Davis receives cancer therapy

North Carolina football Coach Butch Davis is undergoing chemotherapy after a dentist removed a cancerous growth from his mouth.

“I know people are going to be concerned and everything, but it’s going to be OK,” Davis said Tuesday. “We’re going to get through this and we’re going to have a great season next fall.”

Davis, 55, said he wasn’t aware he had a growth when he saw his dentist late last month in Cleveland for a routine cleaning. After the growth was removed, a biopsy diagnosed it as non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Subsequent exams found no evidence that the cancer has spread, but Davis said he is undergoing chemotherapy as a precaution. He had his first two-hour session last week.

BASEBALL

Services held for former

commissioner Kuhn

Bowie Kuhn was remembered as a fierce, passionate advocate for baseball and a person dedicated to charitable work.

Among the 300 mourners at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., were current Commissioner Bud Selig, former American League president Lee MacPhail and former National League president Len Coleman. Kuhn, who died Thursday at 80, was baseball’s commissioner from 1969 to 1984.

Eric Gagne pitched in a game for the first time this year, throwing one inning and giving up a home run to Kevin Frandsen in Texas’ 4-3 victory over San Francisco at Surprise, Ariz.

CRICKET

Pakistan coach’s death

is ruled ‘suspicious’

The death of Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer is being treated as “suspicious” by Jamaican police.

During a late-night news conference at the team’s hotel in Kingston, deputy police Commissioner Mark Shields read a statement that said, “Having met with the pathologist, other medical personnel and investigators, there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious.”

Woolmer, 58, was found dead in his hotel room Sunday, hours after Pakistan was upset by Ireland and eliminated from advancing in the World Cup of Cricket.

New Zealand qualified for the World Cup Super Eights thanks to a 148-run victory over Kenya in Group C at Gros Islet, St. Lucia.

South Africa reached the Super Eight stage after recording a seven-wicket victory against Scotland with more than 26 of its allotted 50 overs to spare. The Kiwis defeated Kenya by 148 runs in St. Lucia.

MISCELLANY

Stokley, Broncos agree

to one-year deal

Former Indianapolis Colts receiver Brandon Stokley has agreed to a one-year free-agent deal with the Denver Broncos.

Bluffton University will play baseball this season despite the deaths of five players who were killed when the team bus toppled off an overpass in Atlanta.

Mark Martin’s streak of 621 consecutive starts in NASCAR’s top series officially ended when he decided to skip this week’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The last time he missed a race was November 1987.

The NBA fined Charlotte Bobcats part-owner Michael Jordan $15,000 for discussing Texas freshman Kevin Durant during an interview last week. Coaches and executives are barred from talking about underclassmen who have yet to declare for the NBA draft.

Laura Wilkinson earned a spot in the 10-meter semifinals at the World Swimming and Diving Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Toronto FC acquired three-time Major League Soccer All-Star midfielder Richard Mulrooney from FC Dallas for a 2008 first-round draft pick.