Prep sports

OGDEN -- Top senior baseball players from around the state will play tonight at Lindquist Field in a series of all-star games. The games were rescheduled to today after being rained out on Saturday night.

The 4A game is scheduled to start at noon and the 5A teams will take the field at 4 p.m.

On the 4A roster published Saturday, Springville's Mark Averett was inadvertently left off. He is a part of the 4A South team.

World Cup

U.S. blanks Latvia in final warmup

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Brian McBride scored in the 43rd minute, and the United States completed a grueling series of three World Cup warmup games in six days by beating Latvia 1-0 Sunday night.

Following a 1-0 loss to Morocco and a 2-0 victory over Venezuela, the Americans looked sharper and dominated possession until tiring midway through the second half.

McBride scored from 6 yards off a cross from Steve Cherundolo, sending the ball off the fingertips of leaping goalkeeper Aleksandrs Kolinko and into the net at the far post. With his 30th goal in 92 international appearances -- his first since connecting in a 1-0 qualifying win against Trinidad and Tobago at East Hartford last Aug. 17 -- McBride moved within four goals of Eric Wynalda, the American career scoring leader.

McBride was playing with a large welt on the left side of his forehead, incurred when Genadjis Soloncins butted heads with him in the 18th minute.

American players will be given the next three days off to return home before the team leaves for Germany on Thursday. They have a closed scrimmage against Angola on June 5 in Hamburg, then meet the Czech Republic in their World Cup opener on June 12 in Gelsenkirchen.

U.S. coach Bruce Arena changed nine starters for the second straight game. In a possible signal of what he might do in the World Cup opener, he moved DaMarcus Beasley to right midfield from left, and inserted John O'Brien on the left side. O'Brien, coming off a lengthy string of injuries, played well until he was replaced by Bobby Convey in the 66th minute.

Landon Donovan was positioned at the top of the midfield diamond behind forwards Brian McBride and Eddie Johnson.

Johnson scored seven goals in seven World Cup qualifiers but missed much of last year with a toe injury. He has struggled to regain his sharpness and failed to convert several opportunities against the Latvians, just missing or getting called offsides. McBride could be paired up front with Josh Wolff against the Czechs.

Ranked 70th in the world, Latvia failed to qualify for the World Cup after making it to the 2004 European Championship. It lost 2-1 to the Czechs in its 2004 Euro opener, then tied Germany 0-0 before losing to the Netherlands 3-0.

U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller was rarely tested until a diving stop of Girts Karlsons' header in the 89th minute and got his 45th shutout in 93 international games.

Football

Williams joins CFL's Toronto Argonauts

TORONTO -- Ricky Williams has a new home in the CFL. The Toronto Argonauts signed suspended Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams on Sunday, making the announcement at an afternoon news conference.

Earlier in the day, Williams was shown on the Rogers Center videoboard at the White Sox-Blue Jays game wearing an Argonauts hat and was introduced as the team's newest player.

Williams was suspended by the NFL for the entire 2006 season after a fourth positive drug test. He missed Miami's first four games last year following his third positive test, and lost an appeal over the fourth positive -- which carries a mandatory one-year ban.

NBA

Wizards star Arenas arrested

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas and forward Awvee Storey have been arrested on charges of disobeying police.

Storey was blocking traffic in the middle of a busy street when an officer told him to get back to the sidewalk Saturday night, according to police reports. Storey didn't get out of the street, and the officer arrested him and charged him with failure to obey a command.

While police were arresting Storey, Arenas got out of a vehicle and walked toward the arresting officers. According to reports, an officer told Arenas to get back in his vehicle, but he refused. The officer took Arenas into custody and charged him with resisting without violence.

As Arenas was being arrested, according to reports, he said, "You can't arrest me. I'm a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards, and I'm not going to leave my teammate."

Running

Gatlin, Powell impressive in Oregon

EUGENE, Ore. -- The world's fastest humans teased track fans on Sunday, offering a tantalizing hint of how great a race between them might be.

Justin Gatlin overcame chilly, damp conditions to win his 100-meter race in 9.88 seconds, tying the meet and Hayward Field record at the Prefontaine Classic.

Jamaican Asafa Powell, who shares the world record of 9.77 with Gatlin, won a separate 100 race in a wind-aided 9.93.

Marion Jones wins easily at FBK Games: At Hengelo, Netherlands, Marion Jones easily won the 100 meters at the FBK Games on Sunday, finishing in 11.16 seconds.

Cycling

Basso wins Giro d'Italia

MILAN, Italy -- Ivan Basso won the Giro d'Italia cycling race Sunday, dominating the 21-stage event to win his first major title.

"It's a beautiful, happy day for me," Basso said. "I had been dreaming for years a day like this."

The 28-year-old Italian now goes after a rare double in the Tour de France after finishing second to Lance Armstrong last year.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page C2.