Unidentified Cyclist Fails Drug Test

An unidentified cyclist tested positive for doping during the Tour de France, widening the scandal that gripped this year’s race before it began.

The rider’s name, team and nationality will not be released until the testing process is completed, including the analysis of a backup sample, the International Cycling Union said Wednesday.

The sport’s governing body did say, however, that the rider’s team and national federation were notified, as well as national and world anti-doping authorities. USA Cycling has not been contacted by UCI, spokesman Andy Lee said. U.S. Anti-Doping Agency spokeswoman Carla O’Connell said that group had no comment.

American cyclist Floyd Landis won the Tour de France on Sunday, keeping the title in U.S. hands for the eighth straight year. Lance Armstrong, long dogged by doping whispers and reports that he has vehemently denied, won the previous seven.

Officials from the lab could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.

TENNIS

Golovin Upsets Sugiyama

Tatiana Golovin reached the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over sixth-seeded Ai Sugiyama at the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford.

Top-seeded Kim Clijsters held off Jelena Jankovic, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, Jill Craybas beat qualifier Shenay Perry, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), and Samantha Stosur knocked off seventh-seeded Shahar Peer, 7-5, 6-3.

Eighth-seeded Filippo Volandri advanced to the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open at Umag, beating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).... Top seeded Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded Tommy Robredo lost their opening matches in the Generali Open at Kitzbuehel, Austria.... Michaella Krajicek beat Tsvetana Pironkova, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1, to advance to the Budapest Grand Prix quarterfinals at Budapest, Hungary.... Brad Gilbert has agreed to coach British teenager Andy Murray.

HOCKEY

Kings Re-Sign Cammalleri

The Kings and forward Michael Cammalleri agreed to a one-year contract worth $1.7 million and avoided an arbitration hearing.

Cammalleri led the Kings with 26 goals and was fourth on the team with 55 points last season.

-- Chris Foster

Defenseman Danny Markov signed a $2.5-million, one-year contract with Detroit.... Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ryan Malone was awarded a two-year, $2.75-million contract by an arbitrator.... The Washington Capitals re-signed right wing Matt Bradley to a two-year contract.... Florida Panthers defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was awarded a two-year, $4.35-million deal by an arbitrator.

DISTANCE RUNNING

Radich Top Local in Ultramarathon

John Radich, a 52-year-old from Monrovia who was making his sixth appearance in the race, was the top finisher among Southern California-area runners in the Badwater Ultramarathon, clocking 33:38.33 to place 11th overall and ninth among 68 men competing.

Shannon Farar-Griefer completed the 135-mile paved course through Death Valley and Lone Pine in a personal-record time of 45:12.56.

Farar-Griefer placed 45th overall among 85 runners who started. Farar-Griefer and all other runners who completed the event in less than 48 hours received a pewter trophy buckle as their reward.

Maria Lemus of Los Angeles was the leading women’s finisher from Southern California, placing 19th overall with a time of 39:50.24.

-- Lauren Peterson

MISCELLANY

NASCAR’s Parsons Has Cancer

Former NASCAR champion Benny Parsons has been diagnosed with lung cancer and began chemotherapy treatments Wednesday. Parsons, the 1973 Cup champion and currently a NASCAR commentator on NBC and TNT, was diagnosed two weeks ago after he had trouble breathing.

Parsons, 65, will undergo chemotherapy three days a week for three weeks, and also will receive radiation five days a week. He said he plans to remain in the booth during his treatments.

Harold Reynolds, who had been a baseball studio analyst with ESPN, told the New York Post he was fired for alleged sexual harassment and said, “This was a total misunderstanding.”

Reynolds told the newspaper, “My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted.”

An ESPN spokesman who confirmed the firing on Tuesday did not elaborate on Wednesday.

-- Larry Stewart

Former major league slugger Albert Belle pleaded guilty in Phoenix to one count of stalking his ex-girlfriend. Belle, who remains jailed, is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 24. Prosecutors said Belle faces at least a 90-day jail sentence plus supervised probation.

Former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey and 12 other people from the world of sports, education and business, including former UCLA chancellor Charles Young and former Bruins athletic director Pete Dalis, have teamed to form the All American Football League, which is scheduled to start play next spring. The league plans to field eight teams based in college towns, playing in stadiums on campus or nearby. Dempsey needs to find investors willing to spend between $2-3 million to buy franchise rights. He also said players must have graduated from college to participate.

PASSINGS

Area Coach Bill Reynolds Dies

Bill Reynolds, who coached men’s basketball for 17 seasons at Southern California College, now known as Vanguard University, before retiring in 1998, died Monday of cancer. He was 65. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Tent 2 at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest.