Bonds, Garciaparra file for free agency

Baseball

San Francisco's Barry Bonds, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Nomar Garciaparra, and Oakland's Frank Thomas headed 59 players who filed for free agency yesterday on the first possible day. Five players filed from the New York Mets: outfielders Cliff Floyd and Ricky Ledee, pitchers Orlando Hernandez and Steve Trachsel, and shortstop Chris Woodward. Five players also filed from Philadelphia -- catcher Mike Lieberthal and pitchers Arthur Rhodes, Rick White, Randy Wolf, and Aaron Fultz . Three players filed from the New York Yankees: infielder Miguel Cairo, reliever Octavio Dotel, and outfielder Craig Wilson . . . Chicago Cubs outfielder Jacque Jones was added to the major league roster for the All-Star tour of Japan.

Boxing

Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard in Kingston, Jamaica, with chop wounds to his head in a suspected homicide. Police have arrested a man and were interrogating him at the Port Antonio police station in Portland, Constable Sheldon Francis said. Berbick's body was discovered about 6:30 a.m. in his hometown parish of Portland, Constable Beverly Howell said. Berbick, believed to be 52, lost his heavyweight title to Mike Tyson and was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali. After beating Ali in 1981 in a unanimous decision in the Bahamas, Berbick went on to win the World Boxing Council heavyweight title four years later in a decision over Pinklon Thomas. Berbick's reign was short, however, as a 20-year-old Tyson knocked Berbick out in the second round Nov. 22, 1986. (Obituary, page D28.) . . . Kermit Cintron stopped Mark Suarez in the fifth round to win the vacant International Boxing Federation welterweight title in Palm Beach, Fla.

Tennis

Roger Federer rallied in a third-set tiebreaker in Basel to reach the Swiss Indoors final, beating Paradorn Srichaphan, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), for his 23d straight victory. He will play defending champion Fernando Gonzalez, who beat Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-4, 6-4, in today's final . . . Maria Sharapova reached the Generali Ladies final with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Patty Schnyder in Linz, Austria. The top-seeded Sharapova will play Nadia Petrova, who defeated Nicole Vaidisova, 6-1, 6-2 . . . Third-seeded Mario Ancic beat wild card Ernest Gulbis, 6-2, 6-3, to reach the St. Petersburg (Russia) Open final, where he will face defending champion Thomas Johansson, who defeated wild card Igor Kunitsyn, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) . . . Marc Gicquel reached his first career final, defeating seventh-seeded Xavier Malisse, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), at the Lyon (France) Grand Prix. Gicquel will play fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet, who defeated Arnaud Clement, 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-1.

Basketball

The Los Angeles Clippers signed center Chris Kaman to a multiyear contract extension that begins with the 2007-08 season. The 7-footer averaged 11.9 points, 9.6 rebounds (ninth in the league), and 1.38 blocks in 78 games last season. In 11 playoff games, he averaged 10.7 points and 8.0 rebounds . . . The San Antonio Spurs exercised their contract option on guard Beno Udrih, keeping him with team through the 2007-08 season . . . Kobe Bryant (recovering from right know surgery) wouldn't say if he'll play in the Lakers' regular-season opener against the Phoenix Suns Tuesday, but coach Phil Jackson said Bryant has told him he will be available.

Golf

K.J. Choi made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to finish the third round of the Chrysler Championship with a one-shot lead. Choi's 1-under-par 70 left him one shot clear of Ernie Els (70), Brian Gay (70), and Paul Goydos (69) in Palm Harbor, Fla. . . . Jim Thorpe (5-under 67, 13-under 203) finished the third round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma, Calif., with a two-stroke lead over Jay Haas, Tom Kite, and Loren Roberts on the Champions Tour . . . Annika Sorenstam shot her second straight 4-under 68 to increase her lead to seven strokes after the third round of the European Ladies Tour's season-ending Dubai Ladies Masters . . . Jin Joo Hong shot a 5-under 67 in Gyeongju, South Korea, to take a four-stroke lead after the second round of the Kolon-Hana Bank Championship, a 54-hole event . . . Jeev Milkha Singh shot a 3-under 68 (3-under 210) for a one-shot lead over four players after the third round of the European Tour's season-ending Volvo Masters in Sotogrande, Spain.

Miscellany

The Providence Bruins scored three goals within four minutes in the first period en route to a 7-4 victory over the Pirates in Portland, Maine. Pierre Parenteau notched a hat trick in Portland's loss, while David Krejci scored twice for Providence . . . Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was issued a citation for misdemeanor assault after a Tennessee State student, Krystal Webb, 21, accused him of spitting in her face after a verbal exchange at a nightclub at about 1 a.m. Thursday . . . Former Formula One star Juan Pablo Montoya looked nothing like the "idiot" he feared he would be in his NASCAR debut in Millington, Tenn., finishing 11th behind Kevin Harvick, who raced to his eighth Busch Series victory of the season.