Staff/Wire reports

Mia Hamm, the top scorer in international soccer history and a key player on U.S. teams that won World Cups and gold medals, said she will retire after this year's Olympics.

Hamm, 32, said she took her cue from the retirement speech last year by Pete Sampras, who won a record 14 Grand Slam tennis singles titles.

"The answer is yes," Hamm said when asked at a news conference in New York whether the Athens Games would be her last major competition. "As Pete said, sometimes you just know the time is the right time. I've enjoyed every minute and I've learned a lot, but it's time to take the next step in my life."

Hamm said her options after soccer might include starting a family with husband Nomar Garciaparra, the Boston Red Sox's All-Star shortstop.

"I might want to have children, and I want to reconnect with my family, which was always there for me," she said. "I want to be the best wife I can be."

Team USA adds James, Stoudemire

LeBron James and Amare Stoudemire, the NBA's last two rookies of the year, were among five players added Friday to this year's Olympic basketball team, along with New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, New Jersey Nets forward Richard Jefferson and Phoenix Suns forward Shawn Marion. James, 19, will become the youngest U.S. Olympic men's basketball player since Spencer Haywood in 1968.

Flyers lose D-man with broken finger

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Marcus Ragnarsson will miss the rest of the playoffs after breaking his left index finger in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. Game 4 between the Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning is at 3 p.m. today (Ch. 9, 2). The Lightning lead the best-of-7 series 2-1.

Football games set for local TV

Cincinnati television station FOX19 will broadcast the inaugural FOX19 Prep Classic on Sept. 5, a rare instance of high school football games being shown on over-the-air TV. The telecast, from Paul Brown Stadium, will include live coverage of the Moeller-Louisville St. Xavier game at noon and Elder-Highlands at 2:30 p.m. The 5 p.m. Colerain-Anderson game will be tape-delayed until 11 p.m. Ticket prices for the games will be $10 pre-sale and $15 game day.

Jones says he'll beat Tarver again tonight

Roy Jones Jr. and Antonio Tarver meet again tonight in Las Vegas for the WBC light heavyweight title Jones took from Tarver in November.

"His whole legacy is on the line whether he realizes it or not," Tarver (21-2, 17 knockouts) said. "We are stuck together like Siamese twins in history."

Jones, who had to move to the heavyweight division for his last challenge, has found one in his natural weight class in the brash Tarver. He seems motivated to put on a show, and prove at the age of 35 that he still retains most of the skills that made him such a dominant fighter.

The scheduled 12-round fight will be televised on pay-per-view. Jones weighed 174 pounds to 175 for Tarver.

Jones (49-1, 38 knockouts) looked old, sloppy and out of shape in the first fight but still escaped with a controversial majority decision.

"He wasn't going to beat Roy Jones the first time when he was lackluster," Jones said. "Now I'm right - you're so bad, beat me."

Colleges

NKU GOLF: Junior Kim Keyer-Scott was tied for fourth after the third round of the NCAA Division II Championships in Longwood, Fla. Keyer-Scott was at 229 heading into today's final round. Leader Mariana De Biase of Rollins College set an NCAA record with a three-round 220 total.

• The NKU men were 18th of 18 teams after the third day of the Division II Championships. South Carolina-Aiken was leading with a team score of 893. The Norse were at 956. Brandon Parsons led NKU with a three-day total of 230.

NKU SOFTBALL: Caldwell (N.J.) College (45-7) defeated the Norse 1-0 in an elimination game at the NCAA Division II national finals. NKU sophomore Krystal Lewallen of NKU (54-7) struck out 15 batters and allowed only three hits. Lewallen, an NCAA Division II first-team All-America pitcher, finished with a 31-5 record. Her 31 victories are a school record.

MIAMI SOFTBALL: The RedHawks (25-24-1) defeated Western Michigan 2-0 and advanced to the Mid-American Conference Tournament final at 1:30 p.m. today in Akron against the winner of the loser's bracket, either WMU or Bowling Green. A victory would give the RedHawks their first MAC softball title and NCAA Tournament berth.

Tennis

HAMBURG MASTERS: Top-ranked Roger Federer defeated Carlos Moya 6-4, 6-3, topping one of the best clay-court players to reach the semifinals. Federer, who won in Hamburg two years ago, kept Moya on the defensive in this important tuneup for the French Open. Federer faces Lleyton Hewitt, who beat Juergen Melzer 6-4, 6-3.

ITALIAN OPEN: Top-seeded Serena Williams and No. 5 Jennifer Capriati advanced to the semifinals in Rome with straight-set wins. Second-seeded Amelie Mauresmo and No. 8 Vera Zvonareva will meet in today's other semifinal in the clay-court tuneup for the French Open.

Horse racing

PIMLICO SPECIAL: Southern Image took control in the stretch and effortlessly maintained the lead in earning his fifth straight win. He beat Midway Road by 1 1/4 lengths. Southern Image was the second choice in the $500,000 Grade I race.

Funny Cide, last year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, was scratched because of a respiratory condition.

Youth sports

GIRLS' BASKETBALL: The Warren County AAU Girls' Basketball Super Regional is this weekend. This new event is the first AAU Girls' Super Regional to be held in Warren County. The Super Regional l features age divisions U11 (under 11), U12, and U13. Tournament sites include Mason, Kings and Little Miami high schools.