SPORTS LOG
Jeter has famous company on card
baseball
Derek Jeter isn't even the most famous person on his own baseball card. President Bush and Yankees Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle appear superimposed on a card issued by Topps that arrived in stores last week. It shows the Yankee shortstop swinging a bat, with the images of Bush in the Yankee Stadium stands and Mantle in the dugout with bat in hand. "We saw it in the final proof and we could have axed it. But we decided to let it run, we wanted to print it. We thought it was hilarious," Topps spokesman Clay Luraschi said . . . A Honus Wagner baseball card from 1909 was sold Monday for a record $2.35 million to a person only identified as a Southern California collector.
basketball
Heat have some laughs at White House
President Bush welcomed the Miami Heat to the White House to celebrate their championship last season. "As you know I used to be in pro sports," said Bush, the former owner of the Texas Rangers. "I never had the pleasure of winning anything." While joking with the team, Bush tried to bounce a basketball while standing next to Shaquille O'Neal, but it thudded flat on the carpeted stage. Bush looked startled as O'Neal and his teammates laughed. "We didn't want him to hurt himself," said O'Neal. Teammate Dwyane Wade, who dislocated his left shoulder last week, came with his arm in a sling and will decide by week's end if he will undergo season-ending surgery . . . Clippers point guard Shaun Livingston will be out 8-12 months after tearing three of the four major ligaments in his left knee while driving to the basket Monday against Charlotte. "It's probably the most serious injury you can have to the knee," Clippers physician Tony Daly said. "He might miss all of next year."Colleges
Duke WR charged in traffic fatality
Duke wide receiver Raphael Chestnut was charged in the traffic death of another driver after an accident Sunday in Stokesdale, N.C. Chestnut was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle, the state Highway Patrol said, but is not expected to be disciplined by the football team, Duke spokesman Art Chase said. Police said alcohol or drugs weren't involved in the wreck, which happened on a curve during heavy rain. Chestnut was driving 65 miles per hour, police said, when his vehicle collided with one driven by Douglas Smith . . . Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe, 55, signed a 10-year contract, a reward for leading his team to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship last season . . . St. Anselm senior defenseman Brett Smith (Hudson), UMass-Dartmouth senior forward Kyle McCullough (Danvers), and Stonehill sophomore forward Brendan O'Brien (Braintree) were named among the 18 semifinalists for the Joe Concannon Award, given annually by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston to New England's best American-born Division 2/3 college hockey player . . . Virginia freshman Monica Wright was the unanimous choice for ACC women's basketball rookie of the year, and Duke's Lindsey Harding was named the league's best defensive player for the second straight season. BC's Ayla Brown was named rookie team honorable mention.Miscellany
Woods's charity helps D.C. land event
The PGA Tour will return to the nation's capital July 5-8 under a multiyear agreement with Tiger Woods's educational charity. The tournament will replace the International, a Denver event taken off the schedule after 21 years, largely because organizers couldn't find a sponsor willing to commit without Woods in the field. With the new tournament benefiting the Tiger Woods Foundation, Washington likely won't face the same issue. It was not certain Woods will play this year because his wife is expecting their first child in early July. Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., likely will host the event, the 
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