BASEBALL

Selig says Rose could play All-Star role in 2015 — Pete Rose may have a role to play in next year’s All-Star game in Cincinnati despite his lifetime ban from baseball. The career hits leader generally is not allowed in any areas of major league ballparks not open to fans. But the former Reds star was allowed to participate in baseball’s All-Century team ceremony at Atlanta’s Turner Field during the 1999 World Series and was permitted to be on the field at Great American Ballpark in 2010 for a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of his record-setting 4,192nd hit. The Reds host the 2015 All-Star game on July 14, and Commissioner Bud Selig left open the possibility Rose could play a part. “That will be up to the Cincinnati club, and they know what they can do and can’t do,” Selig said Tuesday. “It’s sort of been subjective. But they’ve done some things with Pete, but they’ve been very, very thoughtful and limited. But that’s a subject that I’m sure they’ll discuss in the next year.”

BASKETBALL

Silver: No guarantee Sterling out by season start — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he is hopeful that the proposed $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers will be completed before next season begins. But he could not guarantee that will happen because the deal is currently held up in the courts. Silver spoke Tuesday evening after a meeting of the NBA’s Board of Governors in Las Vegas. He says he cannot guarantee Donald Sterling will be out as owner of the Clippers because he is fighting the sale. Sterling’s wife Shelly has agreed to sell the team to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But Donald Sterling is challenging Shelly’s right to make that deal, and delays have pushed closing arguments back to July 28. Silver says the process is on hold until that case has been resolved.

Wolves, Warriors restart Love talks — The Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors have reopened trade talks for All-Star forward Kevin Love. With most of the NBA in Las Vegas for summer league games, the sides have had a chance to meet face-to-face to talk about a deal mentioned as a possibility for more than a month. The Warriors have been reluctant to include shooting guard Klay Thompson in any package, which has been considered a deal-breaker for the Timberwolves. There were no signs that the Warriors were ready to change their position on Thompson.

Schimmel has WNBA’s top-selling jersey — Rookie Shoni Schimmel, a former standout at Hermiston and Portland’s Franklin high schools who is now a member of the Atlanta Dream, has the top-selling jersey in the WNBA. The No. 8 draft pick out of Louisville leads the list announced Tuesday, ahead of Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock. It’s the third time in four seasons a rookie has held the top spot. Also on Tuesday, Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike became the first pair of sisters to be chosen to participate in the WNBA All-Star game when the league announced the reserves. The other Eastern Conference reserves are New York’s Tina Charles, Chicago’s Jessica Breland, Atlanta’s Erika de Souza, Connecticut’s Katie Douglas and Indiana’s Briann January. The Western Conference reserves are Minnesota’s Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen, Phoenix’s Candice Dupree, Tulsa’s Glory Johnson and San Antonio’s Danielle Robinson.

Bulls amnesty Boozer— The Chicago Bulls said goodbye to forward Carlos Boozer on Tuesday, using the amnesty clause to cut the veteran forward after four seasons with the team. Boozer came to Chicago in a sign-and-trade deal with Utah in July 2010. The two-time All-Star averaged 15.5 points and nine rebounds in 280 games with the Bulls. He had one season left on a five-year deal worth roughly $75 million. The amnesty clause allows a team to waive one player during the current labor deal and have 100 percent of his salary taken off the cap and the tax. The 6-foot-9 power forward is still owed the money. The 32-year-old Boozer took to Twitter to thank the team for his four seasons with Chicago.

FOOTBALL

No playoff expansion in near future — There have been no discussions about expanding the new College Football Playoff to include more than four teams, according to the group’s executive director. Bill Hancock said Tuesday that he doesn’t see expansion in the immediate future for the new postseason format. “I really don’t,” said Hancock, adding that the reason the playoff was set up for the next 12 years was to provide stability. Hancock adds that the reason for sticking with four teams for the playoff is two-fold, “To protect the regular season and protect the bowl experience for student-athletes from top to bottom.” He said there is a concern that too many teams in a playoff could create a tipping point that would erode the regular season. “We’re going to have four for a long time and it’s going to be awesome,” Hancock said.

Chris Kluwe’s lawyer threatens to sue Vikings — Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe intends to sue the team over allegations of anti-gay conduct by a coach, his lawyer said Tuesday. Lawyer Clayton Halunen said they’ll seek a copy of the Vikings’ internal investigation and make it public if they can. They accused the Vikings of reneging on a pledge to release the report, which they believe corroborates Kluwe’s claims. The Vikings hired two outside lawyers to examine Kluwe’s claims that special teams coordinator Mike Priefer used slurs and taunts to try to quash Kluwe’s outspoken support for gay marriage. Priefer denied the allegations. Kluwe was cut in May 2013 after eight seasons with the Vikings.

— From wire reports