Roland Garros may lose French Open

The French Open may move to Versailles or Disneyland Paris because of political uncertainty about expansion at Roland Garros, its tournament director said.

"We are short of space," Gilbert Ysern said in an interview Tuesday. "We strongly believe that if we do not expand our facilities, we could endanger the tournament."

French Open tennis organizers are considering three options on the outskirts of Paris: a site near the Palace of Versailles; a location in Marne-la-Vallee, where Disneyland Paris is based; or Gonesse, which is close to Charles de Gaulle airport.

Big 12 boss wants commitments With speculation swirling about Missouri and Nebraska being targets for possible Big Ten expansion, commissioner Dan Beebe opened the Big 12's spring meetings with a plea for staying together. At the same time, Beebe agreed there was little chance the Big 12's future would be decided before the meetings adjourn on Friday afternoon. No decision by Missouri, Nebraska or anybody else about leaving the conference is expected for several months. He said he hopes to get long-term commitments from his members before the meetings close Friday. "I don't know if that's realistic," he said.

69-year-old runner took short cut A 69-year-old man who was credited with running the London Marathon in a record time for his age group has been disqualified for taking a 10-mile shortcut. Questions were raised after Anthony Gaskell finished the April 25 race in 3 hours, 5 minutes, the fastest ever for the over-65 age group. Gaskell said he dropped out in the middle of the race because of injury and walked to the finish, cutting out part of the course. He said he never claimed to have won the age-group race and didn't check the results on the website.

Marathon organizers confirmed that Gaskell had been disqualified and 66-year-old Colin Rathbone declared the over-65 winner. Rathbone finished 38 seconds behind Gaskell.

AROUND THE HORN

Auto racing: Former NASCAR driver James Edward Neal was accused of attempted rape just hours after completing a two-week sentence for a high-speed chase with deputies. Neal allegedly went to the home of a woman and was arrested around 6 a.m. after deputies responded to a report of a man and woman fighting. ... IndyCar driver Ryan Hunter-Reay had successful surgery on his left thumb and is being fitted for a carbon-fiber splint that will allow him to race Saturday at Texas. ... Richard Jackson, who fielded cars in NASCAR's top two levels for 26 years, died. He was 74.

NBA: Kings point guard Tyreke Evans is facing a court date after being stopped for reckless driving in California. The California Highway Patrol cited the NBA's Rookie of the Year for driving more than 100 mph on the interstate. ... Lakers center Pau Gasol has decided not to play for Spain at the world basketball championships this summer, choosing to rest up from three years of nearly nonstop play.

NFL: Eagles defensive back Marlin Jackson ruptured his Achilles' tendon during practice. ... Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger returned to Steelers practice looking trimmer than he has in the past couple of seasons.

College football: Florida coach Urban Meyer is taking medication, feeling "fantastic" and hoping his chest pain is history. Meyer said doctors have diagnosed the chest pain that bothered him the past three years as esophageal spasms.

College softball: Washington pitcher Danielle Lawrie was named national softball player of the year for the second consecutive time.

WNBA: Lauren Jackson scored a season-high 32 points to help Seattle hand Atlanta its first loss of the season, 90-72.