Sports briefs

Football

VOLUNTEERS SUSPENDED: Tennessee quarterback Brent Schaeffer and receiver Bret Smith were suspended indefinitely from the team Monday, a day after they were charged with hitting a student who was arguing with Schaeffer's girlfriend in a dormitory.

The players were arrested at a dorm where many athletes live. They were charged with misdemeanor assault and released on their own recognizance Sunday after the early morning fight. Their arraignments are set for April 18.

Coach Phillip Fulmer suspended the players, who will miss the remaining two days of spring practice this week and the annual Orange and White game Saturday. Part of Schaeffer's actions was caught on tape by a video camera in the dorm lobby, University of Tennessee police said.

BULLDOGS ARRESTED: Georgia defensive tackle Kedric Golston and linebacker Derrick White were arrested for disorderly conduct for their roles in a bar fight. Golston also was charged with simple battery of a police officer and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. All charges are misdemeanors.

Cycling

ARMSTRONG JOINS IN: Lance Armstrong was a surprise entry at a cycling race in California, stunning riders at the line minutes before the start and then finishing 15th in the Lemire Memorial Grand Prix. Wearing a blue and white jersey, the Tour de France champion took his place with others for the 90-minute criterium race through rural Ventura County on Sunday. Armstrong, who rarely rides in the United States, is tuning up for an attempt this summer for a record seventh straight title at the Tour de France. He is scheduled to ride in the Tour of Georgia on April 19-24.

Golf

WIE PLAYING PGA AGAIN: Michelle Wie accepted a sponsor's exemption Monday to play in the John Deere Classic, the second time this year the 15-year-old from Hawaii will take her promising game to the PGA Tour. Wie played the Sony Open in Honolulu the second week of the year and had rounds of 75-74 to miss the cut by seven shots. A year ago, she shot 68 in the second round of the Sony Open — the lowest score ever by a female competing against men — to miss the cut by one shot.

That got the attention of the John Deere Classic, which tried to lure the teenager last year. This time, Wie accepted.