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NFL

Receiver Holmes staying with Jets

It appears Santonio Holmes is sticking around — just as the New York Jets said he would.

By remaining on the roster through the second day of the NFL's waiver period Tuesday, the talented but troublesome wide receiver will get $15.25 million in guaranteed money the next two seasons. A clause in Holmes' contract, signed last offseason, kicked in Wednesday morning.

Holmes' future appeared murky with the Jets after a tumultuous season in which he feuded with quarterback Mark Sanchez and offensive linemen, and was benched during the season finale in Miami for arguing in the huddle.

Still, owner Woody Johnson, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan all insisted Holmes would remain with the team despite the squabbles.

• The Oakland Raiders have released cornerback Stanford Routt less than one year after signing him to a three-year, $31.5 million contract last February. The contract included $20 million in guarantees.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ACC announces new legends class

Eight players who combined for 38 years of NBA experience headline the ACC's 2012 Legend's class.

A pair of prolific point guards leads the class in former Wake Forest All-America Randolph Childress, who led the Deacons to the 1995 ACC championship, and former North Carolina All-America Kenny Smith, who led the Tar Heels to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and was named the national player of the year by Basketball Times in 1987.

Joining them are Boston College's John Bagley, Clemson's Sharone Wright, Duke's Kenny Dennard, Florida State's James Collins, Georgia Tech's Malcolm Mackey, and Maryland's Johnny Rhodes.

Completing this year's ACC Legends class are Miami's Ron Godfrey, N.C. State's Todd Fuller, Virginia's Lee Raker, a versatile forward who helped lead the Cavaliers to the 1981 NCAA Final Four; and Virginia Tech's Dale Solomon, a high-scoring forward who helped lead the Hokies to two NCAA tournament appearances and one NIT berth.

The Legends will be honored at this year's ACC tournament in Atlanta on March 8-11.

SOCCER

U.S. to play Brazil in Landover

The United States' exhibition soccer game against Brazil will be played May 30 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.

Brazil, a five-time World Cup champion, will be playing the Americans for the fourth time in four years. Brazil has won all three in that span.

The U.S. is 1-15 against Brazil, winning in 1998 at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

• The U.S. women's soccer team will play in Japan against the host country and against Brazil in April. The games will be April 1 against the World Cup champion Japanese at Sendai, and April 3 against the Brazilians in Chiba in the new Women's Kirin Challenge Cup.

TENNIS

Federer to face Isner in Davis Cup

Roger Federer will face John Isner in the second singles match today when Switzerland takes on the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup in Fribourg, Switzerland.

Eighth-ranked Mardy Fish will open for the U.S. against No. 28 Stanislas Wawrinka on the indoor clay courts at 7,000-capacity Fribourg Forum.

U.S. captain Jim Courier plans to have 19-year-old Ryan Harrison make his Davis Cup debut Saturday, teaming with Mike Bryan in doubles against Federer and Wawrinka, who won Olympic gold in doubles in Beijing.

But, that could change depending how deep Fish and Isner go in their singles matches.

CYCLING

Ullrich stripped of third-place at 2005 Tour

Cycling revisited its scandal-scarred recent history again when the Court of Arbitration for Sport found a Tour de France winner guilty of doping for the second time this week.

Jan Ullrich, the 1997 champion, was stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for "intensive involvement" in blood doping linked to the Operation Puerto case. The 38-year-old German also was banned from the sport for two years.

Because Ullrich retired in disgrace after the Spanish doping investigation emerged in 2006, his latest shame lacked the impact of Alberto Contador's defeat at sports' highest court Monday.

ELSEWHERE

• Landon Cassill said he's been hired to drive in the Daytona 500 for a team that purchased assets and last year's points from the now defunct Red Bull Racing team. He will drive the No. 83 Toyota.

• Georgetown assistant men's basketball coach Kenya Hunter was released from the hospital after becoming ill following Tuesday's practice.

• Free agent center Michelle Snow has signed with the Washington Mystics. Snow is a 10-year veteran who averaged 5.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks with the Chicago Sky last season.

• Reigning Boston Marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel lead the field of elite runners for the 116th edition of the event April 16.

AROUND THE STATE

• Virginia's Davenport Field, home of the Cavaliers' baseball team, will get improvements for the upcoming season thanks to a large donation from a recent alum. Pitcher Danny Hultzen, who led U.Va. to last season's College World Series as the team's ace, announced a $100,000 donation to the program.

Hultzen, who was selected second overall in the 2011 major-league baseball draft by Seattle, will enter spring training as a candidate for a spot in the Mariners' rotation.

Virginia's first home game of the season is Feb. 21 against William and Mary, with the first home ACC series a March 9-11 clash with the Hokies.

From staff and wire reports