Bills may consider dealing McGahee

NFL
Buffalo Bills coach Dick Jauron said the team would consider trade offers for starting running back Willis McGahee. "It's in our best interest to listen to everybody, and no people are untouchable," Jauron told the Associated Press at the NFL's annual scouting combine at Indianapolis yesterday. Buffalo's first-round pick out of Miami in 2003, McGahee is coming off a down season in which he finished with a career-low 990 yards rushing, but led the team with six touchdowns rushing in 14 starts . . . Jeff Garcia said he is disappointed he never got a contract offer from the Philadelphia Eagles after leading them to five straight wins and a playoff victory following Donovan McNabb's season-ending knee injury. "I was surprised I wasn't offered a contract. There was never anything to negotiate over," Garcia said in an interview with Comcast SportsNet. The Eagles agreed to a three-year contract extension with backup quarterback A.J. Feeley Sunday, eliminating the chance Garcia would return to Philadelphia . . . Packers quarterback Brett Favre had minor ankle surgery and is expected to recover in time for offseason workouts . . . Defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins signed a four-year, $16 million contract extension with the Packers, his agent said. Jenkins, a four-year veteran, had a breakout season in 2006 with a career-high 6 1/2 sacks . . . The Rams released veteran guard Adam Timmerman, who made two Pro Bowls and started in two Super Bowls for St. Louis . . . Defensive end Chris Kelsay, who had 88 tackles and 5 1/2 sacks last season, signed a four-year contract with Buffalo . . . George Preas, who won two NFL championships on the offensive line of the old Baltimore Colts, died Saturday in Roanoke, Va. He was 73.

NHL

Forward Kyle Calder ended up in Detroit as part of a three-team deal in which the Philadelphia Flyers acquired defenseman Lasse Kukkonen from Chicago. The Flyers sent Calder to Chicago for a 2007 third-round draft pick and Kukkonen. The Blackhawks then sent Calder to Detroit for forward Jason Williams. Calder scored only nine goals and 21 points in 59 games . . . The New York Islanders acquired winger Richard Zednik from the Washington Capitals for a second-round draft pick in 2007 . . . The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed left wing Fredrik Modin to a multi-year contract . . . Chris Drury will miss Buffalo's game against Toronto tonight as the Sabres cocaptain recovers from a concussion after being blindsided by Ottawa's Chris Neil last week . . . The Vancouver Canucks acquired veteran center Bryan Smolinski from the Blackhawks for a conditional second-round draft pick. The Canucks also sent a pair of draft picks to the Los Angeles Kings for defenseman Brent Sopel.

Tennis

Roger Federer struggled to a first-round victory at the Dubai Open, the day he broke Jimmy Connors's streak of consecutive weeks at No. 1. Federer, who snapped Connors's 30-year-old mark with his 161st week at the top of the ATP rankings, defeated Kristian Pless, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-3, after a month-long break since winning the Australian Open. Federer's reign began more than three years ago, taking over the top spot Feb. 2, 2004. Connors set his record from July 1974 to August 1977 . . . Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters will not play for Belgium in its Fed Cup match against the United States in April . . . Former world No. 1 player Gustavo Kuerten entered the main draw of the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas through an unfamiliar door. The three-time French Open champ defeated Wesley Moodie, 6-4, 7-5, in an elimination match, advancing to the 24-player, round-robin round . . . Sixth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova beat Catalina Castano, 6-1, 6-0, to advance to the second round of the Qatar Open in Doha.

Colleges

Ohio State took over the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press college basketball poll yesterday, the first time it has held the top ranking since 1962, when the Buckeyes were led by Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. Ohio State (26-3) received 62 first-place votes and 1,786 points from the 72-member national media panel. UCLA (25-3), which locked up the Pac-10 title this weekend, moved from fourth to second. Kansas jumped from sixth to third and Wisconsin fell to fourth . . . Holy Cross guard Keith Simmons, the Patriot League's leading scorer at 17.5 points per game, was named the conference player of the year. The Crusaders' Ralph Willard was named coach of the year . . . Duke (29-0) led the AP women's basketball poll for the seventh straight week, receiving 49 of 50 first-place votes . . . Notre Dame held on to the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division 1 men's hockey poll for the fourth straight week. The Fighting Irish (27-6-3) received 20 first-place votes and 772 points, edging St. Cloud St. (20-6-6), which moved from fourth to second in the poll after a weekend sweep of Minnesota. New Hampshire remained third, Boston University stayed fifth, and Boston College climbed two spots to No. 9.

Miscellany

Jan Ullrich ended his cycling career but not the doping suspicions that surrounded the former Tour de France champion. The 33-year-old German, who won the Tour in 1997 and was runner-up five times, announced his retirement eight months after being implicated in a Spanish doping scandal. He has been without a team since being fired by the T-Mobile team last summer . . . The US Soccer Federation's board unanimously approved an effort to bid for the 2018 World Cup . . . The "Holy Grail of baseball cards," the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2.35 million, the seller of the card said. The buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. There are about 60 of the tobacco cards in existence featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop. Seller Brian Seigel paid a then-record $1,265,000 for the card in 2000 . . . Buffalo Man, a promising 3-year-old colt owned by Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, sustained a minor ankle injury during a workout at Gulfstream Park in Florida and was pulled off the Kentucky Derby trail.