Month: December 2007

With Antonio Daniels set to return to their starting lineup, the Washington Wizards waived guard Mike Wilks on Monday. Wilks played in four games and averaged 1.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 11 minutes. Washington was his eighth NBA club since he started with the Atlanta Hawks during the 2002-03 season. The Wizards signed Wilks after…

Milwaukee Bucks point guard Mo Williams will miss Monday’s game against the Detroit Pistons with tendinitis in his left Achilles tendon. Williams, Milwaukee’s second-leading scorer, was averaging 21.3 points and 9.3 assists in his last four games. He was replaced in the starting lineup by Charlie Bell.

Former Denver general manager Kiki Vandeweghe has joined the Nets as a special assistant to New Jersey president Rod Thorn. Vandeweghe, who served as the Nuggets’ general manager from 2001-06, will help Thorn prepare for the NBA draft and evaluate players. “Kiki has been a mainstay in the league for almost two decades, first as…

A jumps race at Tramore in south-east Ireland on Monday ended in farce with nine of the jockeys banned for five days.

A jumps race at Tramore in south-east Ireland on Monday ended in farce with nine of the jockeys banned for five days.

Danny Green has made coming off the bench something of a show for top-ranked North Carolina this season. First comes his gyrating dance moves from the Smith Center sideline just before tipoff. Then comes a solid all-around game that has made the Tar Heels deep and dangerous. The junior matched his career-high with 20 points…

Wink Adams had 20 points and seven assists to lead UNLV over Minnesota 81-64 on Sunday in the final game of the Duel of the Desert. Adams, who was the tournament’s MVP, went 8-of-9 from the free-throw line and had five rebounds. The Rebels swept the three-game, four-team round-robin tournament, which also included Nicholls State…

Jason Rich hit a short jumper with 4.3 seconds left to lift Florida State to a 66-64 win over Georgia Tech on Sunday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. The Yellow Jackets had a chance to tie but Zack Peacock’s off-balance jumper at the buzzer never had a chance, falling short.

Bruce Price scored 17 points to lead Tennessee State to a 60-58 upset road win against Illinois on Sunday. Jerrell Houston added 12 points for Tennessee State (4-7), which last played on Dec. 22 in an 83-74 loss to No. 15 Vanderbilt. The Tigers led 29-24 at halftime behind 40 percent shooting from the field…

Iowa freshman forward Jarryd Cole tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Saturday and will miss the rest of the season. Cole, who had recently moved into the starting lineup, was averaging 6.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. He injured his knee midway through the second half of Iowa’s 57-50 win over Southeastern Louisiana,…

Auburn forward Korvotney Barber, the national field-goal percentage leader at 72.0 percent, is expected to be sidelined at least four weeks after breaking his non-shooting left hand. Barber, averaging 13.8 points and 6.9 rebounds, was injured Saturday in the Tigers’ 79-59 victory over Towson. The injury leaves the team with just six available scholarship players.

Pitt junior point guard Levance Fields will be out eight to 12 weeks after breaking a broken bone in his left foot to become the second Panthers starter knocked out of the lineup in as many games. Fields was hurt driving to the basket in No. 6 Pittsburgh’s (11-1) first defeat of the season, an…