Duke suspends play amid allegations

(Correction: Because of a reporting error, a Sports Log item in yesterday's Sports section incorrectly identified Kristen Schlukebir as her sister Katie.)

Duke University's highly ranked lacrosse team will not play again this season until school administrators learn more about allegations that several team members raped an exotic dancer at an off-campus party, the school said yesterday. President Richard Brodhead decided to suspend the team from play ''until there is a clearer resolution of the legal situation involving team members." A woman told police she and another dancer were hired to perform March 13 at a private party in an off-campus home. The dancer, a student at North Carolina Central University, told police she was pulled into a bathroom, beaten, choked, and raped by three men. Police took DNA samples with a cheek swab from 46 of the lacrosse team's players. No one has been charged.

Marquis Grissom announced his retirement after a 17-year major league career. The 38-year-old outfielder signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs in January and had hoped to make the team as a backup, but he batted .200 in 17 spring training games. Grissom leaves as one of seven players with 2,000 hits, 200 home runs, and 400 stolen bases . . . Mark Prior and Kerry Wood were placed on the 15-day disabled list, meaning the Cubs will start the season without both star righthanders. Both have been rehabbing from injuries . . . Seattle Mariners center fielder Jeremy Reed has a sprained right wrist and not a broken wrist, as the team originally thought. Reed rejoined the team yesterday. . . . Pete Rose backs punishment of baseball players caught using steroids under the major leagues' testing policy. ''In my case, I broke the rules and I've been suspended 18 years," said Rose, who agreed to a lifetime ban for gambling. ''So if guys broke the rules the last two years they have to be handed out some kind of sentence." Rose spoke at a benefit at Cincinnati's Moeller High School Monday.

Martina Navratilova will return to the Boston Lobsters, and former US Open and Australian Open finalist Todd Martin was added to the roster during the World Team Tennis draft. A reappearing Pete Sampras, plucked by Newport Beach (Calif.), was the draft's No. 1 pick. Boston's roster was filled out by Nicole Pratt, Amir Hadad, Tom Blake, and Katie Schlukebir.
BUD COLLINS

The US Olympic Committee named Bob Ctvrtlik an international vice president to strengthen its global sporting presence, which could include a bid for the 2016 Games. The 42-year-old Ctvrtlik, a three-time volleyball Olympian who won gold and bronze medals, is one of three American members of the International Olympic Committee.
JOHN POWERS

Amare Stoudemire has been sent back to the sideline for further rehabilitation work on his left knee and is expected to miss at least a week. Stoudemire underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee and had missed the first 66 games of the season before playing in the last three . . . All-Star forward Chris Bosh is out indefinitely with a sprained left thumb, leaving the Toronto Raptors without their top scorer and rebounder.

Jeff Gordon was fined $10,000 by NASCAR for shoving Matt Kenseth following Sunday's race at Bristol Motorspeedway. It's the first time in Gordon's 14-year career that he's been penalized for his conduct . . . Colin Montgomerie, who has missed the cut in his last four stroke-play events, withdrew from this week's BellSouth Classic at Duluth, Ga. . . . In his final tuneup for the Masters, Tiger Woods shot a 7-under-par 65 to lead Isleworth to a 17 1/2-12 1/2 victory over Lake Nona in the Tavistock Cup. The matches are between tour professionals who belong to the two private clubs in Orlando, Fla. . . . The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against boxing promoter Robert Mitchell, of Irmo, S.C., and boxer Thomas Williams, of Upper Marlboro, Md., convicted by a federal jury in November 2004 on one count each of conspiracy and of sports bribery. Mitchell and Williams were found guilty of fixing 11 fights from March 1995 to August 2000 . . . The NCAA decided to allow Notre Dame football player Tom Zbikowski, 20, to box as a professional. Zbikowski, a heavyweight, has a four-round bout scheduled June 10 at Madison Square Garden. ''We got clearance from the NCAA, with the condition that he cannot do commercials or promotions," said Ed Zbikowski, Tom's father. ''If he violates that, he loses his college scholarship and eligibility, so we'll be very careful." . . . The Globe's Bob Hohler took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest for investigative reporting for his series on athletes and how much they give to charities that bear their name. Shira Springer earned second-place recognition in explanatory reporting for her look at Jon Niednagel, a consultant to the Celtics known as the ''brain doctor" for his system of predicting behavior patterns based on brain types. Jackie MacMullan and Dan Shaughnessy also received top-10 recognition for their work in breaking news and column writing, respectively.