‘Pacman’ Jones charged with two felonies

Suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones will face two felony charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting in February, Las Vegas police and the Clark County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday.

Two others previously identified by police as friends of Jones also will face felony charges in the fracas inside the Minxx club, police said in a statement.

No one is named in the shooting that occurred later outside the club and left a bar employee paralyzed, police Capt. James Dillon said.

Warrants were issued for the arrests of Jones, Robert Reid of Carson and Sadia Morrison of New York, Dillon said.

A Las Vegas lawyer representing the three was expected to arrange their surrender, an aide to Clark County District Attorney David Roger said.

Golden State Warriors forward Stephen Jackson pleaded guilty in Indianapolis to a felony count of criminal recklessness for firing a gun outside a strip club in October and was sentenced to one year of probation, ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.

Tennis player Guillermo Coria settled his lawsuit in New Brunswick. N.J., against Universal Nutrition, a vitamin maker he blamed for a positive steroid test that cost him millions in earnings.

TENNIS

Federer, Henin seeded No. 1 at Wimbledon

Roger Federer aims for his fifth straight Wimbledon title, and Justine Henin looks for her first championship at the grass-court Grand Slam, which starts Monday. Both were seeded No. 1.

Rafael Nadal, the Wimbledon runner-up last year, was seeded No. 2 ahead of Andy Roddick.

Maria Sharapova, who won the 2004 title at 17, is seeded No. 2, followed by Jelena Jankovic. Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo was seeded fourth.

Two-time winner Serena Williams is No. 7. Venus Williams was seeded 24th. The sisters will also team up in doubles for the first time since 2003.

Henin, the defending champion, beat teenager Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 6-1, at the Eastbourne (England) International in her first match since winning the French Open. Mauresmo beat Mara Santangelo, 6-2, 6-3.

Dinara Safina ousted defending champion Michaella Krajicek in the Ordina Open, winning their second-round rematch of last year’s final, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, in Den Bosch, Netherlands.

In the men’s draw, third-seeded Guillermo Canas was upset by qualifier Michael Berrer, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Two-time defending champion Richard Gasquet beat Jan Vacek, 6-4, 6-0, in the second round of the Nottingham Open in England to improve to 12-0 in the Wimbledon warmup.

Tim Henman was ousted by second-seeded Dmitry Tursunov, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3.

SOCCER

Sarachan fired as coach of the struggling Fire

Dave Sarachan was fired as coach of Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire after a 4-6-2 start and was replaced in the interim by assistant Denis Hamlett.

MLS’s coach of the year in 2003, Sarachan was 55-50-31 in five seasons with Chicago.

As expected, the Galaxy agreed to terms with Honduran international forward Carlos Pavon, 33, pending a work visa and international transfer clearance, the team said.

Juan Roman Riquelme scored two second-half goals and Boca Juniors beat Gremio, 2-0, to win its sixth Copa Libertadores title at Porto Alegre, Brazil.

HOCKEY

NHL announces salary-cap increase

Pending an agreement with the players’ union, the NHL salary cap will increase from $44 million to between $48 and $50 million next season, the league’s board of governors decided.

Commissioner Gary Bettman also made clear his view on the potential sale and possible relocation of the Nashville Predators.

Without a binding agreement between owner Craig Leipold and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, Bettman said talk of the team relocating to Canada is premature.

The Predators’ arena lease doesn’t expire until 2008.

In other news, the board voted to award a player a free shot if he is fouled on a clear breakaway anywhere in the neutral or attacking zones.

Previously, a penalty shot was awarded only when a player on a clear breakaway was fouled on the attacking side of the center line.

In other moves, all faceoffs must now be conducted at one of the nine dots painted on the rink and the term “gross misconduct” was eliminated from the rule book. A game misconduct will now be assessed, and accumulated game misconduct penalties can lead to fines or suspensions.

-- Lonnie White

MISCELLANY

Female president resigns from Wizards

Susan O’Malley, 45, the first and only female president of an NBA team, is leaving the Washington Wizards after being in the job since 1991.

USC running back Hershel Dennis, who missed the last two seasons because of knee injuries, was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA.