For The Record

Retired
From international soccer, Brian McBride, the only U.S. player to score in more than one World Cup. The striker-whose 30 goals for the U.S. is second alltime to Eric Wynalda's 34-scored the Yanks' lone goal in 1998 and added two more in 2002, including a diving header in a 3-2 upset of heavily favored Portugal (above). The 6-foot McBride, 34, was at his best in the air, in part because there were few places he was afraid to stick his nose to win a ball. He had his cheekbone broken three times, and his cheek was split open by a Daniele De Rossi elbow against Italy in the '06 World Cup. "His legacy will be that of a true ironman on the field and a gentleman off of it," said U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati.

Won
By former WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., the NABO light heavyweight belt, with a unanimous decision over Prince Badi Ajamu in Boise, Idaho, last Saturday. By the standards Jones, 37, set in his prime, it was an unimpressive win. The NABO is a lightly regarded sanctioning body; the 34-year-old Ajamu (25-3-2) looked tired and winded throughout the fight; and Jones (50-4) himself graded his performance a C. But it was his first victory since 2003-he had lost three straight bouts and hadn't fought in 10 months-and likely prolonged his career by at least one fight. "I'm close," said Jones, who's eyeing a matchup with undisputed super middleweight champ Joe Calzaghe. "In two or three months I'll be all the way back."

Retired
After 13 NFL seasons, Chiefs tackle Willie Roaf. An 11-time Pro Bowler who played nine seasons with the Saints before joining Kansas City in 2002, Roaf, 36, played only 10 games last year because of knee and hamstring injuries. With his body still not fully healed as the Chiefs opened training camp last week, he decided to hang it up. "If I felt I could play like I used to play, I'd play again," he told The Kansas City Star. Roaf plans to enroll at UC Irvine to finish work on the sociology degree he began when he played at Louisiana Tech.

Named
By the NFL, five finalists for the vacant commissioner's post. Roger Goodell, the NFL's COO and the overwhelming favorite, is the only finalist from the league office. Two are lawyers: Gregg Levy is the NFL's outside council, and Frederick Nance practices in Cleveland. The other two are businessmen: Robert L. Reynolds (Fidelity Investments COO) and Mayo A. Shattuck III (Constellation Energy CEO), who helped broker the Browns' move to Baltimore and whose 39-year-old wife, Molly, is the oldest cheerleader in the NFL (Life of Reilly, Sept. 26, 2005).

Played
Leftfield for the Nashua (N.H.) Pride of the independent Can-Am league, Olympic skier Bode Miller. The New Hampshire native, who last played organized baseball when he was 14, signed a one-game contract to raise money for charity. Miller, 28, started in leftfield last Saturday. He hit second and struck out in his two at bats, but he made a spectacular diving catch (above), backpedaling to the warning track before leaping to make the grab. "That catch was pretty special," said Nashua manager Butch Hobson, whose team beat Brockton 12-2 in front of its third sellout crowd of the season. "Maybe him being here brought us some luck. The guys seemed to enjoy being around him."

Ended
A brief holdout, running back Reggie Bush, who signed a six-year contract with the Saints last Saturday. The deal, which includes $26.3 million in guaranteed money, could be worth as much as $62 million. New Orleans opened camp last Thursday, but Bush was absent because his agents demanded a deal on par with the six-year, $54 million contract top pick Mario Williams signed with the Texans.

Switched
Political parties, Charles Barkley, a longtime Republican who now says he's considering a run for governor of Alabama as a Democrat in 2010. The TNT analyst, who grew up in Leeds, Ala., said he changed his political allegiance because Republicans have "lost their minds." Barkley (right) will decide whether to run after his 17-year-old daughter, Christiana, finishes high school. "I really believe I was put on earth to do more than play basketball and stockpile money," he said.

Proposed
By Division I-AA schools, that the names of the NCAA's top two football divisions be changed. In 1978 the NCAA split Division I schools into I-A and I-AA tiers for football. But some I-AA members have felt stigmatized when fans and media use the label to refer to their entire athletics programs; they suggest Division I-A should be known as the Football Bowl Division and I-AA (which has a postseason playoff) the NCAA Football Championship Division. The proposal will be voted on by the Division I board on Thursday.

Pleaded
Guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend, former Indians, White Sox and Orioles slugger Albert Belle. In February the five-time All-Star, who retired in 2000, was charged in Phoenix with stalking the unidentified woman-he had attached a global positioning device to her car-and he was arrested again in May after making threatening phone calls. Belle, who has been in jail since the second arrest, is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 24; he faces up to nine years in jail and probation.

Died
Of pancreatic cancer at age 44, former Olympic rower Andrew Sudduth, who won a silver medal with the U.S.'s eight-man team at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. One of the best rowers the U.S. has produced, Sudduth won four World Rowing Championship medals and singles sculling events at five Head of the Charles regattas in Boston. After retiring from rowing, he worked as a computer programmer at Cisco Systems, at which he helped develop servers that became the foundation of the Internet.