Former Laker Parker signs with Heat

Smush Parker’s stint with the Lakers is officially over.

The free-agent point guard signed a two-year contract for just under $5 million with the Miami Heat, a move that may signal the end of Gary Payton’s time in Miami.

Parker, 26, started all of the Lakers’ games in 2005-06 and the first 80 of 82 regular-season games in 2006-07. But Coach Phil Jackson was dissatisfied with Parker’s production and replaced him with Jordan Farmar in the starting lineup for the final two games of the regular season and the team’s five-game series loss to the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs.

Parker averaged 11.1 points and 2.8 assists per game in 2006-07. He made $798,112 and was the second-lowest paid player on the Lakers last season.

Payton, 39, is a free agent. He started 28 games and averaged 5.3 points and three assists a game in his 17th season in the league.

-- Ken Fowler

The former operator of a suburban Philadelphia sports bar expects to be indicted in the NBA betting investigation involving a referee who was his high school classmate.

James Battista went to Cardinal O’Hara High in Springfield, Pa., at the same time as former referee Tim Donaghy, said Battista’s attorney, Jack McMahon.

Records from Delaware County’s Court of Common Pleas indicate Battista was arrested on bookmaking and conspiracy charges in 1998 and was placed in a program that allows first-time offenders to expunge their record.

Greg Oden, who underwent a tonsillectomy July 14, is leaning toward skipping U.S. training camp next month, possibly ending his chances of playing in the 2008 Olympics.

The Orlando Magic received final approval for a new arena scheduled to open in 2010 as part of a $1.1-billion project.

Phoenix Suns guard Raja Bell had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be ready for the season.

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HOCKEY

Sabres, Roy reach deal, avoiding arbitration

Buffalo forward Derek Roy avoided arbitration by agreeing to a six-year, $24-million contract with the Sabres, who previously were against signing players to deals beyond four years.

The deal represents a significant raise for Roy, who made $627,000 last year when he had 63 points (21 goals and 42 assists).

The Washington Capitals re-signed defenseman Milan Jurcina, 24, to a two-year deal. ... The San Jose Sharks signed veteran defenseman Alexei Semenov, 26. Semenov played for the Florida last season. ... The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with goaltender Michael Leighton, 26, on a one-year contract.

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TENNIS

Roddick continues run in Indianapolis

Top-seeded Andy Roddick, seeking his fourth trip to the finals in four years, eliminated sixth-seeded Hyung-Taik Lee, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-1, in the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

Nearly nine hours after they began play, Frank Dancevic reached his first ATP semifinal by rallying to defeat Igor Kunitsyn, 6-4, 7-6 (3), in a rain-plagued match. He will play Roddick.

The delays forced the two other semifinals to be shifted to today. Defending champion James Blake, the No. 2 seed, will play Sam Querrey and third-seeded Dmitry Tursunov plays amateur qualifier Kei Nishikori.

Third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova beat qualifier Olga Govortsova, 7-5, 6-3, to reach the semifinals of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.

Hantuchova will play top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the semifinals. Chakvetadze advanced with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over seventh-seeded Katarina Srebotnik.

Eighth-seeded Sybille Bammer also advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over wild card Lilia Osterloh. Bammer will face Sania Mirza, who defeated Patty Schnyder, 7-6 (2), 6-1.

Sixth-seeded Carlos Moya moved a step closer to a possible fifth Croatia Open title, defeating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, 7-5, 6-4, in the quarterfinals in Umag.

Moya will face 2004 champion Guillermo Canas in today’s semifinals. Canas, seeded fifth, beat Gilles Simon, 6-2, 6-1.

Viktor Troicki defeated Carlos Berlocq, 7-5, 6-2, and Andrei Pavel ousted seventh-seeded Filippo Volandri, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Juan Monaco upset top-seeded Tommy Robredo, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Austrian Open in Kitzbuehel.

Monaco will next play 11th-seeded Fernando Verdasco, who defeated Sergio Roitman, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3.

Defending champion Agustin Calleri and 10th-seeded Potito Starace also advanced. Calleri defeated 15th-seeded Nicolas Lapentti, 7-6 (5), 6-1, and Starace beat Andreas Seppi, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7).

Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone defeated Agnes Szavay, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4, to advance to the semifinals of the Gastein Ladies in Bad Bastein, Austria.

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MISCELLANY

Home’s occupant still sought in coach’s arrest

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives had yet to locate an occupant of the Norwalk home where UCLA receivers coach Eric Scott was arrested this week.

Law enforcement authorities said they found “a large quantity” of marijuana inside the home along with several firearms including “a couple rifles and a shotgun,” sheriff’s Sgt. Pat Valdez said. A handgun was found outside the residence “on the lawn area,” Valdez said. That gun was taken from the home and dropped by one of the suspects, Valdez said.

Scott, 32, was arrested on suspicion of felony residential burglary with his cousin and an associate.

Questions regarding what the coach was doing there and who the drugs and guns belonged to “are all unknown, and under investigation,” Valdez said. “Finding the owner is important.”

-- Lance Pugmire

Former Nevada Las Vegas guard Mark Wade was charged with embezzling more than $15,000 in his former job as an assistant coach at UC Riverside.

Wade, 41, was fired Jan. 5 after nearly two years at the Division I school, university spokeswoman Kris Lovekin said.

The Riverside County district attorney’s office has issued an arrest warrant for Wade on one count of felony embezzlement. He was charged in Riverside Superior Court on July 12, the same day the warrant was issued.

Wade is accused of depositing into his personal bank account the proceeds from two university checks and one electronic fund transfer, according to the warrant.

Ron Hornaday Jr. relied on his ability to make strong restarts to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Power Stroke Diesel 200 by two lengths over Johnny Benson in Clermont, Ind.

was third in a race featuring nine cautions for 49 laps, one shy of the track record set in 2006.

Andy Roof, listed as Washington State’s starting offensive right guard in the spring, will not play this season because of a citation for drunk driving, Coach Bill Doba says.

Clemson’s former rowing coach Susie Lueck gave one of her athletes lodging and transportation -- one of nine NCAA secondary violations the school reported. Corrective actions included Lueck’s firing.