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Boxing

Augusta boxer is on undercard Saturday

Augusta bantamweight Rayonta Whitfield is on the undercard for Saturday's Mid-South Junior Lightweight title bout between Leon Bobo and Carlos Valdez in Tunica, Miss.

Whitfield (9-0 with three knockouts) will take on Carlos Zambrano (8-12, one knockout) in an eight-round bout.

College Basketball

Williams to speak at Tip-Off luncheon

Coach Roy Williams, who led North Carolina to the NCAA national championship this year, will be the keynote speaker for the fifth annual College Basketball Preseason Tip-Off luncheon.

It will be held at noon Oct. 6 at Radisson Riverfront Hotel Augusta.

Most of the south's top basketball coaches have been invited to the event, which is presented by the Greater Augusta Sports Council, Coca-Cola, Comcast and MCG Sports Medicine Center.

Tickets are $25 for Greater Augusta Sports Council members and $35 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Greater Augusta Sports Council at (706) 722-8326, extension 3.

Women's College Basketball

Georgia's Rowsey is lost for the season

Georgia forward Rebecca Rowsey will miss the season after tearing up her right knee in a workout.

The 6-foot-3 Rowsey, who started all 34 games for the Lady Bulldogs last season, tore the anterior cruciate ligament last week and underwent surgery Tuesday.

She will redshirt this season.

"What's most disappointing ... is that Rebecca probably outworked everybody on our basketball team this summer," coach Andy Landers said. "It's a cruel injustice."

Rowsey averaged 4.1 points and 5.0 rebounds.

College Football

Georgia Tech won't have top recruit

Anthony Barnes, one of the most prized football recruits in Georgia Tech's 2005 class, will wait until January to enroll in school and will miss this football season.

Barnes, a linebacker, reported to preseason camp in August but suffered a knee injury in the opening days of practice. Meanwhile, officials at the NCAA clearinghouse, which certifies the initial eligibility of all college-bound student-athletes, raised questions about a class he took in high school.

The combination of the injury and the class discrepancy prompted Barnes to leave campus before the start of classes and return home to Cartersville, Ga. Had he started school this semester, he would have had to take this season as his redshirt year.

By waiting until January to enroll, Barnes maintains his five-season eligibility window. He will have until the end of the 2010 season to play his four years.

Olympics

Los Angeles to bid for the 2016 Games

Los Angeles will try for its third Summer Olympics.

Organizers announced Wednesday that the city will bid for the 2016 Olympics, pledging to hold the Games at no cost to taxpayers.

The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles were the first to turn a profit, heavily involving corporate sponsorships in the Games. Los Angeles also played host to the 1932 Olympics, the only U.S. city to hold the Summer Games twice.

Auto Racing

Raines' crew chief hit with $2,500 fine

NASCAR fined crew chief Glenn Darrow $2,500 for using an unapproved rear end gear ratio on the No. 37 Nextel Cup Dodge of Tony Raines last week at California Speedway.

The sanctioning organization also fined Teddy Brown, crew chief for Busch Series driver Aaron Fike, $500 for using an unapproved A-frame at the Fontana, Calif., track.