*NFL: Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh will meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell and Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday to discuss New England’s taping of opposing coaches’ signals.
*TENNIS: The U.S. Open’s cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and the Tennis Channel in 2009. … Anna Kournikova has relaunched her Web site www.Kournikova.com.
*CYCLING: The World Anti-Doping Agency has spent more than $1 million fighting the appeal by Floyd Landis of its decision to deny him the 2006 Tour de France title for doping. … A crash knocked American David Zabriskie from the Giro d’Italia.
*OLYMPICS: World record-holder Asafa Powell resumed training after a chest injury and said he’d be ready for Beijing. … The Cuban national judo team thinks missing star Yurisel Laborde, who left the team at a Miami event, is defecting.
*GOLF: Jonathan Prior, assistant pro at Twin Orchard C.C. in Long Grove, advanced to sectional qualifying from a U.S. Open local qualifier in Chesterton, Ind.
*SOCCER: Landon Donovan (strained calf) will miss the Galaxy’s friendly Tuesday in Vancouver, but David Beckham will play.
*WEIGHTLIFTING: The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspended Josh Moreau for two years after his second violation.
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EDITED BY LEE C. GORDON FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
