Stackhouse Goes to Wizards

Jerry Stackhouse was traded from Detroit to the Washington Wizards in a six-player deal Wednesday that sent fellow shooting guard Richard Hamilton to the Pistons.

The Pistons sent Stackhouse, 27, forward Brian Cardinal, 25, and center Ratko Varda, 23, to the Wizards for Hamilton, 24, forward Bobby Simmons, 22, and guard Hubert Davis, 32.

“When you have the opportunity to add an All-Star player of Jerry’s caliber, you can’t hesitate on the chance to strengthen the team,” Wizard General Manager Wes Unseld said. “We had to part with several players we were very high on, but we feel we have improved.”

Stackhouse, a two-time All-Star selection, has a scoring average of 21.2 points in seven seasons.

Hamilton, drafted seventh overall by the Wizards in 1999, averaged 20.0 points last season.

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Chris Webber of the Sacramento Kings pleaded not guilty to charges of obstructing justice and lying to a grand jury about his dealings with a University of Michigan booster.

The booster, retired autoworker Ed Martin, says he lent Webber $280,000 while the basketball star played in high school and at Michigan.

Webber, 29, has said he received only small amounts of money, mostly under $50.

Webber was released on a $10,000 bond and a pretrial conference was scheduled for Sept. 26. Webber left the federal courthouse in downtown Detroit without speaking to reporters.

Webber was indicted Monday, along with his father and his aunt, who did not appear at the hearing. Arraignment dates have not yet been set for Webber’s father, Mayce Webber Jr., and his aunt, Charlene Johnson.

If convicted, the three face up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

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Erick Strickland, 28, signed a one-year contract with the Indiana Pacers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Strickland averaged 7.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists for Boston last season, helping the Celtics reach the playoffs for the first time in seven years.

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Raul Lopez, the Utah Jazz’s first-round draft pick last year, will have surgery to repair the knee ligaments he tore while playing with the Spanish national team in August. He will be out for at least six months.

Hockey

The Mighty Ducks open training camp today at Disney Ice in Anaheim with a new look, including first-year Coach Mike Babcock.

The Ducks have more depth than before. Free agents Adam Oates and Fredrik Olausson and Petr Sykora, acquired in a trade with New Jersey, are the high-profile additions.

The Ducks face Minnesota in their first exhibition game Sept. 20. Workouts at Disney Ice are open to the public.

Center Mark Messier will be back with the New York Rangers for at least one more season.

Messier, 41, agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the Rangers to return for his 24th NHL season, ninth with New York. The deal also includes an option year.

Messier was limited to 41 games last season because of injuries.

The Atlanta Thrashers re-signed goalie Milan Hnilicka to a two-year, $2.7-million contract.... Simon Gagne signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, following a season in which he led the team in goals with 33, won an Olympic gold medal and scored the winning goal in the All-Star game.... The abdominal cancer that forced Montreal Canadien captain Saku Koivu, 27, to sit out most of last season is in remission.

Olympics

The two bid leaders at the center of the Olympic bribery scandal got financial settlements more than three years after being forced off the Salt Lake Organizing Committee.

Tom Welch, president of the 2002 bid and organizing committees, was paid $1 million, SLOC President Fraser Bullock said. Bullock wouldn’t say how much was given to Dave Johnson, who was forced out in January 1999 from his job as senior vice president, but the Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that Johnson received $200,000. Johnson and his lawyer would not confirm that.

A federal grand jury indicted the two more than two years ago on 15 felony charges of lavishing $1 million in cash, gifts and favors on International Olympic Committee delegates who awarded Salt Lake City the Winter Olympics.

Miscellany

Cecil Mamiit upset U.S. Open semifinalist Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (6), in the second round of the men’s tennis Brazil Open at Costa do Sauipe.

Mike Tyson probably will make his return to the ring in December, with a fight against Clifford Etienne, Tyson’s manager, Shelly Finkel, said. The site has not been determined.

Helio Castroneves and rookie Buddy Rice have been fined unspecified amounts for unsportsmanlike conduct during the Indy Racing League’s Delphi Indy 300 on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. The IRL did not specify the incidents that prompted the fines.

Shot putter Marcus Clavelle, who finished third at the U.S. Open track meet, was suspended for two years after testing positive for steroids during the June 8 meet at Palo Alto.