White fails to arrive on time

Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White did not make it back in time for Tuesday’s organized team workouts, leaving Coach Jeff Fisher unclear about White’s whereabouts.

“Everybody else managed to make it back,” Fisher said in Nashville. “He didn’t, so I don’t know, I guess he had things that are more important to him than what we’re doing. I would assume he would be back at some point today.”

White, a second-round pick from USC last season, has had other issues, reporting for the Titans’ off-season program at 260 pounds, then suffering a hamstring injury.

Fisher said he had not spoken directly to White but did receive a telephone message from the running back about his absence saying he had flight problems.

White was expected to compete with second-round pick Chris Henry for the starting running back job.

“He’ll get on the field eventually. I just hope it’s not going to be too late,” Fisher said.

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The death of New England Patriots defensive end Marquise Hill, who fell off a jet ski Sunday in Lake Pontchartrain, was ruled an accidental drowning in New Orleans.

An autopsy found no signs of drugs or alcohol in Hill’s body, although more tests are planned and will take two weeks to complete, said Orleans Parish coroner Dr. Frank Minyard.

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Authorities have a search warrant to look for as many as 30 dog carcasses on Richmond, Va., property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick that is at the center of a dog fighting investigation. The warrant has not been executed.

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The NFL Players Assn. is supporting Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones’ appeal for leniency to league Commissioner Roger Goodell’s season-long suspension.

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Denver Broncos receiver David Kircus, threatened with release by Coach Mike Shanahan if it was determined he was at fault in a May 20 fight that resulted in second-degree assault charges, will remain with the team regardless of the legal outcome of his case after he passed a lie-detector test given by an expert, the team said.

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Former Ventura High, UCLA and Texas El Paso running back Tyler Ebell signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

HOCKEY

Wilson will return as coach of Sharks

Ron Wilson will return to coach the San Jose Sharks next season after a second-round playoff loss to the Detroit Red Wings, General Manager Doug Wilson said.

Wilson has won 138 regular-season games and four playoff series over the last three seasons but hasn’t led the Sharks to the Stanley Cup finals despite a roster led by Joe Thornton.

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Don Maloney was introduced as general manager of the Phoenix Coyotes. Maloney, 48, was an assistant GM with the New York Rangers.... Former general manager Mike Milbury resigned as the New York Islanders vice president of sports properties and will remain with the team as an advisor to the owner.

HORSE RACING

Silver Charm leads Hall of Fame class

The largest induction class since 1978 will enter the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Aug. 6 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., including 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm.

The seven other inductees will be Mom’s Command, the champion 3-year-old filly of 1985, Swoon’s Son, a multiple stakes winner who raced some 50 years ago, plus jockey Jose Santos, former jockey John Sellers and former trainers John Veitch, Henry Forrest and Frank McCabe.

Sellers, Forrest, McCabe and Swoon’s Son were chosen by the hall’s historical review committee, which considers candidates who have not been active for 25 years.

-- Bob Mieszerski

MISCELLANY

Powell runs season-best 9.97 seconds in sprint

In his season-opening return from a bout with knee tendinitis, world record-holder Asafa Powell won the 100 meters in a 2007 world-best 9.97 seconds in the Artur Takac Memorial meet at Belgrade, Serbia.

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Kansas guard Brandon Rush, who withdrew last week from the NBA draft, will have surgery to repair torn ligaments and be sidelined up to six months, Coach Bill Self said. He was hurt last week in a pickup game.

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Reade Seligmann, one of the three former Duke lacrosse players cleared of rape charges earlier this year, announced that he will attend Brown University this fall and play for the Bears. He will be a junior next season.

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Washington State women’s basketball Coach June Daugherty, 50, was released from a hospital, a week after nearly dying of sudden cardiac arrest.

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The Austrian Olympic Committee imposed lifetime Olympic bans on 14 team officials linked to the blood doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Games.

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Cal State Los Angeles (48-13-1) eliminated Nebraska Omaha (37-24), 4-2, in the Division II baseball tournament at Montgomery, Ala. The Golden Eagles will play Columbus State in a semifinal today at 12:30 p.m.

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Kean (43-8) beat Emory (43-10), 5-4, to win the Division III baseball championship at Grand Chute, Wis.