NEW YORK (AP) - In his highly anticipated New York Knicks debut,
Carmelo Anthony had 27 points and 10 rebounds in leading the New
York Knicks past Milwaukee 114-108. Chauncey Billups, who came with
Anthony from Denver in Tuesday's blockbuster trade, finished with
21 points and eight assists as the Knicks won their third straight.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) - There was a rash of bad injury news out of
spring training yesterday with the Cardinals learning their 20-game
winner Adam Wainwright could be lost for the season after being
sent back to St. Louis for tests on his injured right elbow. Cards
GM John Mozeliak (MOHZ'-lee-ak) says "things do not look
encouraging" for the runner-up in Cy Young voting last season.
UNDATED (AP) - The bad spring training news doesn't end there.
The L.A. Dodgers will be without pitcher Vicente Padilla
(puh-DEE'-uh) for as long as a few months as he faces elbow surgery
today and Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy will have surgery on his
right pinkie finger after breaking it yesterday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The NFL and the players' union are planning
for meet again today in Washington, the seventh straight day of
mediated talks. Both sides declined comment as they race to get a
deal done before the end of the current collective bargaining
contract that runs out March 3.
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) - One day after knocking off Tiger Woods on
opening day, 16th-seed Thomas Bjorn (byorn) today faces Geoff
Ogilvy in a second-round match at the Match Play Championship. Phil
Mickelson, another No. 1 seed, takes on eighth-seed Rickie Fowler
today.
