The Washington Wizards picked up a one-year option for coach Eddie Jordan yesterday, keeping him under contract through the 2009-10 season.

Jordan is the Wizards' most successful coach since the 1980s, leading the team to four consecutive playoff appearances. He is the Eastern Conference's longest tenured coach and is third in the NBA behind Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs.

"Eddie has done an outstanding job and has been instrumental in making us a perennial playoff team," team president Ernie Grunfeld said.

Jordan's record over five Wizards seasons is 196-214, but that includes a rebuilding 25-57 mark in his first year. Since then, he is 171-157.

Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim retired because of a persistent right knee injury. The 31-year-old Abdur-Rahim played 12 NBA seasons for four teams, beginning his career in 1996 when the Vancouver Grizzlies made him the third overall draft pick. The 2002 All-Star averaged 18.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in his career, but the power forward reached the playoffs just once, with the Kings in 2006.

• The Phoenix Suns signed point guard Goran Dragic to a multiyear contract and the team says he will play for the team this season. The Suns acquired the rights to Dragic in a draft-day trade with the San Antonio Spurs.

• Rookie Essence Carson scored 15 points and the New York Liberty advanced to the WNBA Eastern Conference finals with a 66-62 win over the Connecticut Sun. Shameka Christon had 13 points and Janel McCarville added 12 points and seven rebounds to help the Liberty.

Defending champion Anna Schultz was eliminated from the USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship, losing her first match 2 and 1 to Anne Carr at Tulsa Country Club. Sewickley native Carol Semple Thompson, started her 109th USGA event with a 2 and 1 victory over Karen Ferree.

Petr Nedved's long shot chances at a comeback with the New York Rangers got a bit of a boost. The 36-year-old forward, who hasn't played an NHL game since the 2006-07 season, scored a first-period goal in the Rangers' 2-1 preseason win against the Ottawa Senators. Facing an uphill battle to earn a roster spot with the Rangers, Nedved, a former Penguin, staked New York to a 1-0 lead 5:17 into the first period when he snapped a shot from the left circle past Ottawa goalie Alex Auld.

Syracuse guard Eric Devendorf has been given an additional year of athletic eligibility. Devendorf, a key member of the basketball team who missed 25 of the Orange's 35 games last season with a knee injury, has been granted a hardship waiver by the Big East. The school applied on Devendorf's behalf after he sustained a torn ACL in a game in December against East Tennessee State.

Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren bosses made their case at a hearing in an effort to get back the driver's Belgian Grand Prix victory. The hearing followed the McLaren team's appeal of a 25-second time penalty given to Hamilton at Spa earlier this month when the British driver was judged to have gained an advantage by cutting a chicane on his way to victory. After the penalty, the win was awarded to Hamilton's main championship rival, Felipe Massa of Ferrari, while Hamilton was bumped down to third.

Seventh-seeded Rainer Schuettler advanced to the second round of the China Open by beating Ivan Navarro, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the women's event, seventh-seeded Daniela Hantuchova defeated Gisela Dulko, 6-3, 6-1. Also, Dominika Cibulkova dropped the opening set but rallied to beat Amelie Mauresmo, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Anabel Medina Garrigues beat Caroline Wozniacki, 7-6 (3), 6-4.