Leaders asked about steroid testimony

Congress wants to hear more from Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig and players' union head Donald Fehr about their 2005 testimony on steroids in the sport. Representatives Henry Waxman of California and Tom Davis of Virginia, the leaders of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote letters to Selig and Fehr yesterday saying that information about drug testing in the Mitchell Report "raises questions about your assertions in the March 2005 hearing." Waxman and Davis write about "two pieces of new information about the MLB testing program that was in effect in 2004": "that the random testing program was suspended for a large part of the 2004 baseball season" and "that players may have been told of upcoming tests." . . . New York Yankees righthander Phil Hughes underwent X-rays on his injured right rib and was cleared to begin a throwing program in about two weeks. He has been sidelined with a stress fracture since April.

Rookie receiver James Hardy was one of three Buffalo Bills players subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury looking into a hit-and-run accident involving running back Marshawn Lynch's SUV. Besides Hardy, the Bills' second-round draft pick, rookie receiver Steve Johnson and second-year offensive lineman Christian Gaddis were subpoenaed, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation confirmed to the Associated Press. Lynch's 2008 Porsche Cayenne sped off after hitting and injuring a female pedestrian at an intersection in downtown Buffalo early on May 31 . . . The Patriots released veteran punter Scott Player, 38.

Less than four months after winning the Super Bowl, center Shaun O'Hara criticized receiver Plaxico Burress for refusing to practice until he gets a new contract. "Either you are with us or you are against us," O'Hara said . . . Kurt Havelock, who is accused of planning a massacre at this year's Super Bowl, was convicted of federal charges in Phoenix . . . Mitch Frerotte, an offensive lineman who played in three Super Bowls for the Bills, died of a heart attack in his hometown of Kittanning, Pa. He was 43.

Andy Roddick reached the quarterfinals at Queen's Club in London when fellow American Mardy Fish withdrew with a left ankle injury after losing the opening set, 7-6 (7-5). Top seeds Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic also reached the quarterfinals. Fish fell on a slippery surface and got treatment on his ankle before deciding to stop. French Open champion Nadal needed three sets to defeat Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Second-seeded Djokovic rallied to overcome fellow Serb Janko Tipserevic, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Roddick will play Andy Murray, who overcame Latvia's Ernests Gulbis, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 . . . Roger Federer struggled before advancing to the Gerry Weber Open quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Jan Vacek in Halle, Germany . . . Martina Hingis, banned from the WTA for two years for testing positive for cocaine, will play an exhibition match against Jana Novotna during the Liverpool International tournament today.

Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson has been offered a two-year extension, a person close to the negotiations said. Woodson's contract will expire at the end of June. New Hawks general manager Rick Sund would not confirm the offer to Woodson . . . O.J. Mayo, dogged by reports he had cash and gifts funneled his way by an agent in violation of NCAA regulations, worked out privately for New York Knicks officials at their training center. Mayo, who is leaving Southern California after his freshman year, is among the top prospects in the June 26 draft . . . In the WNBA, Nicole Powell and Crystal Kelly each scored 18 points to lead the Sacramento Monarchs over the Minnesota Lynx, 82-78 in Minneapolis.

Cuba's Dayron Robles took the world record away from Liu Xiang in Ostrava, Czech Republic, challenging the Chinese hurdler's status as the prohibitive favorite going into his homeland's Olympics. Xiang, the defending Olympic and world champion, has dominated the 110-meter hurdles the past few years. Robles shaved 0.01 seconds off Xiang's record at the Golden Spike meet, winning in 12.87 seconds. Boston Marathon women's winner Dire Tune of Ethiopia set a mark in the obscure women's one-hour race, using four pacesetters to cover 18.517 kilometers. The previous mark of 18.340 was set in 1998 by Tegla Loroupe of Kenya . . . Christina DeRosa of UMass placed 18th in the 10,000 meters in the NCAA Track & Field National Championships in Des Moines . . . Naval Academy graduate Mitch Harris, drafted last week by the St. Louis Cardinals, was denied a bid to play ball and ordered to report for duty. Harris, a newly commissioned ensign and Naval Academy graduate, must serve a five-year active duty commitment, Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter ruled.