Gruber to chat today

Former Kansas University distance runner and current Olympian Charlie Gruber will participate in an online chat at 3 p.m. today at KUsports.com.

Gruber has qualified for the 1,500-meter run at the Athens Summer Olympics. Opening ceremonies will be a week from today, with Gruber not scheduled run until a week later on Aug. 20.

Visit KUsports.com to submit questions before the chat and to follow along once it begins.

Former Jayhawks

Patriots sign Stubblefield

Foxboro, Mass. — New England has signed yet another veteran to fit in with the younger players on coach Bill Belichick’s defense — Dana Stubblefield, the 1997 NFL defensive player of the year.

In 11 NFL seasons, the 33-year-old defensive tackle, a Kansas University product, has played for San Francisco, Washington and Oakland, winning a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in 1994. He was with the Raiders last season after a second stint with the 49ers.

Last month, Stubblefield was one of three players fined three games’ salary for testing positive for the steroid THG in 2003.

Stubblefield has appeared before the grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which has been at the center of a steroids controversy in several sports.

Baseball

White Sox add Alomar

Phoenix — Angered with Chicago’s inconsistency and refusing to concede the division title, White Sox general manager Ken Williams again is looking to Roberto Alomar for help.

The White Sox acquired Alomar from Arizona on Thursday, the second straight year Williams has traded for the 12-time All-Star second baseman for the stretch run. For Alomar, the White Sox gave the Diamondbacks a player to be named and cash.

Alomar, 36, batted .309 with three home runs and 16 RBIs in 39 games for Arizona. He missed 56 games because of a broken right hand after being hit by a pitch on April 20 in Milwaukee.

Alomar, who will be reunited with his older brother, Sandy, is expected to be in Chicago for tonight’s home game against Cleveland.

Brown, Yankees prevail

Kevin Brown threw four-hit ball over eight shutout innings to beat Oakland’s Barry Zito, and newly signed John Olerud went 3-for-3 with a two-run double on his 36th birthday, leading the New York Yankees over the Athletics, 5-1. Baseball on pages 4C, 6C.