Vickers races to his fifth pole of the season AGREEING TO DISAGREE

Former NFL star Bruce Smith was convicted of drunk driving by a judge who rejected his claim that old football injuries, not alcohol, were responsible for his poor performance on field sobriety tests. . . . Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in Tennessee and will be on probation for three months. . . . A judge blocked the NFL's plan to suspend Minnesota Vikings linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, a move their attorney said should let them start the season with camp beginning in three weeks.

ETC.

Mexico gets a tie, Guadeloupe wins

Stephane Auvray and Ludovic Gotin scored one minute apart in the second half and Guadeloupe clinched a berth in the Gold Cup quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Nicaragua at Houston. In the second game, Miguel Sabah scored for Mexico and Blas Perez scored for Panama in a 1-1 tie.

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Kentucky Derby runner-up Pioneerof The Nile has been retired because of a soft-tissue injury in his left front leg. . . . Jockey Rafael Bejarano won his 2,000th career race when he rode Good Time Sally to victory in the fifth race at Hollywood Park.

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Roger Federer and Andy Roddick's epic Wimbledon final Sunday was the most-viewed men's final at the All England Club in 10 years. NBC said that an average of 5.71 million people tuned in.

PASSINGS

Liu, 42, ex-USC volleyball MVP

Jen-Kai Liu, the MVP of USC's 1988 NCAA men's volleyball championship team, has died. He was 42. Liu died of heart failure on June 1 in Shanghai.