Cubs' Lee may be sidelined 2 months

Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee broke two bones in his right wrist in a collision with the Dodgers' Rafael Furcal and could miss as much as two months. The reigning NL batting champion and a two-time Gold Glove winner fractured the distal radial and distal ulna bones in a freak play during the seventh inning Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Furcal led off with a bunt single to the right of the mound. Reliever Scott Eyre dove for the ball and flipped it toward first base with his glove. The ball sailed over Lee's glove as Furcal collided with him. Lee is expected to be in a cast up to six weeks and will likely be put on the disabled list today, the team said.

The percentage of black pitchers in the major leagues last year was half of what it was in 1983. The University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics said that 3 percent of pitchers, 1 percent of catchers, and 11 percent of infielders were black last year, based on 40-man rosters listed in 2005 media guides. That compares with 26 percent of outfielders. In 1983, 6.6 percent of pitchers were black, the study said. Study author Richard Lapchick said commissioner Bud Selig has helped create more off-field opportunities for minorities, despite a small decline this year in women employed at the commissioner's office . . . Oscar Acosta, manager of a New York Yankees' minor league team, the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie League, and Humberto Trejo, the Yankees' field coordinator in the Dominican, were killed in an accident on a highway outside of Santo Domingo Wednesday night . . . Former outfielder Derek Bell was charged with felony cocaine possession, police in Tampa said, after he was pulled over for a traffic violation . . . A three-run fifth inning and bad pitching by Pawtucket helped the Durham Bulls get an 8-3 victory over the host Red Sox. The Bulls were leading, 2-1, in the fifth when Ryan Knox scored on the second passed ball of the inning. Delmon Young and Elijah Dukes each got an RBI single to put the Bulls up, 5-1. Durham then scored one run each in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. Jon Lester (0-3) took the loss, allowing two runs on two hits in four innings of work.

The Maple Leafs fired Pat Quinn, two days after Toronto missed the playoffs for the first time in his seven seasons as coach. The 63-year-old Quinn led Toronto to a 41-33-8 record this season. It was only the fourth season in his 19-year coaching career that he missed the playoffs. Quinn had one year remaining on his contract. Longtime assistant Rick Ley was also fired. Overall, Quinn went 300-222-52 with 26 shootout and overtime losses as Leafs coach. He's fourth all-time in coaching victories with 657 behind Scotty Bowman (1,244), Al Arbour (781), and Dick Irvin (692) . . . Craig Patrick, the Hall of Fame general manager who built the Pittsburgh Penguins' two Stanley Cup-winning teams but had to tear the club apart because of financial problems, is being let go after nearly 17 years on the job . . . The NHL-worst St. Louis Blues decided to keep 34-year-old left wing Keith Tkachuk, exercising a $3.8 million option for next season . . . Jani Hurme notched a shutout and Zenon Konopka scored two goals as the Portland Pirates trounced the Providence Bruins, 6-0, in their first game of the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs.

Former Minnesota Vikings running back Moe Williams, charged last fall after a raunchy boat party that tarnished the team's season, was found guilty of disorderly conduct in Minneapolis. A jury found him not guilty of two other misdemeanors -- indecent conduct and lewd or lascivious behavior. Williams was accused of touching the breasts of a dancer in a public space on Lake Minnetonka.

Top jockey John Velazquez was injured at Keeneland when his horse collapsed and rolled onto him after winning the Forerunner Stakes. The two-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey was taken by ambulance to University of Kentucky Hospital for testing and X-rays, where he was stable last night. Velazquez was injured when Up an Octave broke down and fell about 1/16th of a mile past the finish line. Barry Schumer, a Keeneland doctor, said Velazquez was ''awake and alert" following the race. Up an Octave fractured a leg after the race and had to be euthanized on the track, Keeneland spokeswoman Amy Gregory said.

The NBA set an attendance record for the second straight year, averaging 17,558 fans for its games this season. With the league's arenas filled at 91.4 percent capacity, the league bettered last season's average of 17,314. Before that, the previous mark had been 17,252 in 1995-96 . . . Through a spokesman, Miami Heat coach Pat Riley announced that he'll return as coach for the 2006-07 season -- releasing the news ''due to numerous media inquiries and unsubstantiated rumors about his future." . . . Kelci Bryant, 17, won the women's 1-meter springboard title in the US Open diving championships in Indianapolis . . . UCLA guards Arron Afflalo and Jordan Farmar both declared for the NBA draft but neither will sign with an agent . . . Senior Derek Anderson of the Northeastern men's track and field team has been suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules. Anderson, a Wrentham native, competes in the shot put and discus . . . Kyle Busch won the pole at Phoenix International Raceway for tomorrow night's Subway Fresh 500.