Ross retires as Army coach

Bobby Ross retired as Army's football coach yesterday. He leaves without a victory against Navy in his three seasons with the Black Knights.

The former NFL coach, who had a 9-25 record at Army, will be succeeded by offensive line coach Stan Brock.

Ross came out of retirement to coach Army after it had been on a 15-game losing streak and was the first in NCAA history to finish a season 0-13 (2003).

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A military judge set an April court martial date for a former Naval Academy linebacker on charges alleging he sexually assaulted two female midshipmen. Midshipman Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, did not enter a plea during an arraignment on two counts of indecent assault and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

A sixth player from Division III Guilford College was charged with assaulting a Palestinian student during a fight at the school. Micah Rushing, 21, of Albemarle, Va., was released on a promise to appear.

The charges stem from allegations by three Palestinian students who said they were taunted with racial slurs and called "terrorists" while they were beaten by several members of the football team Jan. 20.

Plans to upgrade California's Memorial Stadium and build a new, $125 million sports training center stalled with a judge blocking construction following opposition by neighbors and city officials.

Illinois hired former Arizona assistant Eric Wolford as its new offensive line coach.

Golf

Michelle Wie was offered a sponsor's invitation to the Kraft Nabisco Championship, among seven pros and six amateurs invited to the first LPGA Tour major of the year. Tournament director Terry Wilcox said Wie will be making her fifth appearance at the Kraft Nabisco, although that was not immediately confirmed by her family.

Wie, 17, from Honolulu, missed the cut at the Sony Open while playing with an injured left wrist that was tightly wrapped. She is not expected to play either of the two LPGA Tour events in Hawaii next month.

Wie had a chance to win the Kraft Nabisco last year until her eagle chip went 10 feet by the cup on the par-5 18th, and she missed a birdie putt that would have put her in a playoff with Karrie Webb and Lorena Ochoa.

Spaniard Sergio Garcia, 27, will become the latest professional to design a golf course in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He will design Dubai's first links-style course, which will include uneven fairways, thick rough, small greens and pot bunkers.

Sean Farren of Greensburg and Christopher McGinnis of Morgantown, W.Va., were two of five players to shoot 2-under 70s in the first round of the PGA Stroke Play Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Soccer

Real Madrid and AC Milan are $1.3 million apart on a deal that would send three-time world player of the year Ronaldo, 30, to the Italian team. Real Madrid is asking $10.3 million and AC Milan is offering $9 million. Under FIFA's transfer rules, the deal for the forward must be completed by tomorrow.

U.S. defender Oguchi Onyewu is set to join Newcastle on loan until the end of the season. Onyewu, 24, selected U.S. soccer athlete of the year, will move from Belgian team Standard Liege if he passes medical tests at Newcastle. Onyewu started all three matches for the U.S. team at the World Cup in Germany last year and scored one goal in 17 international appearances since his debut in October 2004.

Rowing

Russian rower Olga Samulenkova was banned two years for doping, and her quadruple sculls team was stripped of its 2006 world championships gold medal.