GRANBY, Colo. — The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.
MILWAUKEE — Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 29 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 95-88 victory over Charlotte on Friday night, with minority owner Michael Jordan on hand to witness his Bobcats drop their seventh straight.
DALLAS — Jason Terry scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Dallas got 52 points from the bench and the Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings 104-102 on Friday night for their fifth straight win.
ATLANTA — Tracy McGrady is eager to play. The Houston Rockets say he'll have to wait.
The seven-time All-Star had microfracture surgery on his left knee in February, but insisted that he's fully recovered before Friday night's game against the streaking Atlanta Hawks.
BOSTON — Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 on Friday night.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers tight end Spencer Havner has been fined $5,000 for a late hit out of bounds during last week's 17-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Owen Nolan's goal with 67 seconds remaining, his second of the game, sent the struggling Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 35 points, Russell Westbrook added 26 and the Oklahoma City Thunder had their highest-scoring output of the season in a 127-108 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
ATLANTA — Josh Smith soared through the lane to drop in a missed shot with 0.7 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Hawks won their seventh in a row, beating the Houston Rockets 105-103 Friday night to maintain the NBA's best record.
DETROIT — Bryan McCabe's goal 40 seconds into overtime gave the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jence Rhoads scored 14 points to help No. 22 Vanderbilt beat UC Riverside 75-60 on Friday night, avenging a loss to the Highlanders last season.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Maya Moore found something for top-ranked Connecticut's already stifling defense to work on even in another lopsided win.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.
Kevin Harvick made a late pass to cap a dominating show to win the season-ending Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and wife Delana clinched the owners' championship when Ron Hornaday Jr.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson's run for his fourth straight Cup title starts from the pole.
Johnson turned a lap of 173.
CATAWBA, N.C. —Jeremy Mayfield sat in the back of his large barn Friday morning about 800 miles from where NASCAR's season-ending weekend was kicking off.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick expects Jeff Gordon to drive at least "three or four" more seasons and the four-time Cup champion says he has no immediate plans to retire.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension Friday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.