IN BRIEF
Butler graduate Melanie Buczko, a sophomore on the Bucknell University women's track and field team, was named second-team All-Patriot League in indoor track.
Buczko received the honor in the 60-meter hurdles.
Butler Catholic's sixth-grade boys basketball team won the North 1A section championship this season with a 12-0 record.The team will enter the Pittsburgh Diocesan tournament as the No. 1 seed and will begin the playoffs at home at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Butler Catholic gym.Butler Catholic also won the Butler Turkey Shootout Sixth Grade Tournament held at Butler High School over Thanksgiving.Coaches are Rob Swartwout and Dave Schmidt. Players include Drew Reges, Joey Friel, John Barkus, Dominic Farmer, Bobby Swartwout, Billy Smith, Vincent Schmidt, Sam Cleary and Corbin Seezox.
Baron Davis and Antoine Walker were among 35 players dealt Thursday in 11 deals at the NBA trade deadline.Davis was traded from New Orleans to Golden State for Speedy Claxton and Dale Davis, while Walker returned to Boston in a four-player trade, with Gary Payton, Michael Stewart, Tom Gugliotta and a No. 1 pick going to Atlanta.Keith Van Horn went from Milwaukee to Dallas for Calvin Booth and Alan Henderson, and Houston acquired several veterans to add to the league's oldest roster.Rodney Rogers and injured forward Jamal Mashburn were dealt from New Orleans to Philadelphia for Glenn Robinson, who has not played this season. It was the second trade in a span of less than 24 hours by 76ers general manager Billy King, who acquired Chris Webber from Sacramento for forwards Corliss Williamson, Brian Skinner and Kenny Thomas.
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods won his 13th consecutive match at the rain-soaked Match Play Championship Thursday.Woods coasted to a 4-and-3 victory over Nick Price, as nine of the top 10 seeds advanced to the second round.Top-seeded Vijay Singh beat Shingo Katayama 4 and 3, Phil Mickelson led by as many as four holes before dispatching short-hitting Loren Roberts 3 and 1, and Retief Goosen went the distance with Stephen Leaney, winning 1-up.Fifth-seeded Mike Weir was the only loser among the top 10, falling to Kirk Triplett 1-up.
MIAMI - The Florida Marlins' financing plan for a $420 million ballpark won unanimous approval from the city commission Thursday.In a nonbinding agreement, the city agreed to contribute $28 million to cover the cost of land near the Orange Bowl and infrastructure needed for the 38,000-seat stadium, which would open for the 2008 season.The city plans to issue $120 million in bonds backed by $28 million in tourist tax development taxes, $32 million for a parking garage and $60 million in hotel bed taxes freed up when the city sold Miami Arena last year.
