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Ex-Gator Schintzius charged with DUI

TAMPA - Dwayne Schintzius, a 7-foot-2 center who starred at Florida and played for six NBA teams, was arrested in Tampa early Wednesday morning on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.

Schintzius, 35, refused to take a blood-alcohol test after he was stopped by a Tampa Police Department officer at 3:42 a.m. at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and I-4. He was released from Orient Road Jail on $500 bond at 12:16 p.m.

Schintzius, who graduated from Brandon High as a McDonald's All-American, was listed with a Brandon address on the arrest report. He ranks fifth on Florida's all-time career scoring list and was a first-round draft pick of the San Antonio Spurs in 1990. He averaged 2.7 points per game in a nondescript nine-year NBA career that ended in 1999 with the Boston Celtics. His occupation on the arrest report was listed as "trainer."

- GREG AUMAN, Times staff writer

Clyde Vaughan , an assistant men's basketball coach at Connecticut and former USF assistant, was among more than a dozen arrested in a prostitution sting run by Hartford police. Vaughan was charged with patronizing a prostitute and interfering with police after authorities said he tried to pay an undercover officer $10 for oral sex. Police said he struggled with officers when he learned he was part of a sting.

Vaughan, who will be entering his third year as an assistant for the defending national champions, was released on $2,500 bail.

Vaughan was an assistant at USF for three years and at Long Beach State for seven years before coming to UConn.

LAWYER SAYS EX-BAYLOR PLAYER UNFIT: Psychological testing shows that the former Baylor University basketball player accused of gunning down one of his teammates is not competent to stand trial, his attorneys said. Carlton Dotson 's attorneys plan to file a motion today in Texas asking the judge to delay the athlete's October murder trial, Waco attorney Abel Reyna said. A judge will consider the motion Friday.

Dotson, 22, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of killing Patrick Dennehy last summer in a field near Baylor's Waco campus.

GLOBETROTTERS TOUR NIXED: The Harlem Globetrotters canceled their fall college tour after an NCAA decision barring schools from scheduling exhibition games against non-collegiate opponents.

The Globetrotters had agreed to play seven games in November against Cincinnati, Illinois, Louisville, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and NCAA champion Connecticut. All seven schools appealed the NCAA ruling and were denied exemptions.

TAMPA VOLLEYBALL: Tampa was voted sixth in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II preseason poll. Concordia-St. Paul tops the poll.

Lleyton Hewitt moved into the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Classic with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Alejandro Falla in Washington, D.C.

Each player struggled early, with four service breaks in the first six games. With the first set at 3-all, Hewitt ran off seven straight games to close out the opening set and take a 4-0 lead in the second.

Hewitt faces seventh-seeded Cyril Saulnier in the next round.

WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OPEN: Third-seeded Amy Frazier capitalized on 35 unforced errors and beat Mashona Washington 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals in Mason, Ohio.

U.S. OPEN: Former top-20 player Alexandra Stevenson and Ashley Harkleroad were among eight women given wild cards. Martina Navratilova, who played singles at the French Open and Wimbledon, did not ask for a wild card, the U.S. Tennis Association said. Navratilova, 47, has said she'll retire at the end of the season.

The other wild card entries for the last Grand Slam tournament, which starts Aug. 30, are Angela Haynes, Jamea Jackson, Jessica Kirkland, Amber Liu, Bethanie Mattek and Kelly McCain.

Brian Ching and Cobi Jones, a pair of substitutes, saved the United States against Jamaica in the World Cup region semifinal qualifying game in Kingston, Jamaica.

With all of Jamaica ready to celebrate its first victory over the Americans, Jones crossed into the penalty box in the 89th minute. Landon Donovan settled the ball and Ching scored for a 1-1 tie.

The Americans have never lost to the Jamaicans and at Kingston's National Stadium have produced four ties in qualifiers.

In the European zone, looking to rebound after poor showings in Euro 2004, England and Germany won tuneup games in preparation for qualifiers. England defeated Ukraine 3-0 behind a goal each from Real Madrid teammates David Beckham and Michael Owen, and Germany beat Austria 3-1.

MLS: Kyle Martino scored from 22 yards out during injury time to give host Columbus a 2-1 win over Kansas City. ... The Los Angeles Galaxy hired former U.S. men's national team coach Steve Sampson, after firing Sigi Schmid on Monday. Sampson, 47, coached the national team to a 26-22-14 record from 1995-98.

HORSES: Sabellina made a move at the quarter pole and surged past On the Bus in the stretch to win the $114,800 Yaddo Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in New York.