IN BRIEF

PRO BASKETBALL

Rookies Durant, Green sign with SuperSonics

Kevin Durant and Jeff Green, the second and fifth overall choices in last week’s NBA Draft, signed contracts with the Seattle SuperSonics.

Durant will make $3.476 million as a rookie and $3.736 million in his second year. Green will make $2.548 million in the first year and $2.739 million in the second. The SuperSonics have one-year options for the players’ third and fourth years.

Both players are in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League and will make their professional debuts Friday against the Dallas Mavericks.

Also: Guard Matt Carroll and the Charlotte Bobcats came to terms on a six-year, $27 million contract. He averaged a career-high 12.1 points and shot 42 percent from 3-point range last season.

The Orlando Magic pulled its qualifying offer for free agent Darko Milicic, making it unlikely the 7-footer will return to the NBA team. Milicic, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 draft, averaged 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds last season.

Guard Juan Carlos Navarro, whose rights are owned by the Washington Wizards, will be allowed by his Spanish club to leave for the NBA. Navarro, 27, averaged 12.6 points and shot 40 percent on 3-point attempts in nine seasons.

MOTOR SPORTS

Kyle Busch, Sauter docked 25 points each

NASCAR on Wednesday penalized the Nextel Cup teams of Las Vegas native Kyle Busch and Johnny Sauter for rule infractions found on their cars during the postrace inspection after Sunday’s race at New Hampshire International Speedway.

The No. 5 Chevrolet of Busch and the No. 70 Chevrolet of Sauter were found to have used unapproved parts and failed to meet the minimum front car heights.

Busch and Sauter each were penalized 25 points, and their respective crew chiefs, Alan Gustafson and Robert “Bootie” Barker, each were fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Sept. 19.

Team owners Rick Hendrick (Busch) and Joe Custer each were penalized 25 car owner points.

HORSE RACING

Funny Cide pulls away down stretch for win

Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, won the 31st running of the $100,000 Wadsworth Memorial Handicap at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack in Farmington, N.Y.

Funny Cide, who had not won in six straight outings, drove past pace-setting Johnie Bye Night down the stretch and pulled away by three lengths at the finish. The winning time in the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up was 1 minute, 51.77 seconds.

Also: Wait a While, last year’s champion 3-year-old female, won’t run in the $1 million CashCall Mile at Hollywood Park on Friday night because of a slight temperature.

HOCKEY

Roenick set to retire after 18-year career

Center Jeremy Roenick is retiring after an 18-year NHL career in which he became the third-leading American goal-scorer in league history, a newspaper reported.

Roenick, a nine-time All-Star who played with four teams, sent a text message to a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer reading, “I’m retiring; is that still news?” The story was posted on the paper’s Web site.

Roenick, 37, played in 70 games last season for Phoenix, his second stint with the Coyotes, and had said late in the season he was considering retirement. He became a free agent Sunday.