Basketball

Unwanted by the NBA, Allen Iverson is considering playing in China. Gary Moore, Iverson's personal manager, says Iverson has not been contacted by any NBA team with training camps set to open in less than two weeks. Moore says there is "legitimate interest" between Iverson and a team in China to work out a deal. Moore did not know the team's name. Moore says a Chinese team first approached the 35-year-old Iverson last month. Iverson is 17th on the NBA's career scoring list with 24,368 points over a 14-year career with Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit and Memphis.

Boxing

An arrest report alleges that Floyd Mayweather Jr. threatened and hit his ex-girlfriend in an argument that led to a felony charge that he stole her cell phone last week. Mayweather's 10-year-old son told police he witnessed his father hitting and kicking 30-year-old Josie Harris during the argument at Harris' home in southwest Las Vegas. The 33-year-old Mayweather hasn't been charged with domestic battery or assault. He turned himself in to police on Friday and was freed from jail on $3,000 bail after being booked on a grand larceny charge over the missing cell phone. He's due in court Nov. 9. Mayweather's lawyer, Richard Wright, wasn't available Monday. On Friday, he denied wrongdoing on Mayweather's behalf.

Ricky Hatton's spokesman says the former boxing champion has been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic following British newspaper reports of cocaine use. Max Clifford says the former four-time world champion in two weight divisions was diagnosed Monday with depression and a drinking problem by a specialist. Clifford says "the drugs are quite recent and not actually the problem." Clifford says Hatton's father "and others have been increasingly concerned about his depression and his drinking." The News of the World published a front-page picture Sunday that it says shows Hatton snorting cocaine two weeks ago.

Media

Prosecutors say ESPN personality and AOL sports columnist Jay Mariotti will be charged in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in Los Angeles. City attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said Monday that seven misdemeanors are being filed against Mariotti, including domestic violence with injury, false imprisonment and grand theft. Each count carries a maximum of a year in jail. Mariotti was arrested last month on the city's west side. Mariotti lives in Los Angeles. He is a panelist on the ESPN show "Around the Horn" and writes a regular column for the sports website Fanhouse.com, which is owned by AOL. He was a longtime columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz could not immediately be reached for comment.

Sailing

America's Cup organizers say the next regatta will be sailed in 2013 with 72-foot catamarans. Early indications had been that the 34th America's Cup would be held in 2014. But organizers announced Monday the competition will take place a year earlier and will feature a new class of boat - the AC72 with a wingsail catamaran. The venue won't be announced until the end of the year. The leading contenders are San Francisco, Valencia and a port near Rome. The switch from traditional monohulls to catamarans should make for faster, more exciting racing. Catamarans and trimarans have been sailed in the America's Cup before, but only because of lack of mutual consent for a class rule.

Football

Shortly after catching a pass for the winning touchdown, Central Catholic player Hayward Demison's heart stopped last Friday. The Oregonian reports that the 6-foot-1, 195-pound high school junior thought he was suffering from an asthma attack. He wasn't. He was having a heart attack. After people realized the gravity of the situation, a nurse rushed out from the stands to do chest compressions. After 60 compressions and two rescue breaths, Demison's pulse came back. Demison has been diagnosed with a heart defect, but his heart didn't sustain damage after the cardiac arrest and he will under go surgery in two weeks. Doctors expect a full recovery. Demison says he's truly blessed and thankful to the nurse who saved his life.

Alabama tailback Mark Ingram practiced Monday, wearing a brace on his left knee. The Heisman Trophy winner appears on track to return against Duke after missing the first two games with a knee injury. The top-ranked Crimson Tide also is set to get defensive end Marcell Dareus back from a two-game suspension. Ingram worked some last Thursday, but the coaches decided he didn't log enough practice time to risk playing for the top-ranked Tide against Penn State. He had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee five days before the opener against San Jose State.

An ex-girlfriend is accusing former Missouri running back Derrick Washington of hitting her in the face several times before he was arrested a second time for alleged domestic assault. A Columbia police domestic violence specialist is investigating the latest complaint against the Tigers' one-time team captain. The 21-year-old senior was charged in August with sexually assaulting a former tutor. He was kicked off the Missouri team about a week before those felony charges were filed. In the latest incident, Washington reportedly refused to leave the 23-year-old woman's apartment shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday. He was arrested at his apartment 90 minutes later. The woman had a swollen forehead and a bloody nose. Washington told police he had argued with her but denied hitting the woman.