Authors of book on Bonds subpoenaed

Baseball

San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, who wrote a book about Barry Bonds's alleged steroid use, were subpoenaed yesterday to testify before a federal grand jury regarding court documents they used in their articles, the newspaper reported. The subpoenas called for the authors to turn over their copies of grand jury transcripts from the 2003 investigation of a steroid distribution ring based at the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, according to the Chronicle. They also were asked to provide the identity of the person or persons who leaked the secret documents to them. Eve Burton, vice president and general counsel for Hearst Corp., which owns the newspaper, said, ''The Chronicle and its reporters intend to fight the subpoenas vigorously." . . . Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman will miss the entire season after the team decided his right shoulder needs surgery. Guzman has been out since early in spring training. The team put him on the disabled list March 27 and kept him in Florida for extended spring training, hoping he could build up the muscle around a tear in the shoulder and avoid surgery. Guzman is expected to be ready for spring training in 2007 . . . Oakland Athletics catcher Jason Kendall was suspended four games for charging the mound Tuesday, and Los Angeles Angels pitcher John Lackey was fined for his actions in the altercation. Kendall, who appealed the suspension and was in the lineup against Tampa Bay, was also fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball . . . Charlie Zink tossed five shutout innings to help the visiting Pawtucket Red Sox complete a 2-1 win over Syracuse in a game suspended in the third inning Thursday because of rain. In the second game, David Purcey pitched six strong innings for Syracuse in the SkyChiefs' 4-1 win . . . Brandon Moss had three hits and scored three runs to lead the visiting Portland Sea Dogs to a 7-2 win over the New Britain Rock Cats.

Hockey

Their Stanley Cup hopes for this season long since dashed, Bruins top-liners Patrice Bergeron and Brad Boyes still have a championship to chase, and their stellar performances helped Team Canada avoid embarrassment in a World Ice Hockey Championship opener in Riga, Latvia. Skating on a line with Penguins phenom Sidney Crosby, Boyes scored and added an assist, and Bergeron contributed three assists for the young Canadians (average age under 25), who squandered a 3-0 lead before rallying to beat Denmark, 5-3. Crosby scored twice, including the winning goal, and Bruins defenseman Brad Stuart assisted on Boyes's goal . . . Four Bruins (Marty Reasoner, Yan Stastny, Hal Gill, and Andrew Alberts) played for Team USA in its 3-1 opening win over Norway in Riga. Dustin Brown led the US with three power-play goals . . . Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu still doesn't know the full extent of his eye injury suffered in a first-round series loss to Carolina but expects to make a full recovery.

Basketball

Kiki Vandeweghe won't be the one fixing the Denver Nuggets this summer. Team owner Stan Kroenke said he's not going to extend his general manager's contract. Vandeweghe revamped the roster and led the Nuggets back to respectability after taking over in 2001, but speculation about his future ran rampant all season. The Nuggets were expected to jump into the elite echelon of the Western Conference this season but injuries and inconsistencies did them in. Although they won their first divisional title in 18 seasons, they were bounced from the playoffs in five games by the Los Angeles Clippers . . . Oklahoma State men's basketball coach Eddie Sutton pleaded no contest in Stillwater, Okla., to drunken driving charges stemming from an accident in which his SUV swerved, collided with a vehicle, and then hit a tree Feb. 10.

Miscellany

Quarterback Steve McNair has agreed on the parameters of a contract with the Baltimore Ravens and would join the team if he is released or traded by the Tennessee Titans, the Baltimore Sun reported . . . Cornerback Nate Clements, the Buffalo Bills' franchise player, signed a one-year, $7.2 million contract . . . After 48 days of silence on the subject, Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said he's happy to have Terrell Owens on his team . . . Venus Williams, playing her fourth match since sitting out nearly four months with a strained right elbow, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4, 6-2, and top-seeded Kim Clijsters downed Francesca Schiavone, 6-4, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the J&S Cup in Warsaw . . . Boston College striker Charlie Davies has joined the Westchester Flames and will play against the Rhode Island Stingrays in a Premier Development League game in New Rochelle, N.Y., tonight.