary withdrew from consideration for Baylor's head football coaching job at his alma mater.
Noteworthy
Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum combined for an 11-under-par 61 to lead the first round of the World Cup of Golf at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. Alex Cejka and Martin Kaymer of defending champion Germany shot 62.
Two-time champion Robert Allenby shot a 5-under 67 at Huntingdon to take a 1-stroke lead over Fredrik Andersson Hed after two rounds of the Australian Masters in Melbourne.
Monaco will host the start of cycling's Tour de France in 2009. Prince Albert II will attend.
