Overtime

Boxing

Ali visits Atlanta for physical therapy

Muhammad Ali was treated for a back and neck condition, and is now undergoing follow-up physical therapy.

Ali spokesman Craig Bankey said Thursday that the former heavyweight champion, treated at Emory University in Atlanta, will return to his regular routine of public appearances when therapy is completed.

Ali will be at the grand opening of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 19, Bankey said in a statement. Ali's office was responding to recent published reports concerning his health.

The 63-year-old Ali has Parkinson's disease.

Football

HIV-positive player is set free by judge

In Surrey, British Columbia, a provincial judge ordered Canadian Football League linebacker Trevis Smith freed on $10,000 bail, but also ordered the HIV-positive player to abide by a string of conditions, including that he use condoms, that he keep out of bars and night clubs and that he not be alone with any women other than his wife and immediate family.

"You must take reasonable precautions," Judge M.H. Thomas told the 29-year-old Smith, who is accused of aggravated assault.

The judge even specified that the football player must use "latex or polyurethane condoms" during intercourse and "dental dams" during oral sex.

Smith, a U.S.-born athlete who has played football for the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the past seven years, is alleged to have knowingly denied his HIV-positive status to a woman with whom he was having sex.

Smith denies the charge, which was issued as he traveled to football practice last week.

- Nebraska coach Bill Callahan was reprimanded by the Big 12 Conference for making an apparent throat-slashing gesture after arguing with the referee during a game against Oklahoma.

Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg said Callahan acted "out of character" and his behavior "constituted unsportsmanlike conduct."

Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson said the school accepted the reprimand.

High Schools

Area players, coach earn GISA honors

Westminster had two soccer players named all-state and six others named all-region, while coach Mike Freace was named Region 4-AAA Coach of the Year by the Georgia Independent School Association.

Blake Underwood and Julian Allgeier earned all-state and all-region honors, while Elliot Rivers, Thomas Rogers, Anthony Lehn Daniel Welsh and softball players Lauren Heard and Katelyn Rimer also earned all-region honors.

Cycling

Cyclocross event coming to Augusta

Augusta State's athletic complex will play host to the Outspokin' Augusta Cyclocross race Sunday. The event is part of the Maxxis Georgia Cross series and begins at 10 a.m.

Tennis

Roddick continues streak in Europe

Top-seeded Andy Roddick had 16 aces and routed Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty, 6-1, 6-2, to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals.

Roddick is looking to extend his streak of not losing serve through a third consecutive European tournament. He won last week in Lyon, collecting his fifth title this year.

"I felt like everything was flowing tonight," Roddick said. "I felt comfortable with every aspect of my game out there. I was hitting the ball pretty good and getting a lot of success with the slice."

Roddick will next play 10th-seeded David Ferrer, who defeated Tommy Haas, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3.

- Two-time champion Amelie Mauresmo regrouped after failing to win a match in a month, beating Japan's Ai Sugiyama, 6-3, 6-4, to reach the quarterfinals of the Advanta Championships.

Mauresmo, seeded third in Philadelphia, improved to 9-0 lifetime in the tournament and 8-0 lifetime against Sugiyama.