TENNIS: Andre Agassi used crystal meth periodically for "a year or so," the eight-time Grand Slam champion revealed in an interview with People magazine. In his coming autobiography, Agassi admits he used crystal meth in 1997 and failed a drug test - a result that he says was thrown out after he lied by saying he "unwittingly" took the substance.

HORSE RACING: New York's top racetracks are off-limits to trainer Jeff Mullins for six months. The New York Racing Association barred the trainer from Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga yesterday for violating its barn rules by giving one of his horses an unknown substance and then providing conflicting information about it.

Jockey Julia Brimo was hospitalized in critical condition yesterday after a spill at Keeneland. The 33-year-old was injured when mount Golden Stride clipped heels and fell during the first race.

AUTO RACING: NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger was required to take a breath test before yesterday's practice at Talladega Superspeedway after his arrest Thursday morning on a drunken-driving charge.

Lance McGrew had the interim tag removed from his crew chief title when Hendrick Motorsports said that he'll stay with Dale Earnhardt Jr. next season.

GOLF: PGA Tour officials postponed the Viking Classic in Madison, Wis., until at least tomorrow due to heavy rain and standing water on the golf course.

Jim White shot a 6-under 66 on the Dye Course for a share of the second-round lead with Kim Thompson in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

COLLEGES: Kentucky freshman point guard John Wall has been cleared to play by the NCAA. He must sit out two games and repay almost $800 in expenses incurred during unofficial visits to schools during his junior year at Word of God Christian Academy.

Wall's status had been up in the air as the NCAA investigated the relationship between Wall and Brian Clifton, who was a certified agent for a period during Wall's recruitment.

The NCAA benched West Virginia freshman basketball player Deniz Kilicli yesterday for the first 20 games of the season after determining that the Mountaineer forward had violated an amateurism rule.

Junior guard Chase Bufurd is the second Kansas basketball player who has been given a chance to wipe his record clean of drunken-driving charges. The 21-year-old, who was pulled over in July , must pay $802 in fees. He is prohibited from consuming alcohol for one year and is required to undergo substance-abuse treatment.

- Wire reports