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Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina demoted to Serie B 

Juventus was demoted to the second division for match-fixing by a sports tribunal Friday and stripped it of its past two Serie A titles, one of several sanctions aimed at cleaning up the scandal-marred game as the nation celebrates its fourth World Cup title.

Lazio and Fiorentina also were demoted to Serie B, while AC Milan was spared demotion but given a 15-point penalty and won't play in any European competition this season.

The toughest penalties meted out to individuals were against former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi and former Juventus chief executive Antonio Giraudo, who received the maximum five- year ban for match-fixing and disloyalty, with a recommendation to the Italian soccer federation to make it a lifetime ban.

The pair, who resigned in May along with the club's entire board, were accused of creating a network of contacts with FIGC officials to influence refereeing assignments and get players yellow-carded -- allegations that are at the heart of the scandal.

TRACK: Marion Jones (Thousand Oaks High) lost for the first time this season in the 100 meters, but her time of 10.91 seconds at the Golden Gala meet in Rome on Friday was her best time in four years.

``I ran my seasonal best. But I am a competitor. I want to win,'' Jones said.

Jamaica's Sherone Simpson won in 10.87, slightly off the 10.82 she ran in her hometown of Kingston in June, but still good enough for the second-fastest time this year.

Jones' time was the third-fastest this year and better than the 10.93 she ran in Paris last weekend.

HOCKEY: The Kings signed Trevor Lewis, one of their two first-round picks in last month's entry draft, to a three-year, entry-level contract. Lewis, who had committed to the University of Michigan and was expected to play at least one year of NCAA hockey, instead will be begin his pro career in the fall, most likely in the Ontario Hockey League.

Lewis, a 19-year-old center, was chosen No. 17, with the pick the Kings acquired from Minnesota in a trade that sent Pavol Demitra to the Wild.

-- Rich Hammond

Center Shawn Horcoff signed a three-year, $10.8 million deal with Edmonton.

The Washington Capitals signed free-agent enforcer Donald Brashear.

The Vancouver Canucks acquired left wing Taylor Pyatt from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2007 draft.

BASEBALL: Oregon State baseball coach Pat Casey got a new 10-year contract from the school.