Former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk was drugged with the so-called date-rape drug GHB during a business meeting at a southern California resort hotel, but she was able to seek help after spotting a pill in her drink, a sheriff's spokesman said yesterday.

Grishuk, who won two Olympic gold medals for Russia in the 1990s, was at the St. Regis Monarch Beach April 12 when she began to feel ill and numb, said an Orange County sheriff's spokesman.

Grishuk was at a meeting with at least one man and first had a drink in a lounge while waiting for a table. They later moved to a table, and, when Grishuk took ill she noticed the dissolving pill at the bottom of her red wine. She pulled the pill out, and an ambulance and sheriff's deputies were called. Investigating detectives found a similar dissolved pill in her first drink.

Florida State's star wide receiver, Preston Parker, 21, was arrested in Tallahassee, Fla., late Monday night and charged with carrying a concealed .45-caliber pistol and a small amount of marijuana.

• Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter will have minor surgery today on the thumb on his throwing hand.

Chase Robinson, a 6-foot-2 guard who averaged 22 points this season at Lee High School in Huntsville, Ala., told some people during his visit to Duquesne's campus this past weekend that he plans on signing a national letter of intent this spring. Duquesne coach Ron Everhart is recruiting another guard because it's possible that Johnny Higgins, a 6-1 guard from Notre Dame (Mass.) Prep who signed with Duquesne in the fall, will be released from his scholarship.

• The University of Massachusetts has agreed to hire Memphis assistant and former Minuteman player Derek Kellogg, 34, as its new men's basketball coach. Kellogg succeed Travis Ford, who left to coach at Oklahoma State, a Massachusetts official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

• Boston College forward Shamari Spears is transferring to Charlotte after finishing as the Eagles' third-leading scorer last season. A Charlotte spokesman said the 6-foot-6 Spears wanted to be closer to his home in Salisbury, N.C., because of an undisclosed family medical issue.

• Connecticut reserve forward Curtis Kelly will transfer to an as yet undetermined school.

• UNLV has hired former UCLA coach and Lady Rebels player Kathy Olivier as the new women's coach. Olivier, 48, replaces Regina Miller, who was removed after 10 years.

• Los Angeles Sparks rookie Candace Parker has signed multiyear endorsement deals with adidas and Gatorade. Parker was the top pick in the WNBA draft.

American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins can compete again after the World Anti-Doping Agency dropped its appeal of a U.S. arbitration ruling that cleared her of a positive drug test. The decision makes it official that Jenkins is the first athlete to beat the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on a drug charge. The two-time world medalist tested positive for the steroid nandrolone at a meet in Brussels, Belgium, in July 2006.

Defender Nathan Salsi, who scored the team's only goal in a 2-1 season-opening loss Saturday at Cleveland, was named to the United Soccer League's Second division team of the week.

Pembroke Lane, the 1-2 favorite, won the $33,800 final of the South Strabane Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings at The Meadows last night.

Right-handed pitchers Mike Eisenberg and Chris Rivera signed with Washington for the upcoming season.