<table> </table> <strong><span class="subhead">Norman turns down PGA spot</span></strong></p><p><strong>Greg Norman</strong>, who was offered an invitation to play in the PGA Championship after his third-place finish in the British Open two weeks ago, has declined. He said he had made personal and professional commitments before the British Open and that he would keep them.</p><p>Norman will play the U.S. Senior Open in Colorado Springs this week. He has yet to decide whether to accept his invitation to the Masters for finishing among the top four in the British Open.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Donaghy called compulsive</span></strong></p><p>A pre-sentencing report prepared by the defense said disgraced NBA referee <strong>Tim Donaghy </strong>was a compulsive gambler and could not help himself. The report was sent to the court in a bid for leniency for his sentencing later today.</p><p>&#8220;In my professional opinion Mr. Donaghy would never have committed these offenses if he was not a pathological gambler,&#8221; wrote <strong>Stephen Block</strong>, a longtime New York-based gambling treatment counselor.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Olympic news</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;The U.S. men&#8217;s basketball team arrived in Macau, China on Monday and will play a couple of pre-Olympic games against Turkey on Thursday and Lithuania on Friday. <strong>LeBron James</strong>, who suffered a sprained ankle during training, worked out with the team in its first practice.</p><p>&#8226;A German TV reporter rejected a request from Chinese authorities to identify a Chinese doctor filmed in a documentary offering stem-cell therapy to athletes. The episode was filmed with a hidden camera, and the reporter was posing as an American swimming coach.</p><p>&#8226;Tennis players <strong>Juan Ignacio Chela</strong> of Argentina and <strong>Stephanie Vogt </strong>of Liechtenstein withdrew from the Olympic tournament because of injuries.</p><p>&#8226;Two dead birds were discovered at an equestrian venue in Hong Kong, causing authorities to test to see if they were infected with the bird flu virus. It doesn&#8217;t pose a threat to horses but can be lethal to humans.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">He&#8217;s still unbeaten</span></strong></p><p>Indiana basketball coach <strong>Tom Crean</strong>, who had not signed his original contract, was given a two-year extension through the 2017-18 season. The deal matches the length of the contract Crean had at Marquette before taking the job at Indiana.</p><p>Crean initially agreed to an eight-year deal worth $18.24 million.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Elsewhere</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;Peppers Pride, the Thoroughbred who was attempting to win her 17th straight race, didn&#8217;t get the chance. Rain washed out racing at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday.</p><p>&#8226;Perfect Drift, a 9-year-old gelding owned by <strong>William Reed </strong>of Kansas City, finished fourth in an allowance race Monday on the turf at Del Mar.