Stackhouse opts to stay in Dallas

Guard Jerry Stackhouse is sticking with Dallas, agreeing to a three-year deal to remain the Mavericks’ sixth man.

Stackhouse agreed Thursday night to a deal that will pay him more than the midlevel exception, which is expected to be set at roughly $6 million.

While details were still being finalized Friday, the contract can’t become official until the NBA’s signing period begins Wednesday.

The Detroit Pistons signed first-round draft picks Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo. Stuckey, the 15th selection, played two seasons at Eastern Washington. Afflalo was drafted 27th from UCLA.

Forward Andres Nocioni agreed to terms on a five-year deal to return to the Chicago Bulls. Financial terms were not available, but the Chicago Tribune reported it was for about $38 million.

Hall of Fame coach Lenny Wilkens resigned as the vice chairman of the Seattle SuperSonics. He became the club’s vice chairman last November, taking on the role as an advisor on basketball operations to owner Clay Bennett.

MOTOR RACING

Rain washes out

Busch Series race

Rain washed out the NASCAR Busch Series Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway, and NASCAR rescheduled it for this morning. That means there’ll be a day-night doubleheader with the Nextel Cup Pepsi 400.

Jason Leffler, driving a Toyota, won the Busch pole with a fast lap of 184.559 mph. Tony Stewart was second at 184.354 in a Chevrolet. Qualifying for the Pepsi 400 was also rained out, so series points leader Jeff Gordon was awarded the pole.

Sebastien Bourdais won the provisional pole for Sunday’s Champ Car World Series Grand Prix of Toronto. He had a fast lap of 58.783 seconds (107.480 mph) on the 1.755-mile street circuit.

SOCCER

FIFA will waive

altitude ban for La Paz

FIFA is backing down from its ban on international matches in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was responding to a request from Bolivian President Evo Morales, who led a campaign to overturn a ban announced in May on international soccer matches at altitudes of over 8,200 feet.

Juan Carlos Osorio was hired to coach the Chicago Fire. He replaces Dave Sarachan, who was fired June 20.

JURISPRUDENCE

Dog fighting allegedly

held on Vick’s property

A property in Surry, Va., owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was used as the “main staging area for housing and training the pit bills involved” in an alleged dog fighting operation, according to court documents.

The papers, filed by federal authorities Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond and obtained by the Associated Press, contain the address of the Vick property that has been the center of the investigation.

Vick is not named in the documents.

According to the documents, dog fights have been sponsored by “Bad Newz Kennels” at the property since at least 2002.

ROWING

California advances

at Henley Regatta

California defeated Georgetown by 4 1/2 lengths to reach the semifinals of the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta at Henley-on-Thames, England. Cal will race Brown, which beat England’s University of the West.

MISCELLANY

Hillock named UCLA’s

director of basketball

Joe Hillock, the women’s basketball coach at Southern Utah for 10 years, was named director of operations for the UCLA men’s program. The 55-year-old Hillock replaces Chris Carlson, who was hired as men’s coach at UC San Diego last month.

Wendy Siegal, a schoolteacher as well as a past competitor in the Transpacific Yacht Race, was found drowned Thursday near her Cal 40, Willow Wind, in the Alamitos Bay Marina. Her death came four days before the start of this year’s race off Point Fermin in San Pedro.