Rutgers’ Stringer to earn same base salary as Schiano

Rutgers and women’s basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer agreed to a multiyear contract extension late Tuesday night that will pay her the same base salary as Scarlet Knights football Coach Greg Schiano, according to a person familiar with the deal.

Stringer led the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA tournament championship game this season. They lost the final to Tennessee, 59-46.

Stringer had one year remaining on her existing contract.

Stringer will make $450,000 a year -- the same amount as Schiano -- and has yearly incentives that could extend the overall package to over $900,000, said a person familiar with the deal who requested anonymity because a formal announcement had yet to be made.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Nevada Coach Fox

is reprimanded by WAC

The Western Athletic Conference reprimanded Nevada Coach Mark Fox for unsportsmanlike conduct with referees in two games in March but spared him any fine or suspension.

The more serious of the two incidents involved Fox’s yelling profanities and appearing ready to use force toward a police officer and game officials after the Wolf Pack lost to Utah State in the WAC tournament on March 9 at Las Cruces, N.M., according to a police report.

Tennessee guard Chris Lofton, the Southeastern Conference player of the year, withdrew his name from consideration for the NBA draft. Lofton averaged 20.8 points to lead the SEC in scoring last season.

Virginia guard Sean Singletary will make himself eligible for the NBA draft but won’t hire an agent, leaving open the possibility of a return for his senior season. Singletary averaged 19 points and 4.7 assists.

Division I scoring leader Reggie Williams of Virginia Military Institute plans to make himself eligible for the NBA draft. Williams, a 6-5 forward who averaged 28.1 points, said he will not hire an agent.

Georgia Tech sophomore forward Thaddeus Young made himself available for the NBA draft but will not hire an agent. Young tied for the team lead in scoring, averaging 14.4 points.

TENNIS

Robredo cruises to

victory in Barcelona

Tommy Robredo defeated Feliciano Lopez, 6-2, 6-2, with five service breaks and 33 first-serve winners to advance to the third round of the Open Seat Godo at Barcelona, Spain.

David Nalbandian routed Alberto Martin, 6-2, 6-0, to reach the quarterfinals for the first time this season.

Anne Kremer upset third-seeded Maria Kirilenko, 6-3, 6-4, in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix.

The match between top-seeded Tathiana Garbin and Nuria Llagostera Vives was interrupted because of rain and will be continued today.

Third-seeded Julien Benneteau defeated Frederico Gil, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (5), to advance to the second round of the clay court Grand Prix Hassan II at Casablanca, Morocco.

JURISPRUDENCE

Charges dropped

against Bozeman

Morgan State basketball Coach Todd Bozeman, who faced misdemeanor assault and cursing charges after a tirade against a restaurant employee for making the wrong kind of sandwiches, had the charges dropped after he apologized. Court records show Bozeman agreed to a monetary payment to the employee involved in the Feb. 3 tirade that followed a loss by Morgan State at Longwood (Va.).

Kentucky Speedway no longer wants NASCAR to bring a Nextel Cup race to the track as part of its antitrust lawsuit against the racing governing body and International Speedway Corp.

The speedway filed an amended complaint in U.S. District Court, saying instead of a Nextel Cup race, it wants a judge to break up NASCAR and ISC, both of which are controlled by Bill France and members of his family. The speedway is asking that ISC be ordered to sell at least eight of the 12 tracks it owns that host Nextel Cup races and that the speedway be awarded more than $200 million in damages.

MISCELLANY

Basso is barred from

Discovery Channel team

Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso was barred from riding for his Discovery Channel team after the Italian Olympic Committee reopened its investigation into the Spanish doping scandal.

Tom Hogarth of Northridge shot a two-under-par 71 and won his second consecutive Southern California Golf Assn. Mid-Amateur Championship at Mission Viejo Country Club.

John Pate of Santa Barbara finished second, five shots back, and David Bartman of Los Angeles was third, eight shots back.

Muttiah Muralitharan claimed three wickets in six balls as Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by 81 runs to reach its first Cricket World Cup final since winning the title in 1996.

Sri Lanka will play defending champion Australia or South Africa, who meet today, in Saturday’s final.

Former heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison, who retired 11 years ago after a positive HIV test, has applied for a boxing license in Texas. Television station KRIV in Houston reported that Morrison is scheduled to fight Dale Ortiz on Friday.