Posted on Wed, Nov. 18, 2009

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Baseball

Wichita State announced a seven-man recruiting class Tuesday. Signing were Roff (Okla.) infielder Dayne Parker; Choctaw (Okla.) infielder Josh Halbert; pitchers Kris Gardner of Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas; Cale Elam of Oktaha, Okla.; Zach Beringer of Harrisburg, Mo.; Albert Minnis of Lawrence; and catcher Bob Arens of Northwest High. Minnis, who pitched for the Class 6A champions in 2008, and Parker played in the Area Code Games showcase last summer. Arens hit .507 for the Grizzlies and was named All-Class 6A as the designated hitter.

Football

The Buffalo Bills fired coach Dick Jauron and promoted coordinator Perry Fewell to take over as interim head coach. The shakeup, which caught some players by surprise, came during the players' day off and after the Bills (3-6) stumbled out of their off week to fall further out of contention with a 41-17 loss at Tennessee last weekend. Fewell is the team's fifth coach since Wade Phillips was fired after the 2000 season.

* Jerry Glanville has resigned as coach of Portland State after three losing seasons. Portland State went 2-9 this season and 9-24 in three seasons for Glanville, a former NFL coach.

* Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown will miss Thursday night's game at Carolina because of an injured right foot, and his status for the rest of the regular season is uncertain. Brown was hurt in Sunday's win over Tampa Bay.

BasketbAll

Jessica Halsig scored 26 points and led the Friends women to a 79-74 victory over Oklahoma Wesleyan. Halsig made 4 of 5 three-point shots.

* Cameron beat the Newman women 70-51. Rainey Nickel led the Jets with 20 points.

* Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Russell Westbrook had 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder won its third straight NBA game on the road, beating the Miami Heat 100-87.... David West had 24 points and 10 rebounds as Jeff Bower picked up his first coaching win in the New Orleans Hornets' 110-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. With Chris Paul out, point guards Darren Collison and Bobby Brown scored 12 apiece and combined for 11 assists as New Orleans snapped a three-game losing streak.

* Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson will have arthroscopic surgery today on torn cartilage in his left knee, the team said. He is expected to miss four to six weeks. Nelson was injured in the fourth quarter of Monday night's win against Charlotte.

* Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce returned to practice after missing a day with a sore left knee. Pierce, a former Kansa star, was hurt on Friday night against Atlanta.

* The Memphis Grizzlies officially have ended their relationship with Allen Iverson by waiving the 10-time All-Star. The Grizzlies announced Monday they had mutually agreed to end a one-year contract with the former league MVP. But the team did not waive Iverson until late Tuesday afternoon.

Hockey

Matt Bradley bounced back from having his face bloodied in a first-period fight to net the winning goal with 4:51 left, and MVP Alex Ovechkin also scored in his return from injury to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers. Ovechkin missed six games because of an upper body injury, believed to be a strained left shoulder.... Joel Ward and David Legwand each had a goal and two assists, and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 for their seventh in nine games.

* Brendan Shanahan is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons. The 40-year-old forward announced Tuesday that he wouldn't play again. After going through training camp with the New Jersey Devils, he and the club mutually parted unexpectedly shortly before opening night of the season. Shanahan ranks 11th on the league's career goals list with 656.

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