Former IBF champion Paul Spadafora will headline a pro boxing card with a 10-round fight June 24 at the Amphitheatre at Station Square -- the first in his hometown in two years for the McKees Rocks boxer.

An opponent has yet to be announced for Spadafora (41-0-1, 16 knockouts), now a junior welterweight.

He hasn't fought since scoring an eight-round unanimous decision over Shad Howard on April 2008 in Erie. A scheduled March 31 bout at the Hilton Hotel, Downtown, was postponed because of an ankle injury. Promoter Michael Acri said that venue was no longer available.

This fight marks Spadafora's third bout at the outdoor venue, formerly sponsored by I.C. Light and Chevrolet. He defeated Joel Perez there in May 2001 and Francisco Campos there in July '04.

"I am chompin' at the bit to get back into the ring and have never felt stronger. I'm in great shape," Spadafora said in a statement released by Acri. "I can't wait to fight in front of my hometown fans again."

The card also will feature Elizabeth lightweight Rod Salka (7-0, 2 KOs) and McKees Rocks welterweight Jose Caraballo (5-3, 1 KO), as well as the professional debut of Wheeling, W.Va., heavyweight Tommy Poe.

Tickets priced at $103 for ringside, $53 for reserved and $23 for general admission go on sale Tuesday and can be purchased at the amphitheatre's box office, all Ticketmaster outlets and Blue Eagle Sports in McKees Rocks.

College basketball

• Illinois will raise men's coach Bruce Weber's pay by 50 percent -- to $1.25 million a year -- and extend his contract by three years, through April 2015.

Pro basketball

• Sam Cassell, who won three NBA titles in a 15-season career, announced his retirement as a player and immediately joined the coaching staff of the Washington Wizards.

• Detroit Pistons star Richard Hamilton filed a federal lawsuit accusing his former business manager, Josh Nochimson, already at the center of recruiting allegations at Connecticut, of stealing about $1 million from him.

College football

• Two months after deciding to leave Michigan, former Valley wide receiver Toney Clemons says he will enroll at Colorado. Due to NCAA transfer rules, he must sit out a year, but he will have two remaining years of eligibility.

• Notre Dame is interested in celebrating its football history by playing games that will recall some great games of the past, including playing at the new Yankee Stadium. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the Yankee Stadium game is only in the idea stage, however.

• Former Miami quarterback Robert Marve will transfer to Purdue instead of walking on at Tennessee.

Golf

• The West Virginia Golf Hall of Fame has its first two inductees -- former USGA president William C. Campbell and the late Sam Snead, who had 82 PGA Tour wins.

Gymnastics

• Kyle Shewfelt, the first Canadian gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal, says he's retiring.

Motor sports

• Bill Diehl, the attorney for driver Jeremy Mayfield, hinted that he will take legal action to have his client's NASCAR suspension lifted. Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test.

• NASCAR driver Carl Long has appealed his record suspension, allowing him to return to work at Lowe's Motor Speedway. NASCAR deferred Long's 12-race suspension until his June 2 appellate hearing.

• Martin Truex Jr. says he will decide whether to return to Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in the next few weeks.

Tennis

• American John Isner of the United States pulled out of the French Open because of illness.

• Alona Bondarenko broke Maria Sharapova's serve five times and won, 6-2, 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Warsaw Open

• Ayumi Morita of Japan beat third-seeded Peng Shuai of China, 7-5, 6-2, to reach the semifinals of the Strasbourg International.

• Mikhail Youzhny of Russia beat second-seeded Jurgen Melzer, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the semifinals of the Austrian Open.

Off the field

• Hall of Fame player Clint Smith, a two-time winner of the Lady Byng Trophy while with the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers, died. He was 95.

• William "The Refrigerator" Perry was released from the hospital after a monthlong stay for complications of a nervous system disorder.

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