Clippers Lose Shot at Wells

The Clippers’ pursuit of Bonzi Wells ended Friday when the Memphis Grizzlies agreed in principle to send the veteran guard to the Sacramento Kings as part of a three-team trade involving the Utah Jazz, Wells’ agent said.

William Phillips, who said Thursday that the Clippers were interested in signing or trading for Wells, confirmed reports that the Kings will send guard Bobby Jackson to the Grizzlies and center Greg Ostertag to the Jazz. The Jazz will send forward Curtis Borchardt and guards Raul Lopez and Kirk Snyder to the Grizzlies.

The deal won’t be officially announced until the NBA moratorium is lifted. The NBA announced Friday that the moratorium would end Thursday, at which time free agents such as Cuttino Mobley, who last week agreed to a $42-million deal to join the Clippers, would be able to sign their new contracts.

The Clippers’ inability to land Wells, who is expected to replace Mobley in the Kings’ starting lineup, might make them more inclined to put together a sign-and-trade deal for guard Marko Jaric, or possibly to retain him.

Jaric, a restricted free agent, seems ready to move on and is scheduled to make trips next week to visit the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets. But the Clippers have the right to match any offer made to him by another team.

Two years ago, the Clippers retained Corey Maggette and Elton Brand by matching offers made by the Jazz and Miami Heat, respectively.

-- Jerry Crowe

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Keyon Dooling said he agreed to terms on a three-year deal believed to be worth nearly $10 million with the Orlando Magic. Dooling, 25, averaged 5.2 points this past season with Miami.

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Track and Field

Olympic champion Justin Gatlin won the 100 meters in 9.89 seconds at the Crystal Palace Grand Prix meet in London, and world-record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica pulled up because of a groin injury.

Yelena Isinbayeva cleared the magical five-meter barrier for her 17th world pole vault record, Jeremy Wariner was upset in the men’s 400 meters and Veronica Campbell had her five-year winning streak end in the women’s 200.

Isinbayeva continued her domination of the pole vault with the 16th and 17th world records of her career.

First, she cleared 16 feet 3 1/4 inches, surpassing by a half-inch the record she set in Madrid six days ago. Then, she raised the bar to five meters (16-4 3/4 ) -- considered a landmark height -- and cleared it with ease.

Britain’s Tim Benjamin beat Wariner -- the Olympic and U.S. champion. Benjamin won in a career-best 44.75. Wariner, who has a season-best of 44.20, was second in 44.86.

Allyson Felix ended Campbell’s five-year winning streak in the 200. She won in 22.16, with Campbell second in 22.29. It was her first loss since March 2000.

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Tennis

Robby Ginepri got the advantage of a disputed line call and fought off two match points to rally for a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5 victory over top-seeded Andy Roddick in the RCA Championships at Indianapolis. Ginepri will play 10th-seeded Karol Beck in one of today’s semifinals. Beck defeated George Bastl, 6-4, 7-5.

Fourth-seeded Taylor Dent and seventh-seeded Greg Rusedski will play in the other semifinal. Dent swept Paul Goldstein, 6-3, 6-2. Rusedski ousted second-seeded Nicolas Kiefer, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal ran his clay-court winning streak to 32 matches, defeating Tomas Zib, 6-2, 6-1, to advance to the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup at Stuttgart, Germany. He will play Jarkko Niemenen, who beat Andreas Seppi, 6-2, 6-3.

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Motor Racing

Formula One’s governing body dropped all guilty verdicts against the seven teams that refused to race in last month’s U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis.

The teams withdrew after Michelin said its tires were unsafe for the Indianapolis circuit.

Clint Bowyer won the pole for today’s NASCAR Busch Series ITT Industries 250 at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colo. He had a fast lap of 133.610 mph in a Chevrolet.

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Pro Football

Miami Dolphin draft picks Travis Daniels and Manuel Wright signed four-year contracts. Daniels, a cornerback from Louisiana State, was a fourth-round draft choice. Wright, a defensive tackle from USC, was taken in the fifth round of the supplemental draft.

The Green Bay Packers signed receiver Craig Bragg, their sixth-round draft choice. Bragg set a UCLA record with 193 career receptions for 2,845 yards (second all-time) and scored 23 touchdowns.

The New York Jets will drop their lawsuit against the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority in exchange for lower rent payments at Giants Stadium. Under terms of the new agreement, they will pay 10% of ticket revenue, down from 15%, for use of the stadium.

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Soccer

The Brazilian Soccer Confederation said that it would not allow Robinho’s transfer to Real Madrid unless the $50-million buyout clause stipulated in his contract with Santos, his Brazilian club, was fully paid.

Carli Lloyd scored twice as the U.S. under-21 women’s team rolled to its second consecutive 4-0 victory at the Nordic Cup, beating Denmark at Saffle, Sweden.

Also scoring for were substitute forwards Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Cheney.