Vernon Forrest, 38, a former three-time champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat "Sugar" Shane Mosley, was shot "multiple times in the back" and killed in an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said yesterday.

Forrest was shot Saturday, but police have no suspects.

Forrest, a native of Augusta, Ga., who lived in Atlanta, was a member of the 1992 Olympic team. He also was a former IBF welterweight and two-time WBC junior middleweight champion.

Forrest, who had a 41-3 career record with 29 knockouts, is the third prominent boxer to die this month. Former two-time champion Arturo Gatti, who retired in 2007, was found dead July 11 at a Brazilian resort. Gatti's wife, Amanda Rodrigues, is being held as the prime suspect. Another former champion, Alexis Arguello, was found dead on July 1 at his home in Managua, Nicaragua, in an apparent suicide.

The Cleveland Browns signed second-round pick David Veikune, a linebacker from Hawaii who was the third of the team's three second-round choices. ... The Denver Broncos signed second-round pick Alphonso Smith, a defensive back from Wake Forest, to a four-year deal.

The Boston Bruins signed free-agent defenseman Derek Morris, 30, to a one-year contract. Morris played last season with the Phoenix Coyotes and New York Rangers.

Crystal Langhorne scored 19 points and Lindsey Harding added 16 to lead the host Washington Mystics (9-7) to an 87-73 WNBA victory against the Sacramento Monarchs (4-15). ... Le'Coe Willingham hit a tiebreaking jumper with 34.5 seconds left and made two free throws 16 seconds later to lift the visiting Phoenix Mercury (13-5) to a 94-88 victory against the New York Liberty (6-10). Diana Taurasi had 34 points for the Mercury.

Nikolay Davydenko won his first title of the year, beating Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6-4, 6-2, in the German Open final in Hamburg. ... Andrea Petkovic captured her first WTA Tour title, beating Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-2, 6-3, at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein, Austria. ... Unseeded Robby Ginepri won his third career ATP Tour singles title, beating fellow American Sam Querrey, 6-2, 6-4, in the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. ... Top-seeded Dinara Safina won the Slovenia Open in Portoroz, defeating Sara Errani, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 7-5, for her third WTA title of 2009.

The Riverhounds got two goals off penalty kicks from striker Randolph Jerome and defeated the Western Mass Pioneers, 3-0, at Chartiers Valley Stadium. Nathan Salsi scored the first goal for the Riverhounds (5-8-4, 19 points), who are eighth in the USL-2. Only the top five teams make the playoffs. ... Diego Milito scored twice to lead Inter Milan to a 2-0 victory against AC Milan in an exhibition in Foxborough, Mass. It was just the third match the San Siro rivals have played outside Italy. In the final game of the World Football Classic, Chelsea defeated Club America, 2-0, in Arlington, Texas.

David Sale, a 22-year-old Lansdale, Pa., resident attending a bachelor party at a bar next to Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, was beaten to death during a melee outside. Police said a group from the bachelor party got into a fight Saturday night with other patrons at a sports bar.