Irish’s Weis loses in malpractice case

A Boston jury found against Notre Dame football Coach Charlie Weis on Tuesday in his malpractice lawsuit against two doctors he claimed botched his care after he had gastric bypass surgery five years ago.

The jury deliberated for less than half a day before finding Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons Charles Ferguson and Richard Hodin were not negligent.

Weis, 51, who won three Super Bowls as the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, accused the surgeons of negligence, saying they allowed him to bleed internally for 30 hours before performing a second surgery to correct the complication.

Weis nearly died after the 2002 surgery. He testified that he still has numbness and pain in his feet and sometimes has to use a motorized cart.

Weis was stoic as the verdict was read and left the courtroom without comment.

Ferguson, director of Massachusetts General’s surgical residency program, and Hodin, a surgeon and professor at Harvard Medical School, said internal bleeding was a well-known complication of the stomach stapling surgery. They said they believed the bleeding would stop on its own and were concerned about performing a second surgery because of the risk of a pulmonary embolism.

TENNIS

Roddick, Blake win at Indianapolis

Top-seeded Andy Roddick needed only 63 minutes to roll past wild-card entry Alex Kuznetsov in the first round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

Roddick brought his record on the hardcourts of the Indianapolis Tennis Center to 17-2 with a 6-4, 6-0 victory. He never faced a break point.

Defending champion James Blake defeated Thomas Johansson, 7-5, 7-6 (9).

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Carlos Moya eliminated defending Croatia Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-3, 6-2, in a first-round match at Umag.

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Andreas Seppi rallied from a set down to beat Feliciano Lopez, 5-7, 6-0, 7-6 (3), in the first round of the Austrian Open at Kitzbuehel.

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Kaia Kanepi advanced to the second round of the Gastein Ladies at Bad Gastein, Austria, by rallying from a break down in the final set to beat Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

PRO FOOTBALL

Colts tackle Glenn announces retirement

Tarik Glenn, a three-time Pro Bowl tackle for the Indianapolis Colts, announced he will retire from the NFL.

Glenn, 31, a first-round draft pick from California in 1997, started 154 regular-season games during his 10-year career. A steady blocker on the left side of the offensive line, he was a main reason quarterback Peyton Manning was sacked only 15 times last season.

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Unsigned first-round draft pick Ted Ginn Jr. was absent when Miami Dolphins rookies held their first training camp practice.

Coach Cam Cameron said the team had made progress in contract negotiations with the former Ohio State star.

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Cornerback Charles Tillman and the Chicago Bears agreed on a six-year contract extension.

Tillman, a second-round draft choice in 2003, could be with the Bears through the 2013 season. He has started 49 games in four seasons.

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The Oakland Raiders released offensive lineman Adam Treu, cutting ties with the longest-tenured player with the team. Treu was selected in the third round of the 1997 draft.

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Former Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith was one of four rookies the Baltimore Ravens signed to three-year contracts.... Wide receiver Robert Meachem, the 27th pick in the draft, agreed with the New Orleans Saints on a five-year contract.... The St. Louis Rams agreed to terms on a four-year contract with running back Brian Leonard, their second-round draft pick.

MISCELLANY

Bucks re-sign point guard Williams

Point guard Mo Williams chose Milwaukee over the Miami Heat, signing a six-year, $51.5-million contract to remain with the Bucks.

Williams, 24, averaged career highs in points (17.3), rebounds (4.8) and assists (6.1) last season. He was taken by the Utah Jazz in the second round of the 2003 draft and signed with the Bucks before the 2004-05 season.

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Dale Earnhardt Incorporated is absorbing Ginn Racing, making it a four-car team in time for this weekend’s Nextel Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Associated Press reported.

DEI will immediately add the No. 01 Chevrolet, which is co-driven by Mark Martin and rookie Aric Almirola, and take the season points from Ginn’s No. 14 team and apply it to DEI ‘s No. 15 entry of Paul Menard.

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Former Commonwealth Games medalist and British heavyweight boxing champion James Oyebola was in critical condition in a London hospital after being shot in the face outside a nightclub where he worked as a bouncer.

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Ray Emery and the Ottawa Senators avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a three-year deal worth $9.5 million that makes him one of the NHL’s highest paid goalies.

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Blake Ayles, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound tight end who helped Orange Lutheran win a state championship last season as a junior, committed to USC.

PASSINGS

Bill Flemming, ABC broadcaster

Bill Flemming, a longtime ABC Sports broadcaster who covered events as varied as the Olympics and cliff diving, has died at Petoskey, Mich. He was 80.