Sports News | Sports News Briefs For 8/17/10
August 17th, 2010 | 
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Prosecutors in New York said Indiana Pacers draft pick Lance Stephenson pushed his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, grabbed her and hit her head on the bottom step. A judge released Stephenson, 19, without bail after his arrest early Sunday on assault, menacing and harassment charges.
The Cleveland Cavaliers signed free agent forward Samardo Samuels, who left Louisville after his sophomore season.
The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed veteran defenseman Nick Boynton to a one-year deal.
The Montreal Canadiens traded goaltender Cedrick Desjardins to the Tampa Bay Lightning for goalie Karri Ramo in a deal of minor-leaguers.
Ninth-seeded Andy Roddick knocked out 46th-ranked Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1, in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters. Roddick, ranked 13th, threw his racket after losing a tiebreaker.
Kaia Kenepi surprised No. 14 seed Shahar Peer, 6-3, 6-3, in the first round at Montreal.
Michael Phelps will swim the 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific championships this week in Irvine, Calif., for the first time since the 2008 Olympics. Phelps dropped the grueling event after winning a gold medal and setting the world record at the Beijing Games.
Officials in South Africa’s athletics body are set to face charges after the country’s Olympic committee investigated its finances and handling of the Caster Semenya affair. Semenya sat out 11 months after becoming the 800-meter world champ because of a dispute over gender tests that began after her victory a year ago in Berlin.
Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek, 32, was sentenced to five years of probation for her role in a crystal methamphetamine ring in New Jersey.
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