*THE LAW: Federal agents seized Thursday more than 40,000 doses of illegal anabolic steroids from a central New Jersey home they said was being used as a factory. The manufacturing was done in the basement of the Sayreville home of Alfred Scarpa, 34, an electrician who was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Agency, authorities said. Scarpa, 34, admitted he was involved with buying, making and selling steroids, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. He was ordered held without bail.
*NHL: Sabres defenseman Teppo Numminen, 39, had open-heart surgery to repair a faulty valve and hopes to be back on the ice within three months.
*HORSE RACING: In Delaware, Ohio, Jody Jamieson drove Tell All to a front-running half-length victory in harness racing’s Little Brown Jug, the second leg in the Triple Crown for 3-year-old pacers. Always A Virgin had won the Cane Pace, the first leg. … Arlington Million winner Jambalaya has an acute bone bruise that will force him to miss the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27.
*TENNIS: Lindsay Davenport advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open by defeating Eleni Daniilidou 7-5 6-3 in Beijing. Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic routed Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0, 6-0.
