Clemens likely to get one more tuneup

Baseball
Roger Clemens probably will make another minor league start before rejoining the New York Yankees, team officials said yesterday. Clemens struggled a bit Wednesday night, allowing three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings for Double A Trenton with four walks, five strikeouts, a hit batter, and a wild pitch against Portland . Although a final decision won't be made until after a bullpen session today, a start Monday for Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre would put Clemens on track to make his first start for the Yankees at Fenway Park June 2 or 3 against the Red Sox . . . Philadelphia Phillies closer Brett Myers flew to the team's spring training complex in Clearwater, Fla., for an MRI on his strained right shoulder . . . Twins lefthanded reliever Dennys Reyes was placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his throwing shoulder . . . Tampa Bay rookie outfielder Elijah Dukes was out of the lineup for the second straight game after a published report revealed he made threats against his estranged wife, but is expected to play during a weekend series in Chicago.

The father of Josh Hancock filed suit, claiming a restaurant provided drinks to the St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher even though he was intoxicated prior to the crash that killed him. The suit, filed in St. Louis Circuit Court by Dean Hancock, does not specify damages. Mike Shannon's Restaurant, owned by the longtime Cardinals broadcaster who starred on three World Series teams in the 1960s, is a defendant in the case along with Shannon's daughter, Patricia Shannon Van Matre, the restaurant manager . . . Commissioner Bud Selig likely will decide within a week or two exactly what to do, if anything, with Jason Giambi, a baseball official told the Associated Press. The Yankees designated hitter was questioned Wednesday by management lawyers for recent comments in USA Today that could have been interpreted as an admission of steroids use . . . Lefthanded pitcher Jack McGeary of Roxbury Latin School was named the Gatorade Massachusetts Baseball Player of the Year.

Tennis

Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded Andy Roddick lost their quarterfinal matches at the Hypo Group International in Poertschach, Austria. Davydenko fell to Juan Monaco, 6-2, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4, and Roddick lost to Gael Monfils, 7-5, 6-3 . . . Maria Sharapova beat Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, to advance to the semifinals of the Istanbul Cup . . . Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo and second-seeded Jelena Jankovic advanced to the semifinals of the Strasbourg International with straight-set victories . . . The United States was eliminated from the ATP World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany, after a 2-1 loss to Sweden.

Basketball

Micheal Ray Richardson, a former NBA player whose anti-Semitic comments to a newspaper this season drew a suspension from the Continental Basketball Association, was hired as the coach of the league's Oklahoma City Cavalry. Richardson coached the Albany Patroons to the CBA championship series but was suspended after Game 1 while the league investigated a report that Richardson told the Times Union of Albany he had "big-time Jew lawyers" working for him. Richardson, 52, was later cleared by the league and allowed to return to coaching, but Albany had already decided not to renew his contract . . . In WNBA action, Tamika Catchings had 24 points and eight assists to lead the host Indiana Fever to an 83-70 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks. In New York, Erin Thorn and Shameka Christon each scored 17 points to lead the Liberty to an 81-76 victory over the Washington Mystics.

Miscellany

Ryan Newman won his 39th career pole with a lap at 185.312 miles per hour, winning a spot on the front row for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Kurt Busch qualified second at 185.065 . . . Eric Zabel and Rolf Aldag, former teammates of two Tour de France winners, admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs while riding for the Telekom team in the 1990s. Zabel, who is still active, and Aldag were support riders for Telekom when its top cyclists won the Tour de France -- Bjarne Riis in 1996 and Jan Ullrich in 1997 . . . Danilo Di Luca won the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia in Briancon, France, to regain the overall lead, completing the 101-mile course in 4 hours 46 minutes 39 seconds . . . UMass-Lowell senior Nicole Plante won the 10,000-meter run in the NCAA Division 2 championships in Charlotte, N.C., finishing in 35: 23.49 . . . Chief executive and skipper Chris Dickson resigned from BMW Oracle Racing, four days after the American entry made an early exit from the America's Cup.