SPORTS BRIEFS

NBA

Wallace, Celtics reach term on contract

Two newspapers are reporting the Celtics have reached an agreement with free agent Rasheed Wallace. Bill Strickland, Wallace's agent, told the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe last night that the 34-year-old forward told him to call off meetings the agent was in the process of scheduling with the Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks.

Wallace played the past six seasons with the Detroit Pistons, where he won an NBA championship in 2004. He heads to a Celtics team loaded with veterans such as Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, and hoping to make at least one more title run. Wallace has averaged 15 points and 6.9 rebounds in 14 NBA seasons. He averaged 12 points and 7.4 rebounds last season.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Tech recruit earns all-star MVP honor

Virginia Tech's highly regarded incoming freshman running back, David Wilson, was named most valuable player yesterday of the International Federation of American Football's junior world championship in Canton, Ohio. In three games, including a 41-3 victory over Canada for the championship, Wilson rushed for 425 yards and eight touchdowns.

Wilson, a 5-11, 195-pound graduate of George Washington High in Danville, is rated by recruiting services as Tech's top recruit. He was Virginia's Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior, when he rushed for 2,291 yards and 35 touchdowns. As a junior, he had 1,551 yards and 17 touchdowns.

SOCCER

Guadeloupe edges Panama in Gold Cup

OAKLAND, Calif. - Loic Loval had a goal and an assist, and David Fleurival also scored to lead Guadeloupe past Panama 2-1 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup opener for both clubs. Both Guadeloupe goals came in the first half, with Loval connecting in the 33rd minute. His assist came 10 minutes later.

In other soccer:

• Luis Miguel Noriega scored his first international goal on a penalty kick in the 45th minute of his national team debut, and Mexico defeated Nicaragua 2-0 last night in a Gold Cup first-round match. Pablo Barrera, a second-half substitute, added a goal for El Tri in the 86th minute.

• The United States returned home from the FIFA Confederations Cup and used one of its youngest lineups in recent memory to rout Grenada 4-0 in Seattle on Saturday night in a Gold Cup first-round match.

ELSEWHERE

• Tim Rooney, brother to Steelers owner Dan and son of franchise founder Art was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., along with Tom Crouch and Alan Leavitt.

Top-seeded April Ross and Jennifer Kessy of the United States edged third-seeded Brazilians Larissa and Juliana 30-28, 23-21 in the women's final at the World Beach Volleyball Championships in Stavenger, Norway. - From Staff and Wire Reports