Tennis great Martina Navratilova drew a parallel yesterday between Andre Agassi and Roger Clemens, saying she's shocked the eight-time Grand Slam champion lied about drug use.

Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission he used crystal meth in 1997 and failed a drug test - a result he said was thrown out after he lied by saying he "unwittingly" took the substance.

"Shocking," Navratilova said from Sarasota, Fla., in a phone interview. "Not as much shock that he did it as shock he lied about it and didn't own up to it. He's up there with Roger Clemens, as far as I'm concerned. He owned up to it [in the book], but it doesn't help now."

Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, repeatedly has denied using performance-enchancing drugs. His former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, claimed in the Mitchell Report that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times.

Baseball

 

* St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols said he wants to remain with the Cardinals. Pujols, who has 1 year left on his contract plus an option year, raised some eyebrows with his comments during an interview with a Dominican radio station earlier this month. But yesterday he told WXOS-FM, "The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career. I love this city. The way that this city has embraced me and my family."

* The Orioles have declined their 2010 option on third baseman Melvin Mora, allowing Baltimore's longest-tenured player to become a free agent. Mora, 37, came to the Orioles in a 2000 trade with the New York Mets.

Basketball

 

* The NCAA has approved new rules on basketball recruiting intended to restrict money being funneled to third parties. The governing body wants to limit access by coaches from outside the NCAA who run camps and try to enlist players.

* Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi pleaded guilty to a drunken-driving charge stemming from her July arrest. Taurasi, an all-star guard on the WNBA champions, spent a day in jail after a judge suspended 9 days of her sentence.

Soccer

 

* Former U.S. captain Mia Hamm, a two-time world player of the year, has been appointed international ambassador for the 2011 women's World Cup in Germany.

* FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency will work together on a new anti-doping program to test top-level soccer players.

Philly File

 

* Former Wings star John Tucker was named the indoor lacrosse team's offensive coordinator and ex-player Paul Stewart the new scouting coordinator and video coach.

Sport Stops

 

* Phil Blackmar and Jeff Sluman shot 6-under 66s to share the first-round lead in the Champions Tour's season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma, Calif.

* Cycling's governing body strongly rebuffed claims by France's anti-doping agency of lapses and favoritism in drug-testing at this year's Tour de France.