Redick Adds to Honors With Sullivan Award

Duke guard J.J. Redick won the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night, becoming the first men’s basketball player since Bill Walton in 1973 to be named the nation’s top amateur athlete.

Redick, the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year and winner of the John R. Wooden Award, beat out Texas quarterback Vince Young, who led the Longhorns to a national title with a win in the Rose Bowl over USC and its two Sullivan Award finalists, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush.

The Duke senior also finished ahead of two-time Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year Seimone Augustus of Louisiana State, Florida hurdler Kerron Clement, two-time Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo Steven Lopez, Olympic diving champion Laura Wilkinson, 2005 World Cup champion skier Bode Miller, and gymnast Chellsie Memmel, the 2005 world champion.

The Sullivan is presented by the Amateur Athletic Union and a third of the vote is determined by fans voting online.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Memphis Keeps Calipari

With Contract Extension

John Calipari, who considered North Carolina State’s coaching vacancy, will remain at Memphis after agreeing to a contract extension.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that Calipari will get a raise from about $1.1 million to about $1.3 million plus incentives that could make the total package about $1.7 million through the 2010-11 season.

Calipari led Memphis to a 33-4 record last season, losing, 50-45, to UCLA in the NCAA tournament, one victory shy of the Tigers’ first trip to the Final Four since 1985.

Miami assistant Billy Kennedy was hired as Murray State’s coach, joining a team that won the Ohio Valley Conference title last season and finished 24-7. He replaces Mick Cronin, who left for Cincinnati.

Seldom-used freshmen Jeremy Barr and Collin Robinson have decided to transfer from USC, Coach Tim Floyd said.

Barr, a 6-foot-8 forward whose playing time steadily decreased in the second half of last season, averaged 3.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 12.1 minutes. Robinson, a 6-0 guard who had been promised a scholarship for only one year, appeared in only nine games and averaged 1.4 points in 3.9 minutes.

Floyd said he renewed the scholarship of freshman forward Keith Wilkinson, who, like Robinson, had been given one year to prove himself. The 6-9 Wilkinson appeared in 19 games and averaged 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds in 8.7 minutes.

Floyd said incoming point guard Derek Glasser would “be on scholarship at some point while he’s here,” though that might not necessarily be next season. The Trojans have one remaining scholarship.

USC’s 2006-07 schedule will not include Duke, which has backed out of its commitment.

-- Ben Bolch

Jonnie West, a 6-3 guard out of Lausanne Collegiate in Memphis, Tenn., signed a letter-of-intent to play at West Virginia, the school his father, Jerry, led to a national title game in 1960.

The NCAA Management Council approved a proposal letting men’s and women’s teams compete in one exempt tournament a season, and another that would move up the start of the season. A rule was eliminated that prohibited teams from competing in regular-season tournaments such as the Maui Invitational more than twice in a four-year period. The council also wants to exempt conference tournaments, which now count one game against the NCAA’s regular-season game limit.

If approved, those proposals will take effect next fall.

PRO FOOTBALL

Seymour, Patriots

Reach New Deal

Defensive lineman Richard Seymour, 26, agreed to a contract extension worth a reported $30 million over four years with the New England Patriots.

The NFL’s Los Angeles stadium working group will hear presentations May 2 in Dallas from representatives of three L.A.-area stadium concepts. There will be presentations from Anaheim, the Coliseum and a Rose Bowl update from Pasadena representatives.

-- Sam Farmer

The New York Jets signed former Buffalo Bill offensive lineman Trey Teague, 31, picking up a possible replacement at center for the released Kevin Mawae.... San Diego and San Francisco swapped disappointing former first-round draft picks, with the Chargers getting wide receiver Rashaun Woods, 25, in exchange for cornerback Sammy Davis, 26.

TENNIS

Kuznetsova Easily

Ousts Shaughnessy

Fourth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia beat Meghann Shaughnessy, 6-0, 6-1, in her opening match at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C.

Jill Craybas lost to Maria Santangelo of Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (5), and Jamea Jackson fell to Karolina Sprem of Croatia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Craybas, Jackson, Shenay Perry and Vania King of Long Beach will represent the U.S. in a first-round Fed Cup match April 22-23 against host Germany.... Fernando Gonzalez of Chile and Tommy Robredo of Spain have entered the Countrywide Classic, July 24-30, at UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center.

MISCELLANY

Trial Postponed Again

for Redskins’ Taylor

The trial of Washington Redskin safety Sean Taylor on assault charges was delayed again in Miami, this time from Monday until May 8, as defense attorneys raised misconduct allegations, charging lead prosecutor Michael Grieco with using the case to promote his moonlighting work as a nightclub disc jockey.

Taylor faces a minimum of three years in prison on each of three aggravated assault charges stemming from a June 1 armed confrontation in Miami.

Greg Biffle’s girlfriend, Nicole Lunders, faces a reprimand from NASCAR about her pit-road confrontation with Kurt Busch’s fiancee, Eva Bryan, after the two drivers wrecked Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.

The 2007 FINA men’s world junior water polo championships will be held Aug. 19-27 at Long Beach State and at the national training center in Los Alamitos.