Sports Briefs December 12, 2011
Basketball
The Lakers traded forward Lamar Odom and a second-round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night for a first-round pick and an $8.9 million trade exception, capping Los Angeles' stunning 72-hour breakup with last season's Sixth Man of the Year.
The Lakers and Mavericks reached a swift deal after Odom learned Thursday that Los Angeles was attempting to trade him in a megadeal for New Orleans superstar Chris Paul.
After the NBA blocked that trade, Odom declined to report to the Lakers' opening day of training camp on Friday. Odom then requested a trade in a meeting with general manager Mitch Kupchak, and the Lakers improbably swung a deal with the rival Mavericks, who swept Los Angeles out of the second round of last season's playoffs.
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle and star Dirk Nowitzki spoke eagerly about adding Odom to the defending NBA champions' roster without losing a player in return.
• TOP 25
No. 16 Alabama 62, Detroit 54: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., JaMychal Green scored 21 points and the Crimson Tide (8-2) rebounded from a two-game losing streak to beat Detroit (5-7).
Murray State 76, No. 21 Memphis 72: At Memphis, Tenn., Donte Poole hit a career-best six 3-pointers and scored 20 points to help the Racers (10-0) remain one of only nine teams in Division I that are still unbeaten by beating Memphis (5-3).
No. 24 Illinois 80, Coppin State 63: At Champaign, Ill., D.J. Richardson scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the Illini (10-0) remained one of the undefeated teams in the nation by beating Coppin State (3-5).
• Cincinnati forward Yancy Gates got a six-game suspension for throwing punches, and seven other players were disciplined for their roles in a brawl that ended the annual rivalry game against Xavier on Saturday.
The Bearcats also gave Cheikh Mbodj and Octavius Ellis six-game suspensions. Ge'Lawn Guyn was suspended for one game.
Xavier suspended point guard Tu Holloway for one game, guard Mark Lyons for two, and Dez Wells and Landen Amos for four games each.
All four Xavier players will be back when they host Gonzaga on Dec. 31.
Football
Joe Paterno fractured his pelvis again following a fall at his home in State College, Pa., but will not need surgery.
The former Penn State football coach was expected to make a full recovery after slipping Saturday and was admitted to the hospital the next day, the person added.
Hockey
Blackhawks 3, Sharks 2, OT: Patrick Sharp steered in a loose puck off a rebound at 4:26 of overtime to lift host Chicago over San Jose.
Rangers 6, Panthers 1: Derek Stepan scored twice, including a pretty coast-to-coast goal just after the Rangers killed a penalty, and host New York beat Florida.
Golf
PGA Champion Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele shot a 13-under 59 in scramble play to become the first PGA Tour rookies to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Naples, Fla.
Bradley and Steele took control with an eagle by Steele on No. 14 and a birdie on No. 15, finishing at 32-under 184 for a three-stroke victory over two teams.
• Alvaro Quiros holed a 40-foot eagle putt on the 18th to clinch a two-shot win over 1999 British Open champion Paul Lawrie at the Dubai World Championship in Dubai, Uniated Arab Emirates, as No. 1-ranked Luke Donald became the first golfer to win both the PGA Tour and European Tour money titles.
The 34-year-old Donald, who won the PGA title earlier this year, had to finish better than ninth or hope Rory McIlroy didn't win the tournament. He finished third while McIIroy, who has struggled with a lingering virus all week, finished in a tie for 11th at 9-under 279. That left McIlroy more than $1.34 million behind Donald in the money race.
Soccer
Ben Speas lofted a 25-yard shot over goalkeeper Klay Davis midway through the second half to give North Carolina a 1-0 victory over Charlotte in the NCAA championship in Hoover, Ala.
- The Associated Press