01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, July 23, 2006

NOTEWORTHY

PRO HOCKEY Islanders forward Mike York was awarded an $800,000 raise yesterday in salary arbitration, the first setback in the tenure of new general manager Garth Snow. York, acquired before last season from the Edmonton Oilers for former New York captain Michael Peca, avoided arbitration a year ago when he signed a $2.05 million contract. He had 13 goals and 39 assists in 75 games with the Islanders, but turned that into a $2.85 million award following Thursday's arbitration hearing. . . . The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed forward Jason Chimera to a two-year contract yesterday.

COLLEGE HOCKEY Quinnipiac University hockey coach Rand Pecknold agreed to a contract extension that will run through the 2009-10 season.

PRO FOOTBALL Running back Ricky Williams broke his left arm in the second quarter of the Toronto Argonauts' 26-23 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on last night and is out indefinitely . . . The New York Jets signed fourth-round pick Leon Washington and sixth-round choice Drew Coleman yesterday.

SOCCER Jean Philippe Peguero, the New York Red Bulls' leading scorer, was declared ineligible for last night's game against Kansas City because Major League Soccer was in the process of selling his contract to an unidentified professional club in Denmark. Peguero, who has six goals and two assists in 12 games with the Red Bulls since being acquired in an April trade with Colorado, is the team's lone player with more than three goals this season.

GOLF Jenny Shin rallied from a late three-hole deficit yesterday to beat Vicky Hurst in 37 holes and become the second-youngest winner in the 58-year history of the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Shin, of Torrance, Calif., is 13 years, 9 months old. Aree Song Wongluekiet was 13 years, 3 months when she won in 1999.

PRO FOOTBALL The Cleveland Browns reached an agreement in principle with first-round pick Kamerion Wimbley on a six-year, $23.7 million deal yesterday.

HORSE RACING Wonder Lady Anne L opened a huge lead in the stretch and held off a late rally from Pine Island to win the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies yesterday, closing day at Belmont Park. Wonder Lady Anne L ran the 1 1/4 miles in 2:04.63 on the muddy track to capture the Grade 1 stakes.

WEIGHTLIFTING India's weightlifting team was suspended for one year after several lifters were found guilty of doping. The suspension started in March, when weightlifters Tejbir Singh and Edwin Raju tested positive for the banned substance stanozanol during the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, said Balbir Singh Bhatia, secretary of the Indian Weightlifting Federation. Female lifters Shailaja Pujari and B. Prameelavalli were later found guilty of also using performance-enhancing drugs.

TENNIS Defending champion Anabel Medina Garrigues moved within a victory of an unprecedented fourth Palermo International title by beating fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-4 in her semifinal yesterday. She will play Tathiana Garbin in today's title match.

IN THE COURTS Chicago Bears tight end John Gilmore was arrested today and charged with possession of marijuana after allegedly refusing to leave a bar and getting into a "small tussle" with police. "It was a small tussle, nothing serious," police spokesman Marcel Bright said. "He refused to be handcuffed." The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. near the Leg Room, a bar in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, Bright said.

OVERHEARD

DEREK JETER "My job is to support him, to offer any support I can and that's what I do -- with all of my teammates. That's my job. My job isn't to tell fans what to do. What power do I have to do that?" -- The Yankees shortstop on the booing of Alex Rodriguez at Yankee Stadium

STEVE FINLEY "The guy can hit. He's always around .300 and drives in runs. Don't believe everything you read. He's a good guy, a family guy." -- New York Giants outfielder on his new teammate, Shea Hillenbrand

AND FINALLY . . .

A SWING AND A PRAYER Without faith, no one would hit a 95-mph fastball or steal home. This week, belief comes out of the dugout when the Atlanta Braves host the first of three "Faith Day" promotions. After the 1 p.m. game Thursday against the Florida Marlins, star pitcher John Smoltz will talk about his faith and Christian bands will perform for those with a $10 ticket for the event, separate from game admission. Faith Day is the first promotion of "intentional Christian ministry" in Major League Baseball. "We're in the business of selling tickets, and religious groups, particularly church groups, happen to be an existing part of our business and this is a way of expanding our appeal," said Derek Schiller, the Braves' vice president for sales and marketing.

-- JOURNAL WIRE REPORTS