Yankees may go with three starters

Southern Cal tailback Stafon Johnson could leave the hospital today, just over two weeks after his neck was crushed in a weightlifting accident. Coach Pete Carroll said Johnson is on schedule to be taken home for further care and rehabilitation. Doctors have praised the senior’s remarkable progress after the accident, which left his throat and larynx almost completely crushed by a weight bar . . . Idaho linebacker Tre’Shawn Robinson has been reprimanded by Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson for throwing a punch in the Vandals’ 29-25 victory over San Jose State last weekend . . . Georgia Tech point guard Moe Miller continues to suffer the effects of a concussion he suffered in a car wreck last month. Coach Paul Hewitt says Miller told him that he felt “off-balance’’ while practicing “a little bit’’ on Monday . . . Louisville forward Terrence Jennings expressed remorse following his arrest at a southern Indiana restaurant over the weekend. Police have asked prosecutors to charge Jennings and senior guard Jerry Smith with battery, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.

The NBA is making Gilbert Arenas - and the Washington Wizards - pay for his silence. Arenas and his team were fined $25,000 apiece by the league because he has not been talking to the media during the preseason, including before and after exhibition games. Arenas told a reporter he would speak again only after the NBA tells him he has to talk . . . Disgruntled Golden State swingman Stephen Jackson asked to relinquish his title as captain during a meeting with Warriors coach Don Nelson and general manager Larry Riley . . . The Los Angeles Clippers are exercising their third-year contract option on guard Eric Gordon and the fourth-year option on forward Al Thornton.

The Phoenix Mercury said All-Star guard Cappie Pondexter underwent successful surgery on her right eye, which she injured in last week’s WNBA championship game against the Indiana Fever. Officials with the WNBA champions say the procedure was done to prevent retinal detachment . . . The Fever will remain in Indianapolis for the 2010 season, despite speculation that ownership would not keep the team, according to a letter to fans posted on the team’s website.

Tim McNeill made an impressive debut at his first major international competition, finishing third in qualifying at the world championships in London. Jonathan Horton, a double medalist at last summer’s Beijing Olympics, was fifth after a fall on pommel horse. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura easily lived up to his status as favorite, his qualifying score of 90.925 more than 1.5 points better than Maxim Deviatovski of Russia. McNeill (88.775), Britain’s Daniel Keatings (88.4) and Horton (88) were within a point of each other.

Austria’s Hermann Maier fought back tears in announcing his retirement at age 36, ending one of the most successful careers in Alpine skiing. His nearly 14-year career would have been remarkable enough with two Olympic gold medals, three world titles, four overall World Cup crowns and 54 World Cup victories. But Maier also nearly lost a leg - and his life - in a motorcycle accident in 2001 and returned to competition . . . Georges Laraque of the Montreal Canadiens is apologizing after appearing in an advertisement that violates NHL rules regarding alcohol . . . Andy Roddick retired with left knee pain while leading Stanislas Wawrinka, 4-3, in the second round of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament.