BASKETBALL

WADE TO SEEK SECOND OPINION ON SHOULDER INJURY

Heat guard Dwyane Wade will seek a second opinion early this week before deciding whether to rehabilitate his dislocated left shoulder or have season-ending surgery to repair the joint.

“The sooner the better,” Miami coach and president Pat Riley said Sunday before the Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 86–81, only their second win in nine games without Wade this season.

If Wade chooses the rehab option, he could return to Miami’s lineup in about six weeks, or with around 10 regular-season games remaining. He was presented with his recovery options Thursday, one day after suffering the injury in a collision with Houston’s Shane Battier, but has not announced a decision.

FOOTBALL

CAUSE OF DEATH OF BRONCOS’ RUNNING BACK NOT KNOWN

Damien Nash had just come home from a charity basketball game he’d organized in his brother’s honor when he collapsed in front of his wife and 7-month-old girl.

The Denver Broncos’ running back died Saturday and the cause remained unclear yesterday, but his grieving mother knows what she must do. After one son’s death and a heart ailment that caused another son to require a transplant last year, Kim Nash is taking her daughter to a cardiologist next week.

“My son,” she told the Associated Press amid sobs, “is giving me the strength right now to talk.”

Damien Nash collapsed in his suburban St. Louis home after returning from a charity game.