NBA
Clippers' Billups sidelined for season
Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of theseason after tearing his left Achilles' tendon during a 107-102victory over the Magic in Orlando Monday. Billups will return to LosAngeles tomorrow for further evaluation. The five-time All-Star,whom the Clippers claimed off waivers in December, was averaging14.9 points and 4.0 assists in 30.4 minutes per game this season .. . Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari is expected to miss a monthwith a severely sprained left ankle that turned out to be lessserious than first feared. Tests revealed the chip fracture in hisleft foot didn't occur Monday against Houston. Doctors said it wasfrom a prior injury, perhaps even before he joined the NBA.Gallinari signed a four-year, $42 million deal last month . . .Knicks All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony will miss 1-2 weeks with astrained right groin suffered Monday against Utah . . . San Diegoprosecutors won't file criminal charges against Kobe Bryant afterreviewing allegations by a man who accused the Lakers star ofinjuring him during a scuffle at church.
Baseball
Kershaw, Dodgers agree to 2-year deal
National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and theDodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing, agreeing to a $19million, two-year contract. The 23-year-old lefthander was 21-5 witha 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts last year, winning the NL pitchingtriple crown . . . The Red Sox signed 17-year-old Australianlefthander Daniel McGrath to a contract. McGrath, who pitches forthe Melbourne Aces, will join the Sox at spring training beforereturning home to finish high school . . . The Yankees agreed to aminor league contract with utilityman Bill Hall and invited him tospring training.
Hall, who was with the Red Sox in 2010, played with Houston andSan Francisco last season . . . Athletics owner Lew Wolff extendedthe contracts of general manager Billy Beane and team presidentMichael Crowley through 2019 . . . Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton,who was in New York Monday to visit with doctors for Major LeagueBaseball and the players' association following his relapse withalcohol, was back in Texas working out . . . A person familiar withthe deal told The Rangers and shortstop Elvis Andrus agreed to athree-year contract, avoiding arbitration . . . Lawyers are seekingclass-action status for a lawsuit in federal court in Des Moines,Iowa, that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falselyadvertising necklaces and bracelets as being able to help improvehealth and sports performance . . . Former major league outfielderDanny Clyburn Jr. was shot and killed in the front yard of his homein Lancaster, S.C., early yesterday. Lancaster police said witnessestold them they saw Clyburn, 37, arguing with Derrick Lamont McIlwainshortly before he was shot. McIlwain, 36, turned himself in toauthorities and was charged with murder.
Colleges
Prosecutors: Sandusky belongs indoors
Prosecutors in Harrisburg, Pa., asked to have Jerry Sandusky keptindoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that theformer Penn State assistant football coach was seen outside andwatching children in a schoolyard from the back porch of his home,where he remains under house arrest while awaiting trial on childmolestation charges. The state attorney general's office argued in acourt filing that Sandusky's bail conditions should be revised sothat he is not allowed outside except to seek medical treatment.Prosecutors said they opposed Sandusky's request to be allowedcontact with his grandchildren as he awaits trial on 52 child sex-abuse charges . . . A person familiar with the decision saidMemphis will join the Big East in 2013 . . . Dave Brock, who filledin as Boston College's offensive coordinator last fall when KevinRogers took a medical leave, will become the offensive coordinatorat Rutgers for new coach Kyle Flood. At the end of last season,Brock, who had been BC's tight ends coach, was named special teamscoach. Last month, BC coach Frank Spaziani named former Kent Statehead coach Doug Martin offensive coordinator.
Miscellany
Soccer Hall of Famer Keough dead at 84
Harry Keough, 84, who played for the US soccer team that famouslyupset England at the 1950 World Cup, died at his home in St. Louis.Keough coached Saint Louis University to five NCAA titles and wasinducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976 . . .Portland Timbers forward Jose Adolfo Valencia will be sidelined 6-12 months following left knee surgery. Valencia signed with the MLSteam in December on a loan agreement with Colombia's IndependienteSanta Fe . . . Owen Nolan, who hasn't played in the NHL since the2009-10 season, announced his retirement. Nolan played 18 seasonsand scored 422 goals with 463 assists in 1,200 games . . .
Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador said he may appeal the two-yeardoping ban handed down Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport,which stripped him of the 2010 Tour de France title . . . The WorldAnti-Doping Agency urged US federal authorities to hand overevidence collected in their lengthy probe into seven-time Tour deFrance winner Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling. WADAhas said it will continue its own probe . . . Britain's MarkCavendish won the third stage of the Tour of Qatar cycling race inDoha while former champion Tom Boonen of Belgium retained the yellowjersey.
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