Lamar Odom said he wanted to return to the Los Angeles Lakers. Odom and fellow starter Trevor Ariza can become unrestricted free agents on July 1.

Colleges

Outfielder Sean Barksdale of Temple was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-East Region first team.

Philadelphia University assistant coach Paul Stadelberger was named women's basketball coach at the University of the Sciences.

Franklin County (Ohio) prosecutor Ron O'Brien is opposing former Ohio State halfback Maurice Clarett's request for early release from prison to pursue an NFL career.

Clarett said the early release would enable him to make a comeback. He said he has heard from NFL teams while he has been in prison.

He was sentenced in September 2006 to serve at least 31/2 years for a holdup outside a Columbus bar, along with a separate highway chase earlier that year when police found loaded guns in his SUV.

O'Brien said that Clarett has not made a strong case to be released so early in his prison term. O'Brien asked Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio Parole Board to reject Clarett's April request for an early release.

Villanova's Corey Fisher and Penn State's Talor Battle were among 12 basketball players chosen for the U.S. team in the World University Games that begin next month in Serbia.

Dallas police said Jeffrey Fleming of Newport Beach, Calif., a UCLA tennis player, was hospitalized in a coma after somebody punched him following a Rascal Flatts concert in Dallas on Saturday.

Softball

The Philadelphia Force of the National Pro Fastpitch League signed shortstop Alex Newton of Texas State.