BASKETBALL

Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley found himself in the middle of an awkward situation that apparently was taken out of context by entertainment website TMZ.com.

Photos of Beasley sleeping next to a woman and a table of open beer bottles aboard a Heat-arranged fishing charter on Oct. 10 have hit the Internet. Witnesses, including the captain of the boat, say Beasley did not drink any alcohol and was just exhausted after a tough practice session.

Beasley, a former Kansas State star, is not facing any disciplinary action and is said not to be in danger of facing a third-strike suspension for violating any league-related substance-abuse policy.

"(It was) the fishing trip gone bad or my bad, because it was after practice and I was tired," Beasley said after Saturday's practice at American Airlines Arena. "That sun was beaming down; it was the hottest day in the world.... Fell asleep ain't the word.

"I don't drink. I don't smoke anymore. My sobriety date is 8-6-09."

The Heat believed it would be an alcohol-free day cruise and knew that Beasley would be accompanied by a team staffer and Ron Pearson, his counselor and friend from the Houston drug and alcohol rehabilitation center where he spent more than a month earlier this summer.

Apparently, one of the captain's guests snapped Beasley's photo and put it on his Facebook page. From there it spread to TMZ and eventually those pictures were mentioned at HoopsHype.com.

HOCKEY

Nicklas Bergfors, Travis Zajac and Zach Parise each had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' winning streak at seven with a 4-1 victory.... Danny Briere had two goals for Philadelphia, Arron Asham scored for a third straight game, Simon Gagne added his first of the season, and rookie James van Riemsdyk capped the scoring with his first NHL goal to give the Flyers a 5-1 win over Carolina.... Mike Green scored in the third period and set up Brooks Laich's overtime winner for Washington in a 3-2 overtime win over the New York Islanders.... Patrice Bergeron scored the lone shootout goal after Boston overcame a 3-1 deficit in the final 1:28 of regulation against Ottawa.... Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler scored power-play goals 2:42 apart in the first period, and Roberto Luongo made 35 saves for Vancouver in a 3-1 win over Toronto.... Patrick Marleau had two goals and an assist for San Jose, and former Atlanta star Dany Heatley and Joe Thornton also scored in a 4-3 win over the Thrashers.... Mike Cammalleri scored his third goal of the game in overtime to give Montreal a 5-4 victory over the New York Rangers.... Tyler Myers scored in the sixth round of the shootout for Buffalo after Drew Stafford tied it with 16.1 seconds left in the third period and the Sabres topped Tampa bay 3-2.

TENNIS

Wichita State senior Jonathan Obrist and redshirt freshman Sven Kasper each recorded two-win days in the singles back draw to advance at the Wilson/ITA Central Regional in Tulsa. Obrist defeated Oral Roberts' Dmitry Suslov 6-1, 6-0 and Saint Louis' John McArthur, 6-2, 6-3. Kasper defeated Bradley's Milos Romic, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 10-2 and Arkansas' Bradwin Williams 7-5, 6-7, 10-7.

* Wichita State sophomore Lutfiana Budiharto advanced to the semifinals in the main women's singles draw at the Wilson/ITA Central Regional in Norman before falling to Oklahoma's Ana-Marie Constantinescu 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. WSU's Delia Damaschin lost to Oklahoma's Kristina Radan in the consolation bracket quarterfinals 6-4, 6-4.

VOLLEYBALL

Kansas State fell to No. 23 Baylor 18-25, 25-16, 25-18, 30-28 in Manhattan, snapping the Bears' three-match losing streak in Big 12 play.