BASEBALL

CRISP OUT WITH FRACTURE IN HAND New Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp has a fracture on the base of his index finger on his left hand and will be sidelined for at least 10 days. Crisp’s hand will be immobilized in a splint for 10 days and then reevaluated, the team’s medical director said yesterday.

CUBS INK LEE TO FIVE-YEAR DEAL National League batting champion Derrek Lee and the Chicago Cubs agreed to a $65 million, five-year contract, a deal expected to be announced today. Lee is making $8 million in the final season of a $22.5 million, three-year deal. His new contract calls for a $13 million annual salary from 2006-2010 and contains a no-trade clause, one person familiar with the agreement said on condition of anonymity.

Lee finished last season by leading the NL in average (.335), hits (199), and doubles, (50) and hit 46 homers with 107 RBI while winning a Gold Glove at first base.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TEXAS’S ALDRIDGE HEADED TO NBA Texas sophomore forward LaMarcus Aldridge said yesterday night he intends to enter the NBA draft, where he’s expected to be among the top picks. The 6-foot-10 Aldridge averaged 15 points and 9.2 rebounds for the Longhorns, who won the regular-season Big 12 title and got within one game of the Final Four before losing in the Atlanta Regional final.

HOCKEY

PREDATORS LOSE VOKOUN FOR POSTSEASON Predators goaltender Tomas Vokoun is out for the postseason because of blood clots. The goalie who won 36 of Nashville’s first 41 victories this season has pelvic thrombophlebitis and will miss the final four games of the regular season and the postseason, general manager David Poile announced yesterday. Clearly their most valuable player,Vokoun,29,had played in 61 of the Predators’ first 74 games this season. He ranked fifth in the NHL with a record of 36-18-7, had a 2.67 goals against average, and a .919 save percentage.

ROBITAILLE TO REITRE AT SEASON’S END Luc Robitaille, the highest scoring left wing in NHL history, will retire at the end of the season, the Los Angeles Kings said yesterday. Robitaille, the Kings’ career leader in goals, will hold a news conference today to discuss his decision.

Robitaille, who turned 40 in February, has 15 goals and nine assists in 62 games this season, his 19th in the NHL. He has 668 goals and 726 points for 1,394 points in 1,428 regular season games with the Kings, Pittsburgh, the Rangers, and Detroit. In 159 playoff games, he has 58 goals and 69 assists. He helped Detroit win the 2002 Stanley Cup. Robitaille has made a career of breaking records at his position. He scored the most goals in a season for a left wing, with 63 in 1992-93. He is also the only one to record eight straight seasons of at least 40 goals.

In January, the fan-favorite nicknamed “Lucky” broke the Kings’ franchise record for goals with a hat trick in a win over Atlanta.

– Associated Press