Morning Briefing Feb. 17, 2010
Basketball
The Portland Trail Blazers are picking up needed help on the interior, acquiring Marcus Camby from the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for guard Steve Blake and forward Travis Outlaw.
The team announced the trade on Tuesday. ESPN.com and Yahoo! Sports were the first to report the deal, which also includes cash going to the Clippers.
n Denver Nuggets coach George Karl was diagnosed with neck and throat cancer and likely will miss some games and practices while undergoing a rigorous treatment program of radiation and chemotherapy.
n Courtney Lee scored 21 points and the visiting New Jersey Nets beat the Charlotte Bobcats 103-94 in NBA action.
Heat 105, 76ers 78: Dwyane Wade scored 24, leading Miami at Philadelphia.
Pistons 108, Timberwolves 85: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Jonas Jerebko scored 21, leading Detroit past Minnesota.
Bulls 118, Knicks 85: Derrick Rose scored 29, leading host Chicago past New York.
Celtics 95, Kings 92: Rasheed Wallace and Paul Pierce each scored 17, leading Boston at Sacramento.
Trail Blazers 109, Clippers 87: Martell Webster scored 28, leading Portland past visiting Los Angeles.
Lakers 104, Warriors 94: Shannon Brown had 27 points and 10 rebounds, leading host Los Angeles past Golden State.
Jazz 104, Rockets 95: Mehmet Okur scored 21, leading Utah at Houston.
Suns 109, Grizzlies 95: Jason Richardson scored 27, leading Phoenix at Memphis.
Thunder 99, Mavericks 86: Kevin Durant had 25 points and 14 rebounds, leading host Oklahoma City past Dallas.
n Trace Morgan, the attorney for former Oklahoma State coach Sean Sutton, entered a not guilty plea to four felony drug-related charges Tuesday and said his client is in a treatment center.
n No. 2 Kentucky 81, Mississippi State 75, OT: At Starkville, Miss., John Wall had 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading Kentucky (25-1, 10-1 SEC) past the Bulldogs (18-8, 6-5).
No. 11 Michigan State 72, Indiana 58: At Bloomington, Ind., Draymond Green scored 14, leading the Spartans (21-6, 11-3 Big Ten) past Indiana (9-16, 3-10).
No. 22 Baylor 88, Texas Tech 70: At Waco, Texas, LaceDarius Dunn scored 30, leading Baylor (20-5, 7-4 Big 12) past Texas Tech (16-9, 4-7).
Virginia Tech 87, No. 23 Wake Forest 83: At Blacksburg, Va., Malcolm Delaney scored 31, leading Virginia Tech (21-4, 8-3 ACC) past Wake Forest (18-6, 8-4).
Track and Field
The widow of Olympic shot-put medalist Dave Laut pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the athlete’s shooting death.
Jane Laut, who had previously told investigators that her husband was gunned down when he went to check noises they heard in their back yard, was arrested Saturday by Oxnard, Calif., police and held on $3 million bail.
Laut, 52, entered her plea in Ventura County Superior Court shortly after being charged. She could be sentenced to life in prison for the Aug. 27 death of Dave Laut, who won a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics.
Football
Sebastian Janikowski and the Oakland Raiders agreed on a $16 million, four-year deal that is the richest contract for a kicker in NFL history.
Miscellaneous
Sylvia Pressler, a trailblazing judge whose 1973 ruling opened Little League baseball to girls, died. She was 75.
Pressler died Monday morning at the family’s home in Sparta, N.J., according to her husband, David Pressler. She had been battling lymphoma and was scheduled to begin chemotherapy treatments Tuesday.
— The Associated Press