Sports briefs March 5, 2013

Tennis

Five-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Hingis heads the 2013 class for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The other new members of the Hall announced Monday are Cliff Drysdale, Charlie Pasarell, and Ion Tiriac. Australian player Thelma Coyne Long's election was announced earlier.

Hingis won a total of 15 major titles, including nine in women's doubles and one in mixed. The first came at Wimbledon in women's doubles in 1996, at the age of 15 years, 9 months, making her the youngest Grand Slam champion in tennis history.

The Swiss star also was the youngest woman to reach No. 1 in the WTA singles rankings, getting there in March 1997 at 16 1/2, and spent a total of 209 weeks in the top spot.

Baseball

Nolan Arenado hit his third home run in three games for Colorado, but Raul Ibanez and Kyle Seager connected for two more homers for the Seattle Mariners, who beat the Rockies 16-6 in Peoria, Ariz.

Arenado's solo shot came off Seattle right-hander Taijuan Walker in the fourth inning. Walker pitched a perfect third inning before giving up three runs on four hits and three walks in the fourth.

Seattle leads all teams with 24 home runs.

Basketball

Bucks 109, Jazz 108: Monta Ellis scored 34 points, Brandon Jennings added 20 points and 17 assists, and host Milwaukee beat Utah.

Magic 105, Hornets 102: Arron Afflalo scored 26 points to lead Orlando at New Orleans.

Knicks 102, Cavaliers 97: Amare Stoudemire scored 22 points, J.R. Smith added 18 to lead New York at Cleveland.

Heat 97, Timberwolves 81: At Minneapolis, Dwyane Wade had 32 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead Miami over Minnesota.

Nuggets 104, Hawks 88: Corey Brewer scored 22 points to help host Denver past Atlanta.

Trail Blazers 122, Bobcats 105: LaMarcus Aldridge had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and host Portland beat Charlotte.

Warriors 125, Raptors 118: At Oakland, Calif., David Lee scored 29 points to lead Golden State past Toronto.

- TOP 23 MEN

No. 4 Kansas 79, Texas Tech 42: At Lawrence, Kan., Jeff Withey scored 22 points to lead the Jayhawks (26-4, 14-3 Big 12) over the Aggies (10-18, 3-14).

No. 8 Louisville 67, Cincinnati 51: At Louisville, Ky., Russ Smith scored 18 points and the Cardinals (25-5, 13-4 Big East) gave Rick Pitino his 300th victory with Louisville by beating Cincinnati (20-10, 8-9).

Penguins 4, Lightning 3: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored in the third period and host Pittsburgh beat Tampa Bay.

Maple Leafs 4, Devils 2: Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist to lead host Toronto over New Jersey.

Coyotes 5, Ducks 4: At Glendale, Ariz., Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in the fifth round of the shootout to help Phoenix beat Anaheim.

Kings 5, Predators 1: Jeff Carter scored three goals to lift host Los Angeles over Nashville.

Sled dog racing

Four-time champion Martin Buser had the early lead in the Iditarod sled dog race, pulling into the Rohn checkpoint at 9:53 a.m. He arrived about four hours ahead of the second place musher, Matt Failor.

- The Associated Press