New York ? Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is ignoring calls to move next year’s All-Star game from Phoenix because of Arizona’s new immigration law.

Asked about such demands at a news conference Thursday following an owners meeting, he responded with a defense of baseball’s minority-hiring record.

“Apparently all the people around and in minority communities think we’re doing OK. That’s the issue, and that’s the answer,” he said. “I told the clubs today: ‘Be proud of what we’ve done.’ They are. We should. And that’s our answer. We control our own fate, and we’ve done very well.”

Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said he wouldn’t participate in next year’s All-Star game if it remains in Arizona because of the law, which empowers police to determine a person’s immigration status. The Major League Baseball Players Association condemned the law, and Rep. Jose Serrano, a New York Democrat whose district includes Yankee Stadium, sent Selig a letter asking him to move the game.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UK confident in Calipari

Lexington, Ky. — Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart hears the reports that NBA teams are pursuing John Calipari.

He’s fine with it. In a way, Barnhart views it as a compliment for the remarkable job Calipari has done reviving the Wildcats.

“I think that any time you’ve got a coach of his quality, there’s going to be conversations about that,” Barnhart said Thursday.

Yet Barnhart isn’t worried about Calipari bolting for the pros.

“I’m very confident he’s going to be our coach next year,” he said. “He’s made comments to me that he wants to be here a long time.”

Several reports have linked Calipari to the vacant head-coaching position with the NBA’s Chicago Bulls. Calipari has ties to the organization through star point guard Derrick Rose, who played for Calipari at Memphis.

Calipari also raised eyebrows Tuesday night by making an appearance in Cleveland, where good friend LeBron James and the rest of the Cavaliers lost to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Ohio State forward injured

Columbus, Ohio — Ohio State forward David Lighty has refractured a bone in his left foot and will undergo surgery. Coach Thad Matta said that Lighty suffered the injury during spring workouts Tuesday and will have surgery today at the Ohio State Medical Center.

NFL

Cushing denies drug use

Houston — Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing said Thursday he neither injected nor ingested any banned substances even though he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Cushing was suspended for four games without pay last week for violating the NFL’s drug policy. His appeal was denied. Cushing confirmed he tested positive for HCG, a fertility drug that is on the league’s banned substance list.

“The question of how it got into my body is still unclear,” he said. “It’s something that I’m very personally concerned about, just the fact that how it’s there and what’s going to determine it from happening again, and that’s something we’re going to have to medically investigate.”

League appealing case

Minneapolis — The NFL is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision that allowed Minnesota Vikings defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams to challenge their four-game suspensions for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. The NFL cited the National Labor Relations Act in its filing Thursday.

No charges in Dillon case

Los Angeles — Prosecutors say they will not file criminal charges against former NFL running back Corey Dillon, who was arrested earlier this month after an argument with his wife.

TENNIS

Federer, Nadal advance

Madrid — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday with straight set victories. The top-ranked Federer beat Swiss countryman Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-3, 6-1, and second-ranked Nadal defeated John Isner of the United States, 7-5, 6-4.

AUTO RACING

Driver Vickers hospitalized

Charlotte, N.C. — NASCAR driver Brian Vickers was being treated Thursday for an undisclosed medical condition that will prevent him from racing this weekend at Dover International Speedway. Red Bull Racing said Vickers was hospitalized Wednesday night and being held for further testing.

GOLF

Australian leads in Texas

San Antonio — Matt Jones eagled the par-5 14th hole and finished with a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the Texas Open. Jones, the 30-year-old Australian who played at Arizona State, also had four birdies in a back-nine 30 on the Greg Norman-designed Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio, the tournament’s new site after 15 years at La Cantera.

Paul Stankowski opened with a 67, and J.B. Holmes, Matt Weibring, Charley Hoffman and Steve Lowery had 68s. Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland shot a 75.

Bell Micro LPGA Classic

Mobile, Ala. — Azahara Munoz shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Katherine Hull and Jee Young Lee in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic, the LPGA Tour’s first event since Erica Blasberg was found dead. Munoz, the former Spanish amateur star who won the 2008 NCAA individual title to lead Arizona State to the team championship, had a bogey-free round on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove complex. Blasberg died Sunday in suburban Las Vegas, and her agent said she had been all set to attempt to qualify for the field at Magnolia Grove.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Minnesota names QB

Minneapolis — Minnesota is sticking with Adam Weber at quarterback. Coach Tim Brewster says Weber will get the nod for the Golden Gophers in the season opener against Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 2.