Duke junior forward David McClure had participated in offseason workouts and pickup games this summer with his Blue Devils basketball teammates.

On Tuesday, he still had surgery on his right knee and will miss six to eight weeks of preparation for the 2007-08 season. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who is in Las Vegas with the U.S. national team, said in a release that McClure needed the surgery to alleviate pain in the knee.

McClure has had trouble with both knees. He had surgery on his left knee after his freshman season (2004-05) and redshirted during the 2005-06 season while recovering. As a sophomore in 2006-07, he averaged 4.2 points and 4.9 rebounds.

"The surgery will eliminate some lingering pain he has been dealing with and give him a chance to start the season at 100 percent," Krzyzewski said in the release. "He is a tough young man, and we anticipate that he will be ready to go when practice starts in October."

FOOTBALL

DEACONS SCRIMMAGE CUT SHORT: Heavy thunderstorms forced the Wake Forest football team to cut short its scrimmage Tuesday afternoon at Groves Stadium.

The Deacons ran 51 plays in 39 minutes before the storm arrived.

The Wake Forest offense scored a pair of touchdowns. Riley Skinner tossed a 3-yard pass to Micah Andrews and Kevin Harris scored on a 10-yard touchdown run. Sam Swank added field goals of 18 and 22 yards.

Skinner completed 10 of 12 passes for 119 yards.

"We didn't learn a lot in 39 minutes," coach Jim Grobe said. "We just need to take care of the ball, and we did a good job of that today. We need more work but it was just too nasty to stay out there."

CANES WILL MOVE TO DOLPHIN STADIUM: Miami will play at Dolphin Stadium starting in 2008, leaving the historic but decaying Orange Bowl in what university president Donna Shalala called "a painful and sad decision."

The Orange Bowl hosted a dozen games that decided college football's national championship, five Super Bowls and a speech by John F. Kennedy. Miami football called it home for seven decades.

University trustees voted to make the move Tuesday, despite the offer of $206 million by city officials to renovate one of Miami's best-known landmarks.

With the Hurricanes set to depart, the Orange Bowl no longer will have a primary tenant -- putting the building's future in serious doubt. Some believe demolition may be an option, and the site also has been mentioned as a possible home for the Florida Marlins, who want a baseball-only facility.

Miami agreed to a 25-year lease and could collect more than $2 million in additional revenue annually by moving to Dolphin Stadium, which will carry a new corporate-sponsored name by 2010.

Miami first played at the Orange Bowl in 1937. The Hurricanes won three national championship games on that field, had a NCAA-record 58-game home winning streak from 1985 through 1994 and have drawn more than 17 million fans there over the years.

MOUNTAINEERS PAIR SUSPENDED: West Virginia suspended cornerback Ellis Lankster and linebacker J.T. Thomas on Tuesday, two days after they were arrested for transferring and receiving stolen property.

Lankster and Thomas were charged Sunday. Police said the stolen item was a laptop computer.

In a statement, West Virginia said the players were suspended indefinitely pending the conclusion of the legal process. They face a Sept. 10 preliminary hearing.

SOFTBALL

PYRON JOINS CAMELS: Jay Pyron has been hired as assistant coach at Campbell after spending three seasons in a similar role at N.C. State, Camels softball coach Drew Peterson announced on Tuesday.

Pyron replaces Nicole Fox, who resigned last month after three seasons as Campbell's pitching coach.

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