LOS ANGELES (AP) - Evan Longoria has replaced Chipper Jones on the United States roster for the semifinal round of the World Baseball Classic.

NEW YORK -- Boston coach Doc Rivers has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing a referee earlier in the week.

The 6-foot-9 senior needed three points in the Tar Heels' NCAA tournament opener against Radford on Thursday to pass Duke's J.J. Redick for the mark. Hansbrough missed his first two shots before tying Redick on a layup about 3½ minutes in, then broke the record with a pair of free throws with 15:43 left in the first half of the 101-58 victory.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal prosecutor on Thursday recommended that All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada get probation and no prison time for misleading Congress about the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The Rooneys are seeking investors so they can buy shares from Dan Rooney's brothers that would separate the Steelers from the family's gaming interest and satisfy NFL rules regarding ownership equity.

Pondexter scored a season-high 23 points and fourth-seeded Washington took advantage of early foul trouble to Mississippi State's menacing Jarvis Varnado to race past the 13th-seeded Bulldogs 71-58 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday.

A.J. Price scored 20 from the outside and Hasheem Thabeet added 20 inside to lift top-seeded Connecticut to its first postseason win in three years, 103-47 over Chattanooga on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun hospitalized for tests, will be kept overnight for observation.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Maryland never let California get going from long range. Now the Terps are back in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - New England has signed veteran wide receiver Joey Galloway, giving the Patriots two of the most prolific active receivers in the NFL.

MIAMI (AP) - A Miami television station and newspaper are reporting that blood tests show that Cleveland Brown wide receiver Donte Stallworth was driving drunk when he fatally struck a pedestrian last weekend.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Tyler Hansbrough set the Atlantic Coast Conference career scoring record and finished with 22 points to help North Carolina beat Radford 101-58 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - LSU coach Trent Johnson says the Tiger team that held off Butler in the first round of the NCAA tournament today reminds him a lot of the 2004 Nevada team that he took to the Sweet Sixteen.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Marcus Thornton scored 30 points and LSU held off a late rally to beat Butler 75-71 on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - E'Twaun Moore had 17 points and fifth-seeded Purdue held off a late charge by 12th-seeded Northern Iowa for a 61-56 victory Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun isn't feeling well and won't coach the top-seeded Huskies against Chattanooga in their opening round of the NCAA tournament.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - After battling heartbreak and tragedy just to reach the NCAA tournament, the Matadors of Cal State-Northridge ran into the greatest game of Roburt Sallie's life.

OREM, Utah, March 18, 2009- Utah Jazz assignee Morris Almond drained a game-winning 25-foot three-point jumper with 1.4 seconds left to lift the Utah Flash to a 118-115 NBA Development League victory over the Reno Bighorns Wednesday night at the McKay Events Center.

Ramon Sessions scored six points along with seven rebounds and five assists, but the Bucks lost 106-80 to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

Former Wolf Pack star JaVale McGee scored 13 points; grabbed four rebounds and swatted two shots in 20 minutes of the Wizards 123-108 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

The Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team scored six times in the eighth inning to break open a 14-6 win over UNLV in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Sacramento Kings are without top scorer Kevin Martin and fellow starter Andres Nocioni for tonight's game in Charlotte.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Tim Lincecum gave up a first-pitch home run to Alfonso Soriano, and it did not get much better after that.

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada coach Mark Fox figures the young Wolf Pack did pretty well this season for a team that suddenly found itself without the star center of an otherwise small front line who now regularly shows up in NBA highlight.

Nevada alum Corky Miller is emerging as a strong favorite to win the backup catcher's job with the White Sox, according to the Chicago Tribune.