The Knicks traded forward Zach Randolph and guard Jamal Crawford in separate deals yesterday, parting with their two top scorers to free salary-cap space for the summer of 2010. Crawford was sent to the Warriors for forward Al Harrington. Hours later, Randolph was shipped to the Clippers, along with reserve guard Mardy Collins, for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas. Knicks president Donnie Walsh has repeatedly said his goal was to get under the cap in time for a potentially sensational free-agent crop that could be headlined by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. Both Randolph and Crawford have deals that extend past 2010. Randolph is scheduled to make $17.3 million and Crawford $10.1 million in 2010-11. None of the players the Knicks received is under contract past 2010.
GOLF
Sorenstam's LPGA Tour journey over
Annika Sorenstam's storied LPGA Tour career is over. The 72-time Tour winner shot a 3-over-par 75 at the ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla., leaving her 5 over through two rounds of the season-ending event. Only 16 players advanced to the third round in the 32-woman event, and Sorenstam finished two shots out of that mix. She will play in two European Tour events (Singapore, Dubai) before retiring.
Katherine Hull shot 71 to get to 5 under, making her the leader after two rounds. The scorecards of the surviving 16 get erased for the third round, and will be cleared again when the final eight play tomorrow . . .
Tommy Armour III eagled the 18th hole at Spyglass Hill en route to a 1-under 71 to tie
Arron Oberholser (66) at 7-under 137 for the lead after two rounds of the Pebble Beach (Calif.) Invitational . . .
Louis Oosthuizen shot an 8-under 62 to claim a share of the lead at 8-under 132 with
Oliver Wilson (66),
Oliver Fisher (65), and
Chawalit Plaphol (66) after the second round of the $2.5 million European/Asian tours' Hong Kong Open. Two-time major winners
John Daly (68) and
Bernhard Langer (67) are at 5 under . . .
Tomohiro Kondo fired a 2-under 69 for a 5-under 137 to grab a one-stroke lead over
Henrik Stenson (71) at the $2.1 million Dunlop Phoenix in Miyazaki, Japan.
BASEBALL
Koby Clemens won't be charged
Disorderly conduct charges against
Roger Clemens's son,
Koby, and minor league teammate
Mark Ori have been dropped in lieu of community service nearly three months after a restaurant disturbance in Salem, Va. . . . Federal prosecutors in San Francisco are asking a judge to unseal thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts and other documents from the government's BALCO steroids investigation. The motion comes in response to a request by slugger
Barry Bonds's lawyers to unseal the documents so they can prepare for his March 2009 trial . . . The White Sox have reached a tentative agreement with Cuban star
Dayan Viciedo. The infielder/outfielder, 19, must pass a physical first.
MISCELLANY
Stars' Morrow (knee) out for season
Dallas Stars captain
Brenden Morrow will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee against the Blackhawks Thursday. "We have every assurance that he can and will come back from this injury at 100 percent," said co-general manager
Les Jackson . . .
Feliciano Lopez defeated
Juan Martin del Potro, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, allowing Spain to even its Davis Cup final against Argentina at 1-1 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Argentina's
David Nalbandian beat
David Ferrer, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, in the opening match of the best-of-five championship . . . Missouri football coach
Gary Pinkel is close to agreeing on a contract extension. According to ESPN, the extension would raise Pinkel's salary to about $2.5 million a year . . . Panama's
Celestino Caballero (31-2) beat
Steve Molitor (28-1) in Rama, Ontario, stopping the Canadian 52 seconds into the fourth round to retain the WBC super featherweight title and take Molitor's IBF crown . . . Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin will stand at stud at Lane's End farm in Versailles, Ky. He will command a stud fee of $75,000.
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