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Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services

Ghostzapper retired because of injury

Ghostzapper, the 2004 Horse of the Year who was brilliant in winning the Metropolitan Handicap two weeks ago, was retired Monday after discovery of a hairline fracture of his left front ankle.

The minor injury was detected after Ghostzapper's 6 1/4-length victory in the only race of his 5-year-old campaign.

``He went out the right way, in a good way,'' Hall of Famer trainer Bobby Frankel said Monday. ``He did run that one good race this year, and, if anything, it gave him more respect.''

Ghostzapper, who won Horse of the Year honors over Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones, will stand at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Farm near Versailles, Ky.

HOCKEY: The Manchester (N.H.) Monarchs, a minor-league team affiliated with the Kings, fired their entire coaching staff.

The American Hockey League club said on its Web site that coach Bruce Boudreau, assistant Jim Hughes and strength and conditioning coordinator Dane Jackson had all been fired.

Under Boudreau, the Monarchs had a 169-100-33-18 record in regular-season play, winning the Eastern Conference regular-season championship and Atlantic Division championship this year. But they were 6-14 in playoff games and failed to advance to the second round in all four postseason appearances.

GOLF: Dana Quigley won the rain-shortened Bayer Advantage Classic in Overland Park, Kan., holing an 11-foot birdie putt on the only hole he played to beat hometown favorite Tom Watson and Gil Morgan in a playoff.

Watson had a chance to win in regulation, but he left a long birdie putt hanging on the lip of the cup on his final hole. He finished at 6-under 66 to join Quigley and Morgan at 11-under 133 to force the playoff.

TRACK AND FIELD: Fresh off winning the 400-meter event in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last weekend, UCLA's Monique Henderson was voted as the nation's top female track and field athlete.

TENNIS: Two-time champion Serena Williams will play at Wimbledon next week after struggling with an ankle strain since May. Williams, who missed the French Open, will join the top 20 women in the Wimbledon draw. The seedings will be announced Wednesday, with the draw Thursday.

Former French Open champions Carlos Moya and Gaston Gaudio withdrew from the tournament because of shoulder injuries.

--Martina Navratilova played her first singles match since Wimbledon last year, losing to Claudine Schaul 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Ordina Open in Den Bosch, Netherlands.

FOOTBALL: Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. will undergo season-ending surgery today on the right knee he injured while attempting stunts on his high-powered motorcycle last month.

--Chicago Bears defensive lineman Terry ``Tank'' Johnson faces a felony gun charge after police found a loaded 9mm handgun in the vehicle he was driving.

According to Chicago police, Johnson was arrested about 3 a.m. Saturday after a valet at a nightclub on the city's near North Side area flagged an officer down and reported seeing Johnson move a handgun from his lap to the center console of his sport utility vehicle.