Yankees' Johnson, Torre suspended

Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson was suspended five games by the commissioner's office yesterday for intentionally throwing at the Indians' Eduardo Perez Wednesday night. Johnson is expected to appeal the penalty, allowing him to make his next scheduled start Monday in Philadelphia. New York manager Joe Torre was suspended for one game. There is no appeal process available for Torre, who will serve his suspension tonight in Washington, when the Yankees open an interleague series. Bench coach Lee Mazzilli will manage in Torre's absence. Johnson and Torre were each fined an undisclosed amount. Johnson threw way inside to Perez in the seventh inning of New York's 6-1 victory. Both benches had been warned by umpires in the sixth, when Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Indians starter Jason Johnson exchanged words after Posada was hit by a pitch.

Oakland pitcher Esteban Loaiza faced drunken driving and speeding charges after police clocked his Ferrari exceeding 120 miles per hour on a freeway near San Lorenzo, Calif. Loaiza was jailed early Wednesday after he failed a sobriety test, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Mike Wright. He is scheduled to appear in court July 14. Loaiza is 2-3 after picking up the win in the A's 9-6 victory yesterday over the Mariners . . . The A's placed designated hitter Frank Thomas on the disabled list with a strained right quadriceps . . . Dave Magadan was fired as the San Diego Padres' hitting coach and replaced by Merv Rettenmund, who had held the job from 1991-99 . . . Corky Miller hit a three-run home run to lift the Pawtucket Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Tides in the nightcap of a doubleheader in Norfolk, Va. Norfolk won the first game, 3-1.

Ben Roethlisberger apologized to the Pittsburgh Steelers, fans, and his family, a day after leaving the hospital, saying he was fortunate to be alive and promising to wear a helmet if he ever again rides a motorcycle. ``In the past few days, I've gained a new perspective on life," the Super Bowl-winning quarterback said in a statement released by the team. ``By the grace of God, I'm fortunate to be alive." Roethlisberger, who wrecked his bike and cracked his head on a car windshield Monday, was discharged late Wednesday night. Doctors used small titanium plates and screws to reassemble Roethlisberger's broken jaw and repaired other broken facial bones. He also lost two teeth and chipped several others, doctors said . . . The Miami Dolphins signed free agent guard Bennie Anderson to a two-year contract. Anderson started 15 games for Buffalo last season at left guard, and has made 71 starts in 79 appearances over his first five NFL seasons. He spent his first four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens . . . Bengals receiver Chris Henry pleaded not guilty in a Covington, Ky., court to charges accusing him of providing alcohol to three underage females. Henry, 23, has been arrested four times in the last seven months in three states. He was arraigned in the morning in northern Kentucky, then went to Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati for the team's minicamp.

Roger Federer won his 38th straight match on grass, edging Richard Gasquet of France, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. If Federer wins the tournament, he'll equal the record of 41 straight grass-court wins set by Bjorn Borg from 1976-81 . . . Top-seeded Rafael Nadal outlasted fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3), to reach the quarterfinals of the grass-court championships at Queen's Club in London. The French Open champion next faces Lleyton Hewitt, who edged Max Mirnyi, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4). Three-time defending champion Andy Roddick saved three first-set points against Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand before winning, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. Ivan Ljubicic, who has won only two matches on grass in three years, lost, 7-6 (11-9), 7-5, to French teenager Gael Monfils.

Northwestern assistant basketball coach Craig Robinson, a former star forward at Princeton who played under coach Pete Carrill in the early 1980s, was named head coach at Brown University. ``To be part of such a tremendous institution is an extreme honor," Robinson said at a news conference. Robinson, who had been at Northwestern for five years under coach Bill Carmody, succeeds Glen Miller, who replaced Fran Dunphy at the University of Pennsylvania. Athletic director Michael Goldberger said the school was looking for three things in Miller's replacement: integrity, ability to balance athletics with academics, and leadership. Robinson won Ivy Player of the Year in 1982 and 1983 while at Princeton, making him the first two-time winner of that award . . . Nikki Teasley and DeLisha Milton scored 17 points apiece to lead the Washington Mystics to a 96-77 WNBA victory over host Charlotte . . . Lauren Jackson had 27 points and 10 rebounds as the Seattle Storm completed a sweep of a two-game season series in Chicago with a 74-61 victory over the Sky . . . The Blue Jackets re-signed fan favorite Jody Shelley, the team's career leader in penalty minutes, to a two-year deal . . . Felipe Aguilar of Chile shot a 5-under-par 66 and held a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Saint-Omer (France) Open. Sharing second at 67 were Sweden's Klas Eriksson and South Africa's Jean Hugo . . . Tarrah Beyster drove in four runs as the New England Riptide defeated the Arizona Heat, 7-1, in Tucson . . . State officials voted to sue the NCAA for penalizing the University of North Dakota over its ``Fighting Sioux" nickname and Indian-head logo.