Sports briefs for March 22, 2005

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 | 10:39 a.m.

Rebels add Hawaii to 2006, 2007 schedules

UNLV and Hawaii have agreed to renew their football rivalry with a home-and-home series that begins in 2006.

The Rebels will face the Warriors in Honolulu on Sept. 16, 2006 while Hawaii will visit Sam Boyd Stadium on Sept. 15, 2007.

"Everyone wins when we play a home-and-home series with the University of Hawaii," UNLV athletic director Mike Hamrick said. "It is an exciting trip for our fans and players to make while also producing big crowds here at Sam Boyd Stadium."

The two teams last played in Las Vegas in 2003. UNLV won, 33-22, before the third largest home crowd in school history (34,287) as well as a national cable audience on ESPN2.

Hawaii leads the all-time series that began in 1969, 10-6, but UNLV has won the past three games including a 34-32 victory in Honolulu in 2000 that earned the team a Las Vegas Bowl bid.

-- Steve Guiremand

51s tickets on sale

The 51s began selling individual game tickets for the 2005 Pacific Coast League season at noon today at the Cashman Field box office. The box office is open Monday-Friday from noon-4:30 p.m.

Tickets can also be purchased through TicketMaster (474-4000, www.ticketmaster.com). TicketMaster outlets are located at Smith's Food & Drug, Tower Records and Nellis Air Force Base.

The individual game tickets for the 72-game home season are priced at $7 (general admission), $8 (reserved), $10 (plaza) and $12 (field). A $2.00 discount for military personnel is offered on plaza, reserved and G.A. seats throughout the season. The "dugout seats" for the entire home schedule are sold out.

Hewitt withdraws

Lleyton Hewitt withdrew from this week's Nasdaq-100 Open with a toe injury, a day after losing the Pacific Life Open final to Roger Federer. No. 2-ranked Hewitt hurt the toe during his semifinal victory against Andy Roddick at Indian Wells, Calif., and aggravated it during Sunday's final against Federer.

Chavez will fight again

Nearly a year after defeating Frankie Randall in what Julio Cesar Chavez, said was his final fight, he has another one lined up.

Chavez, 42, will take on Ivan Robinson in a 10-round super lightweight fight May 28 at Staples Center that is being billed as the Mexican's "Adios" to Los Angeles.

Surgery for Norman

Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman had surgery today in Pittsburgh on his back and said he hopes to resume playing within three months.