NEW YORK (AP) - Orlando's Dwight Howard has been picked for the NBA's All-Defensive Team, getting the most votes of any player.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) - Two Lake Tahoe-area golf courses will offer free late afternoon rounds this summer in a program designed to ease the strain on consumer pocketbooks and lure new players.

BOSTON (AP) - It turns out Massachusetts law enforcement officers have been engaging in a bit of star search themselves - on the likes of Tom Brady and Matt Damon.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Centenary's men's basketball team and the Tennessee-Chattanooga football team will face postseason bans next season because of consistently poor academic scores.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Anaheim Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski will remain in an Orange County hospital for a second night after getting hit in the chest by a puck but is expected to be released Thursday morning.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - An Oklahoma University football recruit from Las Vegas has pleaded no contest to four misdemeanor charges and has been sentenced to three years' probation in a March attack on his ex-girlfriend.

DALLAS (AP) - Court records show the company that built the Dallas Cowboys' collapsed training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002.

FRESNO, Calif. – Katie Holverson was named the Pitcher of the Year and lead six Nevada players on the 2009 All-WAC teams, the league announced Wednesday morning at a banquet.

The Dallas Mavericks toughened up and clamped down Tuesday night, and it still wasn't enough to beat the high-flying Denver Nuggets.

Teemu Selanne scored in the first period, Scott Niedermayer added a goal in the second, and Jonas Hiller made 18 saves in the third for the Anaheim Ducks, who held on for a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night and grabbed a 2-1 lead in Western Conference semifinal series.

The Reno Aces shutout the Sacramento River Cats 4-0 on Tuesday night.

The Los Angeles Dodgers tied the modern major league record for the longest home winning streak to start a season, improving to 12-0 at Chavez Ravine as Jeff Weaver pitched them to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

Boston Celtics forward Leon Powe has undergone surgery for a microfracture and torn ligaments in his left knee.

The NFL will stage 16 games this season to honor the American Football League, which turns 50 in 2010.

Larry Foote says he is close to agreeing to a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions.

Gary Matthews Jr. drove in three runs, Shane Loux provided another solid start by Anaheim's patchwork rotation, and the Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3 on Tuesday night for their sixth win in eight games.

Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski has been taken off the ice on a stretcher after being struck in the head by Detroit forward Tomas Holmstrom's elbow.

Dallas forward Josh Howard was sidelined after just six scoreless minutes in Game 2 against Denver because of a sprained right ankle.

Up and down the Pac-10 conference, athletic departments are feeling the economic pinch.

A member of the University of San Francisco's basketball champions from the 1950s is dead.

Newly crowned MVP LeBron James scored 34 points and the well-rested Cavs, who waited nine days between playoff games after a first-round sweep, pulled away in the second half for a 99-72 win over the Atlanta Hawks in their Eastern Conference semifinal opener on Tuesday.

The Oakland Athletics activated outfielder Ben Copeland from the disabled list and then recalled him from Triple-A Sacramento before Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Angels.

Roberto Luongo made an early lead stand up and the Vancouver Canucks regained home-ice advantage by beating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Tuesday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Basketball legend Dave Bing was elected Tuesday as Detroit's mayor through the end of the year, sweeping the incumbent from office in the city with myriad problems.

A trust fund has been established for the family of Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant Rich Behm, who was paralyzed from the waist down when the team's indoor practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm.