The Associated Press

Actress and Kentucky native Ashley Judd will be the grand marshal of the IRL Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway on Sunday. Qualifying is Saturday.

The race is set to start at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

Racing's Hall adds six new members

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Shug McGaughey, jockey Kent Desormeaux and 1998 Horse of the Year Skip Away were inducted into thoroughbred racing's Hall of Fame on Monday.

Flawlessly, perhaps the most successful offspring of 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed, entered in the contemporary female horse category. Jimmy Winkfield, a two-time Kentucky Derby winner in the early 1900s, was enshrined in the historic jockey category, and Bowl of Flowers entered in the historic horse category.

McGaughey, 53, has saddled more than 1,300 winners and his horses have earned more than $84 million since 1979.

Desormeaux won the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Real Quiet and the 2000 Derby aboard Fusaichi Pegasus. The 34-year-old rider from Maurice, La., has won more than 4,500 races with total purses earned topping $186 million. He holds the record for wins in a season with 598 in 1989.

Skip Away, among the most dominant horses from 1996-1998, enters the Hall a year after his trainer Sonny Hine was inducted posthumously. Hine died in 2000.

Courts

KOBE BRYANT: Attorneys for the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape have launched an attack on the trial judge, accusing him of trying to protect himself by imposing an unconstitutional gag order after their client was "devastated" by some of the NBA star's evidence.

John Clune and L. Lin Wood said the gag order threatens their client's reputation and her right to a fair trial of her allegations.

The filing was released Monday - the same day Colorado District Judge Terry Ruckriegle rejected a prosecution motion that documents in the case not be posted on the court's Web site.

Clune and Wood argued the gag order, revised last week after they appeared on television, means "only the rapist's version of events will be disseminated ..."

The court is trying to prevent "public comment and criticism regarding the frequent prejudicial errors by which this court has permitted the victim's name to be released and her character, credibility and reputation to be attacked."

ANDRE RISON: Former NFL star Andre Rison faces jail after failing to pay $107,000 in child support.

Decatur, Ga., Judge Cynthia Becker said Rison should be jailed for 20 days.

An attorney for Raycoa Handley, the mother of two of Rison's children, said this is the fourth or fifth time Rison has missed a hearing involving Handley.

NBA

ROCKETS: Houston signed free agents Charlie Ward and Bob Sura to try to replace Steve Francis at point guard. The two veterans will compete with Tyronn Lue.

Ward, a 10-year NBA veteran, spent most of his career with New York. .

Sura started his career with Cleveland, before moving on to Golden State, Detroit and Atlanta.

TIMBERWOLVES: Point guard Troy Hudson signed a six-year contract worth as much as $37 million.

Hudson sprained his ankle in October, and he had surgery in April after two stints on the injured list.

Golf

WOMEN'S AMATEUR: Michelle Wie played the back side in 5-over par en route to a 3-over 75 in the first round of qualifying at Erie, Pa.

Wie, the 2003 Women's Amateur Public Links champion, was tied for 24th, seven strokes behind leader Tania Elosegui of Spain. After today's second round of qualifying, the top 64 advance to match play.

Morgan Pressel of Boca Raton, Fla., who qualified for the U.S. Women's Open as a 12-year-old in 2001, was a stroke back at 69.