The allegations were made by former Mayo confidant Louis Johnson on the ESPN show Outside the Lines on Sunday. Johnson claimed Mayo received tens of thousands of dollars and expensive gifts from an agent's representative, both in high school and his one year at USC. (Mayo has entered the NBA draft.)

USC officials said the NCAA and Pacific Ten Conference had reviewed Mayo's situation before and during his enrollment "and did not identify any amateurism violations."

The NCAA told the Times that the allegations made on the television show were "new to the NCAA. This information was not available when the NCAA examined Mr. Mayo's academic and amateurism status prior to his collegiate enrollment, and we will review the information."

Johnson told ESPN that Los Angeles events promoter Rodney Guillory provided the player with a flat-screen television, cash, cell-phone service, meals, clothes and other benefits dating to when Mayo was in high school. Johnson said Guillory was acting as a representative of Bill Duffy Sports Management, the agency Mayo has said will represent him as a pro.

The agency released a denial yesterday, saying, "Everything in the recent report that suggests otherwise is false."

Matt Patchan, a University of Florida freshman, was recovering after being shot in the shoulder while at a Tampa-area park. Football coach Urban Meyer said the defensive lineman, who was shot Friday night, was expected to recover fully. Details of the shooting were not known.

The player is the son of Matt Patchan, a tackle who was drafted by the Eagles in the third round in 1988.

Elsewhere: Katie Bruce pitched a complete game as Lynchburg beat Ursinus, 2-0, in the NCAA Division III softball tournament in Fayetteville, N.C. . . . Temple nose tackle Andre Neblett was named to the Football Writers Association of America's watch list for the 2008 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, presented annually to the nation's best defensive player.

Noteworthy

The Cuban national judo team returned home without one of its stars, fueling speculation that she was defecting. Yurisel Laborde, a two-time world champion, was not with the team when its flight left Miami International Airport.

Tickets to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials, to be held June 19 to 22 at the Wachovia Center, will go on sale at noon Thursday at ComcastTIX.com and the Wachovia Center box office. They also are available by calling 800-298-4200.

The World Anti-Doping Agency spent $1.3 million fighting the appeal by Floyd Landis of the decision stripping him of the 2006 Tour de France title for a doping offense, WADA president John Fahey said.

   Elsewhere: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied to beat Nicolas Mahut, 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, in the first round of the Hamburg Masters tennis tournanment. . . . Vera Zvonareva cruised past Ai Sugiyama, 6-3, 6-3, in the first round of the Italian Open in Rome. . . . Landon Donovan will miss the Los Angeles Galaxy's friendly tonight against the Vancouver Whitecaps in Edmonton, Alberta. Donovan, Major League Soccer's top goal scorer, has a strained right calf.