The University of Arizona baseball program signed 14 players, including nine pitchers, to letters of intent for the 2013 season.
Dalton Brown (RHP, Ponder, Texas) and Nick Hynes (RHP, Covina, Calif.) highlight the diverse class. Three of the 14 players hail from Arizona, while six come from California and two are from Illinois. The rest of the Wildcats' signing class includes one player each from Texas, Utah and Washington.
All of Arizona's signees are subject to this summer's major-league draft, and can opt out of attending the UA if they get an offer from a big-league club.
Coach Andy Lopez said Thursday that he's "thrilled to have a recruiting class of this caliber."
"This is a very talented group of baseball players, but beyond that they are an outstanding group of young men," he said. "I am excited to coach them and have them a part of our program in the future."
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Vassallo, a senior majoring in public health, carries a 3.48 GPA. Bonano, a repeat winner and physiology major, carries a 3.9 mark. Guard Carter Lees and safety Jared Tevis earned second-team honors, and guard Trace Biskin and wide receiver David Roberts received honorable mention.
• In Oklahoma City, the No. 20 Wildcats took an early 2-0 lead but fell 3-2 to No. 18 Central Oklahoma in the first game of a three-game hockey swing.
Track and field
Lagat to run mile in US Open at Garden
NEW YORK - Tucsonan Bernard Lagat, eight-time winner of the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games, will go for a different mile title at Madison Square Garden this winter.
Lagat will run the mile at USA Track & Field's U.S. Open at the storied arena Jan. 28 as part of the Visa Championship Series.
The Millrose Games are leaving the Garden, where the event had been held since 1914.
The Millrose Games are moving uptown to the Armory and will be run Feb. 11.
• In Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings faces a lifetime ban after being found guilty of doping by a three-member disciplinary panel.
Miscellaneous
Wade looks at overseas basketball options
MIAMI - Dwyane Wade is ready to play basketball. Preferably in Miami.
And if that's not an option, he's preparing himself to start looking elsewhere.
Wade said Thursday that he has authorized agent Henry Thomas to listen to any viable offers that may be out there for him to play internationally this season - with the caveat that, until such time as all hope for an NBA season is gone, he won't be signing any deal with any other club.
• Venus Williams will make her comeback in an exhibition match against her sister Serena in Colombia on Wednesday, two months after pulling out of the U.S. Open because of an immune system disease.
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