Oklahoma State Coach Sutton Decides to Retire

Two victories shy of his 800th win, Eddie Sutton decided it was time to leave college basketball and let his son coach Oklahoma State.

The 70-year-old coach retired Friday, ending a 36-year career with a 798-315 record in which he made three trips to the Final Four. He will be succeeded by Sean Sutton, who was an assistant on his father’s coaching staff.

“This decision is about simply what’s best for me and what’s best for the basketball program at Oklahoma State,” said Sutton, who had a Feb. 10 car accident that led to no-contest pleas to drunk driving and other charges.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

USC’s Washington

Regains Eligibility

USC running back Chauncey Washington, who was academically ineligible the last two seasons, will be eligible for the 2006 season. Washington, a fourth-year junior, said on Wednesday that Dr. Magdi El Shahawy, associate athletic director of student-athlete academic services, told him he had qualified. Spring-semester grades were posted Friday.

-- Gary Klein

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a $226-million renovation plan for Michigan Stadium to add suites and increase the capacity to more than 108,000.

Texas Coach Mack Brown is recovering after knee joint replacement surgery. Brown had surgery on his left knee Tuesday and should return home soon.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

May-Treanor and Walsh

Rebound After Defeat

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh lost a game in a first-round match for the first time on the Assn. of Volleyball Professionals tour, but rebounded to defeat Jennifer Snyder and Janelle Ruen, 21-23, 21-13, 15-6, at the Santa Barbara Open and remained on track for their 50th victory as partners. Top-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh will face No. 13 Jen Pavley and Paula Roca in a quarterfinal match at 8:30 a.m. today.

Top-seeded Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger swept their two matches in the men’s event.

-- Peter Yoon

TENNIS

Williams and Hingis

Advance to Semifinals

Former champions Venus Williams and Martina Hingis will battle for a spot in another Italian Open final at Rome.

Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Hingis beat Flavia Pennetta, 6-3, 6-1.

Mario Ancic rallied from a set and a break down to beat Nikolay Davydenko, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3, and reach the semifinals of the Hamburg Masters in Germany.

Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Istanbul Open, citing a right ankle injury that forced her withdrawal from last week’s tournament in Rome.

Steady rains forced officials to move two of the four quarterfinal matches of the NCAA women’s championships from Palo Alto to an indoor facility in downtown San Francisco. The USC-Northwestern and Miami-Notre Dame matches were delayed more than three hours as players and coaches made the 30-mile trek.

AUTO RACING

Busch Wins Again

at Lowe’s Speedway

Kyle Busch made it two for two at Lowe’s Motor Speedway by winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Concord, N.C.

Busch, who became the youngest winner in series history last year when he won the race at 20, crossed the finish line 3.154 seconds ahead of runner-up Terry Cook in a Chevrolet.

Kasey Kahne’s pit crew serviced his Dodge in 13 seconds to help put him in the top starting spot for tonight’s NASCAR Nextel Cup All-Star Challenge in Concord, N.C.

The qualifying format for the All-Star event is unlike any other race, in which the fastest lap wins the pole. In this race, the field is set by the combined speed of three laps and a pit stop.

Justin Wilson turned a lap at 101.937 mph in his Ford-Cosworth powered Lola to beat Sebastien Bourdais for the provisional pole in the Champ Car Monterrey Grand Prix in Monterrey, Mexico.

MISCELLANY

Kings Set to Announce

Crawford as New Coach

The Kings will introduce Marc Crawford as their new head coach at a news conference Monday. Crawford was the Vancouver Canucks coach the last seven seasons, reaching the playoffs four times.

Crawford spent the previous four seasons coaching the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche and led the Avalanche to the Stanley Cup championship in 1996.

-- Chris Foster

The Kansas City Chiefs signed kicker Lawrence Tynes to a one-year contract.... The Jacksonville Jaguars signed unrestricted free-agent receivers Troy Edwards and Randy Hymes.

French striker Thierry Henry agreed to a new four-year contract with Arsenal, ending speculation about a move to FC Barcelona.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer, 77, remained hospitalized, nearly three weeks after suffering a second stroke.

A bill that would require the certification and registration of athletic trainers in California, including those hired to work at high schools, has passed a state Senate vote and will be given a first reading in the state Assembly on Monday in Sacramento. California is among only six states that do not require certification.

-- Lauren Peterson

The Long Beach Poly boys and the Long Beach Wilson girls are the Division I favorites today at the Southern Section track and field championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk.

The UCLA softball team beat Missouri State, 11-2, in an NCAA tournament game at UCLA.