*RUNNING: Australian record-holder Benita Johnson leads the elite field announced Monday for the Oct. 7 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. She set her country’s mark in Chicago last year (2 hours 22 minutes 36 seconds) while finishing third. Romania’s Nuta Olaru and Russia’s Alevtina Ivanova also are in the field.
*HORSE RACING: Champion thoroughbred John Henry is recovering well after battling dehydration last week, officials at the Kentucky Horse Park said. The 32-year-old gelding, who was Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, was treated with intravenous fluids last week.
*TENNIS: A trademark lawsuit by Andre Agassi alleges that Target Corp. sold a sandal using his name without his permission. The retailer said it was trying to relabel all of the sandals when Agassi Enterprises found the offending footwear.
*COLLEGES: Suspended Montana cornerback Jimmy Wilson pleaded not guilty in Lancaster, Calif., to a murder charge stemming from the shooting death of his aunt’s 29-year-old boyfriend. … Former Oklahoma State star Byron Houston was sentenced to four years in prison for violating probation on an indecent-exposure conviction. … Alabama point guard Ron Steele’s comeback from off-season surgery on both knees will wait another year. Steele said he would take a medical redshirt for what would have been his senior season.
