Sports Desk
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BASEBALLL
Giambi Has Wrist Surgery, Expected To Be Ready for Spring Training
The Yankees’ first baseman, Jason Giambi, underwent surgery to repair a torn tendon in his left wrist yesterday and is expected to be ready for the start of spring training.
Giambi was bothered by a sore wrist down the stretch and had at least three pain-killing injections. He hit only .192 in September and homered just once after August 20.
The former AL MVP hit .253 with 37 home runs and 113 RBIs, then went 1-for-8 in the playoff loss to Detroit.
Utilityman Andy Phillips had arthoscopic surgery on his right knee yesterday, and was expected to be ready by the start of spring training. He hit .240 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs in 246 at-bats.
The Yankees also decided not to renew the contract of the team’s media relations director, Rick Cerrone.
BASKETBALL
Mavs Sign Howard To 4-Year Extension
DALLAS — The Mavericks’ forward, Josh Howard, agreed to a four-year, $40 million contract extension yesterday through the 2010–11 season.
Howard will play for $1.6 million this season, the last on his existing contract. Howard said he did not want to test the free-agent market after the season.
“I’m glad it’s done,” Howard said before Dallas’ preseason game last night against Milwaukee. “I knew I wanted to stay here as long as I could. Now I want to continue to play hard and get better.”
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Knight Agrees to Extension at Texas Tech
Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has agreed to a contract extension that would keep him with the Red Raiders through 2012.
Knight, who needs 11 wins this season to pass Dean Smith’s 879 to become the winningest men’s coach in NCAA Division I history, has not yet signed the extension, an assistant athletic director at the university and Knight’s son, Tim Knight, said yesterday.
GOLF
Rose Just Misses PGA Tour Record, Shoots 60 at Disney
Justin Rose dropped his putter, put his hands on his knees and dropped his head. He paused, looked up and managed a wry smile, knowing just how close he came to shooting a 59 yesterday.
Rose missed a 14-foot birdie putt on no. 18, leaving him a stroke away from matching the PGA Tour record shared by Al Geiberger (1977), Chip Beck (1991) and David Duval (1999). The 26-year-old Englishman settled for a 12-under 60, course and tournament records, and a four-stroke lead yesterday in the Funai Classic at Disney.
TENNIS
Roddick Knocked Out Of Madrid Masters
Tomas Berdych served 23 aces yesterday and beat sixth-seeded Andy Roddick 7–6 (7), 6–3 in the third round of the Madrid Masters.
The 11th-ranked Czech had the only break of the match in the sixth game of the second set, hitting a winner after Roddick had received treatment on his left ankle.
“It’s the same ankle I had injured earlier this year during the clay-court season. I just kind of tweaked it again,” Roddick said.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won in contrasting styles to advance to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters.
HOCKEY
Russian Club Seeks To Stop Rookie Malkin From Playing
A Russian hockey club filed an antitrust lawsuit yesterday against the NHL and the Pittsburgh Penguins, saying rookie Evgeni Malkin shouldn’t be allowed to play in the league because he remains under contract in his native country.
The Metallurg Magnitogorsk hockey club, which filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, also demanded unspecified damages from the NHL and the Penguins over Malkin’s deal to jump teams this summer.
A Penguins spokesman, Tom McMillan, said the team hadn’t received the lawsuit and doesn’t comment on litigation.
— Associated Press