Former Wolf Pack star Darrell Rasner signed a one-year contract with the Rakuten Eagles, less than a year after being released by the New York Yankees.

Former Wolf Pack star Kevin Kouzmanoff has proven that he is fully recovered from offseason arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

The Seattle Mariners sent Sparks High grad Randy Messenger down to AAA Tacoma after the reliever allowed 15 runs in 13 innings this spring.

Ellis scored a career-high 42 points for the Warriors to overcome Kevin Martin's career-best 50 for the Kings, and the Warriors snapped a five-game losing streak with a 143-141 overtime victory over Sacramento on Wednesday night.

With registration down 30 percent and sponsorship down 20 percent the 5-18 year-old league finds itself in an economic pinch.

McQueen Alum Ryan Bader made a successful return to the octagon on Wednesday night, beating Carmelo Marrero in a unanimous decision.

The Giants ended their stay in Arizona on Wednesday by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-8 to wrap up a 19-17 record in the Cactus League.

Ramon Sessions had his first career triple-double for the Bucks, who came into Wednesday's game 3 1-2 games out of the Eastern conference's final playoff spot. Sessions finished with 16 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - North Carolina teammates Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson, along with Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, are among 11 players named to the John R. Wooden Award All American team.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Detroit forward Rasheed Wallace was suspended for the Pistons' game against the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night for picking up his 16th technical foul of the season the previous night against Cleveland.

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers would be "very, very surprised" if Kevin Garnett, resting a sore right knee, isn't playing in the opening game of the playoffs.

PHOENIX (AP) - Geovany Soto hit a grand slam and a solo shot, and Carlos Zambrano pitched effectively into the fourth inning Wednesday, helping the Chicago Cubs to a 8-8 tie with the Oakland Athletics.

MIAMI (AP) - The attorney for a man who pleaded guilty in the killing of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor says his client now wants out of the deal.

DALLAS (AP) - Cowboys tight end Jason Witten says he was a better player with Terrell Owens on the field.

RENO, Nev. — The University of Nevada football team will take on six bowl teams from the 2008 season and will appear on national television at least five times during the 2009 season, the school announced today.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain wants a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, who became the nation's first black heavyweight boxing champion 100 years before Barack Obama became its first black president.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini is sacrificing potential bonus income for guaranteed money in his new contract.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis Tigers say they did everything possible to keep John Calipari and though they are disappointed and devastated he left to coach Kentucky, they are not angry.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The New York Yankees got a major scare in opening-day starter CC Sabathia's final spring training start.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas forward Dexter Pittman says he's staying in school and will not make himself eligible for the NBA draft.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain as pleaded guilty to a Nebraska charge of drunken driving and has been given probation.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay reliever Jason Isringhausen will begin the season on the disabled list, a move that will give him additional time to build arm strength following elbow surgery and potentially bolsters the depth of the Rays' bullpen.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The New York Yankees plan to have Derek Jeter start the regular season as the leadoff hitter.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Cardinals third baseman Troy Glaus is expected to miss at least two months following a setback in his rehabilitation from arthroscopic shoulder surgery in January.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Ernie Kent will stay on as Oregon's men's basketball coach after a disappointing 8-23 season.