■ Boxing
Hector Camacho sent to jail
Three-time champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was sent to jail on Monday after pleading guilty to a 2004 burglary charge. Camacho faces up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to US$10,000. In Gulfport, Mississippi, Circuit Judge Steve Simpson delayed sentencing, but ordered Camacho sent straight to jail because a bail bond agent said he hadn't heard from the boxer for more than two years, the Sun Herald reported on its Web site. Camacho, who is being held at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center in Mississippi, won super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980s.
■ Baseball
Igawa shipped to minors
The New York Yankees shipped struggling pitcher Kei Igawa to the minors on Monday to make room on the roster for right-hander Matt DeSalvo. Igawa was optioned to the Yankees' Class-A team in Tampa, Florida, keeping right-hander Darrell Rasner in the big leagues after he pitched five-and-two-thirds shutout innings on Sunday in a victory over the Seattle Mariners. New York had planned to send Rasner right back to their Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre team after his start, but changed course on Monday. Rasner, 1-1 with a 2.75 ERA in four starts, is likely to get the ball again on Friday in Seattle.
■ Baseball
Salas suspended 50 games
Tampa Bay Devil Rays relief pitcher Juan Salas was suspended for 50 games after becoming the first player this year to flunk a drug test under Major League Baseball's testing program on Monday. Salas tested positive for an undisclosed performance-enhancing substance, the commissioner's office said. His suspension was scheduled to start yesterday. There were just three suspensions last year under the major league program, including New York Mets pitcher Yusaku Iriki, former Arizona pitcher Jason Grimsley and Mets reliever Guillermo Mota, who is serving his 50-game penalty at the start of this season.
■ Baseball
Mateo apologizes for arrest
Seattle Mariners reliever Julio Mateo apologized on Monday for his arrest following a dispute with his wife at a New York hotel. Mateo was suspended for 10 days without pay on Sunday, a penalty the players' association may challenge this week. Mateo was arrested the day before on a charge of third-degree assault. He posted bond and was released. Police said his wife needed five stitches to her mouth. Mateo apologized in a statement released by the team during its game on Monday at Yankee Stadium. "I am personally embarrassed by the incident on Saturday morning, which resulted in my arrest and absence from my team," he said.
■ Baseball
Proctor, Torre suspended
Yankees reliever Scott Proctor was suspended for four games and manager Joe Torre was penalized one game by Major League Baseball on Monday, a day after a skirmish between New York and the Seattle Mariners. Proctor appealed his suspension, meaning he can pitch until a hearing is held and a ruling is issued. Torre will miss Monday's game against the Mariners. The conflict started after Josh Phelps slid hard into Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima. When Phelps came up again, Jarrod Washburn hit him in the back with the first pitch. Proctor threw an inside pitch to Yuniesky Betancourt in the seventh and the benches and bullpens emptied.
■ Soccer
Maradona released
Diego Maradona has been conditionally released from a psychiatric clinic where he has been treated for alcoholism, his doctor, Alfredo Cahe, said on Monday. "It's a very positive step for his treatment," Cahe told reporters after Maradona spent his first night since April 21 outside the Avril clinic. Maradona is still supposed to report to the clinic for treatment three times a week. Maradona, 46, has been treated at several clinics since he was brought to a hospital on March 28. Doctors say excessive alcohol consumption led to a form of hepatitis. Maradona has battled obesity and cocaine addiction since his 1997 retirement and has been hospitalized eight times in that time.
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