Ndiaye Spurns UCLA, Chooses Michigan

Makhtar Ndiaye, declared ineligible to play basketball for Wake Forest because of recruiting violations, signed a letter of intent Monday with Michigan.

Ndiaye, a 6-foot-8 forward from Senegal, will be in uniform Thursday night when Michigan plays Ohio State.

Ndiaye, who has three years of eligibility remaining after this season, visited Michigan and UCLA last week.

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North Carolina returned to No. 1, ending Arkansas’ five-week run atop the Associated Press college basketball poll.

UCLA (9-0) is fifth.

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The Supreme Court refused to revive the wiretapping lawsuit of basketball player Deon Thomas, whose recruitment cost Illinois a year of NCAA tournament eligibility.

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Oregon State guard J.D. Vetter will undergo surgery to repair a dislocated shoulder and will be out for the remainder of the season.

Baseball

Free-agent second baseman-outfielder Bip Roberts agreed to a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the San Diego Padres.

Roberts, 30, can earn another $500,000 in performance bonuses if he plays in as many as 140 games. Roberts made $3.9 million last year with the Cincinnati Reds.

The Angels have scheduled a second negotiating session today with Jeff Moorad, agent for reliever Gregg Olson.

The Angels, who on Friday offered Olson a multiyear contract that could be worth as much as $3.5 million in 1994, are competing against several teams. Olson received an offer from an unidentified team Monday and is expected to also receive bids from the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.

College Football

NBC and Notre Dame announced a five-year extension of their rights deal, at an undisclosed price. The current $35-million, five-year deal expires after 1995.

Beginning next season, NBC will also televise a minimum of four Notre Dame home basketball games per year for the next six seasons, NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol said.

Pro Basketball

Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons, who was left off the 1992 Olympic basketball team, won a spot on the U.S. squad that will compete in this summer’s World Championships in Toronto.

Indiana Pacer forward Dale Davis will be sidelined indefinitely because of a broken left wrist suffered Saturday against Detroit.

Miscellany

A Magnetic Resonance Imaging test on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan’s right knee showed no damage to the kneecap and no injury to the ligaments. Kerrigan withdrew from the national championships last week after she was attacked by an unknown assailant. . . . Andrei Medvedev withdrew from the New South Wales Open because of a knee injury and might not play in the Australian Open, which starts next week.

David Kamau of Los Angeles stopped Ismael Diaz of Durango, Mexico, in four rounds of their scheduled 12-round super lightweight bout at the Forum. . . . Cliff Ronning of the Vancouver Canucks will be sidelined until at least the Jan. 22 All-Star Game because of a dislocated shoulder.

Thoroughbred trainer Jeff Lukas remained in a coma at Huntington Memorial Hospital, but he has been upgraded from serious condition to fair, a family spokesperson said. . . . Sixteen former Dallas Cowboys allegedly seeking workers’ compensation claims are being sued by the team for breach of contract, Dallas television station KDFW reported. . . . David Poe, well known in the Southern California sailing community as president and lead writer of Santana magazine, died after a heart attack at his Huntington Beach home Sunday night. He was 51. . . . Johnny Temple, a five-time all-star second baseman, has died of cancer in White Rock, S.C. He was 66.