Paul leads NBA all-rookie selections
NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- New Orleans guard Chris Paul was a unanimous selection for the NBA's all-rookie team, the league announced.
Paul collected all 29 first-team points for a total of 58 points in the voting. He was joined on the all-rookie first team by Toronto's Charlie Villanueva (56 points), Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut (55 points), Utah's Deron Williams (46 points) and New York's Channing Frye (45 points).
Paul finished first among all NBA rookies in double-doubles (21), scoring (16.1 points per game) and assists (7.8 per game).
The NBA all-rookie second team was comprised of Indiana's Danny Granger (43 points), Charlotte's Raymond Felton (40 points), Houston's Luther Head (28 points), Atlanta's Marvin Williams (15 points) and Boston's Ryan Gomes (14 points).
The honors were decided on a vote by NBA head coaches, who selected five players for each the first and second teams with 2 points being awarded for a first-team vote and 1 point for a second-team selection. Coaches could not vote for players on their own teams.
49ers get Trent Dilfer from Cleveland
SAN FRANSCISCO, May 5 (UPI) -- The San Francisco 49ers Thursday night sent quarterback Ken Dorsey to Cleveland in exchange for fellow quarterback Trent Dilfer.
In the one-for-one deal, Dilfer, a 13-year veteran who quarterbacked the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl win in 2001, will provide a veteran presence behind Alex Smith, last year's No. 1 overall draft pick.
Dorsey, 25, has eight touchdown passes and 11 interceptions in 10 starts in three years out of Miami (Fla.). He was a 7th-round draft pick by the 49ers in 2003.
"Trent Dilfer was instrumental in terms of the making over of our football team last year," Cleveland General Manager Phil Savage said on the Browns' Web site. "At this point, to add Ken Dorsey and to give Trent an opportunity to go back home to California is a win-win for all parties."
Dilfer was a sixth overall pick by Tampa Bay in 1994 and has 106 touchdown passes and 117 interceptions.
Michelle Wie makes her first men's cut
SEOUL, South Korea, May 5 (UPI) -- Teenage golf sensation Michelle Wie of Hawaii Friday made the cut at the SK Telecom Open tournament on the Asian Tour in Seoul, South Korea.
The 16-year-old Wie, who is five strokes off the lead, is playing in her eighth professional event. She shot 3-under-par 69 in Friday's second round and is 5-under 139 through 36 holes, tied for 17th place with five other players.
"I'm excited and happy and would like to play even better," Wie said. "Right now I'm feeling good, but this event isn't over yet so I'll concentrate on (Saturday's) game. It was so fun seeing the police officers come and the crowd here got excited."
The talented Wie is the second-ranked women's player in the world, and is the first female to make the cut on a major men's international tour since Babe Didrikson Zaharias at the PGA Tour's Tucson Open in 1945.
Drysdale takes the lead at Milan Open
MILAN, Italy, May 5 (UPI) -- David Drysdale of Scotland was a two-shot leader over four players at 13-under-par 131 Friday after two rounds of the Italian Open at Milan.
He won the European Challenge Tour's Peugeot Challenge three weeks ago and is seeking his second title of 2006.
"It feels weird," Drysdale said. "I haven't struck the ball particularly well, but every time I got within 15 feet it seemed to go in."
England's Phil Archer shot a 67 and fellow Briton Benn Barham had a 68. Soren Kjeldsen of Sweden, with a 70, and Francesco Molinari of Italy, with a 65, were tied for second place at 11-under 133 heading into Saturday's third round.
Another group of four -- Andrew Butterfield (68) of England, Gregory Havret (68) of France, Alex Rocha (66) of England, and Leif Westerberg (65) of Sweden -- were tied for sixth at 10-under 134.
Kjeldsen was the first-round leader after matching the course record with a 9-under-par 63 on Thursday.
Nalbandian makes semifinals at Estoril
ESTORIL, Portugal, May 5 (UPI) -- David Nalbandian, Nikolay Davydenko and Carlos Moya were among the quarterfinal winners Friday at the clay-court Estoril Open in Estoril, Portugal.
Nalbandian, the top seed, beat wild card and local favorite Frederico Gil of Portugal, 6-1, 6-2. The Argentine-born Nalbandian, who won this tournament in 2002, will face unseeded Albert Portas of Spain in one of Saturday's semifinals.
Portas topped Justin Gimelstob of the United States, 6-4, 6-3.
Davydenko, the 2nd seed, beat unseeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 6-4, 6-4; while Moya, the 6th seed, was a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, winner over fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Moya meets Davydenko in the other semi.
Sunday's champion will collect $93,000.
Venus Williams loses Warsaw quarterfinals
WARSAW, Poland, May 5 (UPI) -- Venus Williams lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 6-4, 6-2, Friday at the quarterfinals of the J&S Cup tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland.
The American-born Williams is the reigning women's champion at Wimbledon and was the No. 7 seed in this tournament. She was playing for the first time since suffering an elbow injury at the Australian Open in January.
In other matches, top-seeded Kim Clijsters of Belgium beat No. 5 Francesca Schiavone of Italy, 6-4, 6-4; No. 3 Elena Dementieva of Russia ousted rising teen star Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, and Anna Chakvetadze of Russia beat Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
In Saturday's semifinals, Clijsters, a former world No. 1, faces two-time Grand Slam runner-up Dementieva and Kuznetsova meets Chakvetadze.
Sunday's champion will collect $95,500.
Soccer strike possible in Norway
OSLO, Norway, May 5 (UPI) -- Negotiations between Norwegian soccer players and a team owners' association broke down Friday, making a strike more likely.
The dispute now goes to mediation, the newspaper Aftenposten reported, in an attempt to avert a strike immediately after the start of the season.
A walkout would begin May 19 unless the conflict is resolved.
At the heart of the dispute between the owners' organization, NHO, and the players' union, NISO, are insurance and a fund to help players get an education and recover from injuries.
The NHO says the union demand for a standard insurance package for players is not feasible financially. The union also wants 2 percent of radio and television revenue to go into the fund.
