College basketball

Lil' Romeo reportedly plans to play for USC

Lil' Romeo says he's bound for USC, where if all goes according to plan he could be Romeo Miller, Trojans' basketball player.

The teenage hip-hop star has committed to playing basketball for the Trojans in 2008, Dave Lindsay, a spokesman for Lil' Romeo's online label, UrbanDigital Records, said Friday.

USC spokesman Dave Tuttle declined to confirm or deny the report, but said the university hasn't received a signed letter of intent from the rapper, who is just a high school junior.

"We can't comment on any recruits or potential recruits until we have a signed letter. That's an NCAA rule," Tuttle said.

Lil' Romeo, 17, whose full name is Percy Romeo Miller, is currently a 6-foot-1 guard on his Beverly Hills High team.

Shipp has hip surgery: UCLA forward Josh Shipp underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left hip, the same procedure the sophomore had on his right hip in 2005.

Rehabilitation is expected to take 8-12 weeks, with Shipp spending the first month on crutches, according to Dr. Carlos A. Guanche.

Shipp had the same surgery in September 2005, causing him to miss all but four games of the 2005-06 season.

Georgetown assistant named Princeton coach: Georgetown assistant Sydney Johnson was hired to coach at Princeton/

Cycling

Leipheimer rides to second straight win

Levi Leipheimer surged to the top of Brasstown Bald to capture his second straight stage victory in the Tour de Georgia, while Janez Brajkovic remained the overall leader.

Leipheimer, who won the Amgen Tour of California earlier this year, covered the 106.9-mile course through mountainous Blairsville, Ga., in 4 hours, 33 minutes, 33 seconds.

Tennis

Federer earns 500th career victory

Roger Federer won his 500th career match, beating David Ferrer 6-4, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo (Monaco) Masters.

The top-ranked Federer will play either 11th-seeded Richard Gasquet or two-time champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in today's semifinals.

Swimming

Stanford coach suspended two months

Stanford suspended men's swim coach Skip Kenney for two months without pay following an investigation into allegations that he erased the names and records of five former swimmers from team publications.

Athletic director Bob Bowlsby said Kenney exhibited a "serious lack of judgment" when he deleted the swimmers from media guides that contain team statistics, but the investigation did not find any violation of NCAA rules.

Kenney, 64, who has coached the Cardinal's men's swim team for 28 years, apologized to Stanford students, faculty, alumni and athletes for "my error in judgment."

Softball

Pennyslvania team's win streak ends at 94

The Northampton County community college softball team has had its winning streak end at 94 games.

The Lady Spartans of Bethlehem, Pa., suffered a 7-2 loss to Penn College in the second game of a doubleheader on Thursday, for their first loss since April 2004.

Northampton passed the 92-game winning streak of Mia Hamm-led North Carolina in women's soccer from 1989 to 1993. The mark also surpassed the 88-game winning streak posted by John Wooden-coached UCLA in men's basketball from 1971 to 1973.

Sailing

Vuitton Cup starts after four-day delay

The Louis Vuitton Cup started with a rescheduled racing program designed to make up for four days of no wind at Valencia, Spain.

American boat BMW Oracle Racing and Italian syndicates Luna Rossa and Mascalzone Latino all opened the challengers series with two wins from the opening two flights of the first round-robin stage.