NBA

SEATTLE -- Former Utah Jazz player personnel director Troy Weaver is the new assistant general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics.

Sonics general manager Sam Presti made the announcement Thursday. Weaver will replace Scott Perry, who spent one season with Seattle before recently returning to the Detroit Pistons as their vice president of basketball operations.

Weaver was with the Jazz for four seasons, the first three years as the team's head scout.

Basketball camp

BYU sets hoop camps

The BYU women's basketball program has announced its summer camps, which are under the direction of two-time MWC coach of the Year Jeff Judkins and his staf. The schedule is:

June 23-26 and July 7-10: Girls ages 10-18. Instruction includes fundamentals of passing, dribbling, shooting, rebounding, offense, defense and team strategies. Participants will have access to BYU training facilities and housing complexes; receive a camp T-shirt and a basketball, along with an afternoon at Seven Peaks Water Park. Tuition packages are $295 or $379, which includes campus housing.

June 3-5, 1-4 p.m. daily: Cougar Cubs Basketball Camp for boys and girls ages 6-12 on the BYU campus.

Registration for the camps is available at http://sportscamps.byu.edu or by calling 801-422-4851 during regular business hours. Local residents can also register in person at the Harman Continuing Education lobby on the BYU campus.

Soccer

RSL coach suspended for criticizing officials

NEW YORK -- Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis was suspended one game and fined $1,000 by the MLS on Thursday for criticizing the league's officiating.

After Real Salt Lake's 2-2 tie at home against Los Angeles last Saturday, Kreis criticized MLS officials and his comments later appeared in a published report.

Kreis will miss his team's game against FC Dallas on Saturday. He will be allowed in the team's locker room before the game, during halftime and after the game, but is not permitted to go on the field or sit in the press box. During the game, he will be limited to a private suite or a team-provided reserved section.

Auto Racing

Dale Jr.: Busch has Intimidator's style

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Kyle Busch just might have a little "Intimidator" in him. And that's from someone who'd know best, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

It was only a few days ago Busch and Earnhardt Jr. collided chasing victory at Richmond International Raceway. Dale Jr. admitted with a smile that Busch's racing style reminded him of his old man's earlier, hard-charging stock-car days.

"On the racetrack, there may be some comparisons there," Earnhardt Jr. said Thursday. "He's fast ... he's slick, he's aggressive."

"That's the way dad raced and Kyle has that same style," Earnhardt Jr. continued. "Very aggressive."

Earnhardt Jr. was at Darlington Raceway on Thursday, preparing for Saturday night's Dodge Challenger 500.

Dale Jr. fans everywhere thought their hero's two-year winless drought -- Earnhardt's last victory came at Richmond in May 2006 -- was about to end as he fought Busch for the win less than two miles from the checkered flag.

The cars hit and Earnhardt spun into the wall. Busch, with little damage, recovered to take second behind Clint Bowyer.

Earnhardt wound up 15th -- a finish that unleashed the full wrath of "Little E" fans on Busch, the 23-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver.

Earnhardt could've stoked the flames more with a few incendiary words. Instead, he chose to put the crash and lost opportunity behind him this week at Darlington.

"I've got more important things to worry about," Earnhardt said. "If I let that get under my skin, everything I do this week is going to be a pain in my butt, make for a long week."

Earnhardt wants to concentrate on conquering Darlington, where his father is second all time with nine victories at the track "Too Tough To Tame."

Earnhardt Jr. has four top 10s his last five times here. His new team, Hendrick Motorsports, has won 10 times here since the 1995 Southern 500.

"The team's been great. The car's been good," Earnhardt said. "I'm very confident."

Tennis

Roddick, Blake advance to quarters

ROME -- Andy Roddick and James Blake advanced Thursday to the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters, marking the first time in six years two Americans reached the final eight.

Roddick silenced a partisan crowd with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over Simone Bolelli of Italy, and Blake rallied past Fernando Verdasco of Spain 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.

Top-ranked Roger Federer defeated towering Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (4), 6-3 on clay, and the American's victories -- on their weakest surface -- came a day after three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal was ousted.

The last time two or more Americans reached the quarterfinals in Rome was 2002, when Roddick and Blake joined eventual champion Andre Agassi.

• Henin upset by Safina at German Open: At Berlin, top-ranked Justine Henin was upset by Dinara Safina 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 Thursday in the third round of the German Open, derailing efforts to regain form ahead of the French Open.

Serena Williams breezed to her 17th straight win, ousting Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals. Defending champion Ana Ivanovic struggled past Sybille Bammer 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 and third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to Alona Bondarenko 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Henin's loss to the 17th-ranked Russian followed a 6-2, 6-0 drubbing by Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open last month, the worst for a No. 1 player in nine years. Maria Sharapova also defeated her in straight sets at the Australian Open.

Henin returned from a month off with a knee injury hoping to restore her confidence on clay in time to win a fifth French Open title.

Baseball

Big inning lifts Bees

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake scored all seven of its runs in the fifth inning in the Bees' 7-3 victory over Albuquerque on Thursday at Franklin Covey Field.

Though Salt Lake was outhit 11-6, the fifth inning gave the Bees more than enough runs to down the Isotopes. Gary Patchett hit a two-run double, while the rest of Salt Lake's runs came on singles. Shane Loux earned the win, pitching eight innings while giving up just two earned runs and striking out four.