Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo robbed at gunpoint

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo and clubhouse attendant Alex Sanchez were robbed at gunpoint early Friday in Milwaukee, hours after Gallardo pitched in a loss to the Dodgers.

“It was a scary moment for me, obviously for me and Alex, and those are tough situations,” Gallardo said. “Things like that happen in every city, anywhere you go and it’s just unfortunate that it happened to me and him.”

Milwaukee police were investigating but didn’t have a suspect. …

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia said his injured left foot is not healing quickly and that surgery may be required.

Kariya won’t play this season

Veteran winger Paul Kariya, an unrestricted free agent, will sit out the 2010-11 NHL season.

“After being examined by concussion specialist Dr. Mark Lovell, Paul is not able to play hockey due to post-concussion syndrome,” his agent, Don Baizley, said.

Kariya, 35, played for the St. Louis Blues last season and had 18 goals and 43 points in 75 games. Kariya, who was a prolific scorer in nine seasons with the Ducks, scored his 400th NHL goal in March. …

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the New Jersey Devils submitted a new contract to the league for Ilya Kovalchuk. The league has five days to approve or reject the deal, which reportedly is for $100 million over 15 years. A month ago, the NHL rejected a 17-year, $102-million contract for Kovalchuk, saying it violated the league salary cap. …

Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin was found guilty on charges stemming from a DUI arrest in February in Scottsdale, Ariz., and faces up to six months in jail when he is sentenced Tuesday. …

Times sports columnist Bill Dwyre won three awards in the annual United States Tennis Writers’ Assn. writing contest. He won first place in the game story/pro tennis category with his report on the U.S. Open match between Rafael Nadal and Robert Gasquet. Dwyre also received a third-place award in that category and a second place in hard news/enterprise. …

Some of the country’s top high school basketball players will be in Venice Beach this weekend for the 2010 Boost Mobile Elite 24 game. The event, which took place previously at New York City’s famed Rucker Park, features 24 of the top underclassmen in the nation, including Woodland Hills Taft forward DeAndre Daniels. The Elite 24 game will be played Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on the Venice Beach courts located at 1800 Ocean Front Walk. It is free to the public.

— Austin Knoblauch

The Professional Bull Riders’ Built Ford Tough Series visits Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Saturday and Sunday. The top 40 bull riders in the world, including top-ranked Renato Nunes of Brazil, will compete beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. …

Kyle Busch withstood two late challenges from Todd Bodine to win the NASCAR truck series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. …

Australian Ryan Briscoe earned the pole position for Saturday’s IndyCar Series race at Chicagoland Speedway with a lap average of 216.346 mph in qualifying. …

Hawaii defeated Georgia, 12-5, to advance to the U.S. final at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. Hawaii will play Texas on Saturday, and Japan will face Taiwan in the international final. …

Michelle Wie remained in the lead at the Canadian Women’s Open in Winnipeg, Canada, after shooting a three-under-par 69 in the second round. She was at 10 under overall and led Jiyai Shin by three shots. …

Defending champion Byeong-Hun An, top-ranked American amateur Peter Uihlein, Stanford’s David Chung and UCLA freshman Patrick Cantlay advanced to the semifinals of the 110th U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash. …

The NBA suspended three players, including rookie of the year Tyreke Evans, a combined eight games for separate incidents that involve the league’s drug policy and driving infractions. Indiana Pacers guard Brandon Rush received a five-game suspension for violating the NBA’s antidrug program, and Kenny Hasbrouck of the Miami Heat was suspended for two games after he pleaded guilty to charges of driving while intoxicated in New York. Evans, coming off a season in which he averaged 20.1 points per game for the Sacramento Kings, received a one-game suspension after pleading no contest to a reckless-driving charge in California. …

Masai Ujiri was named the Denver Nuggets’ executive vice president of basketball operations. Ujiri, 39, who was the Toronto Raptors’ assistant general manager since 2008 and was a scout with the Nuggets from 2003 to 2007. …

The host Atlanta Dream used a 26-0 run to beat the top-seeded Washington Mystics, 101-77, and advance to the WNBA’s Eastern Conference finals with a sweep of the best-of-three series. …

Caroline Wozniacki rallied to beat Elena Dementieva, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), and advanced to the final of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament at New Haven, Conn. She will face Nadia Petrova, who defeated Maria Kirilenko, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.