West returns to Cavaliers practice

Tamika Catchings fell one rebound shy of the first triple-double in WNBA finals history as the Indiana Fever beat the Mercury, 93-84, in Phoenix to square the best-of-five series, 1-1. Catchings had 19 points, 11 assists, and 9 rebounds to help the Fever steal home-court advantage with the next two games in Indianapolis, beginning with Game 3 Sunday. The WNBA defensive player of the year for the third time, Catchings also harassed league MVP Diana Taurasi into a 7-for-22 shooting night. Taurasi finished with 20 points . . . Atlanta’s Angel McCoughtry was voted the WNBA rookie of the year and Marynell Meadors was named coach of the year after leading the Dream to a remarkable turnaround in the franchise’s second season. Atlanta went from 4-30 in 2008 to 18-16, finishing second in the Eastern Conference to earn a playoff berth. McCoughtry led rookies with 12.8 points and 2.2 steals per game . . . Highly touted Cal freshman forward Tierra Rogers will not play for the Golden Bears after being diagnosed with a rare heart condition and having a defibrillator implanted Thursday. Cal said Rogers’s condition was discovered as the result of a Sept. 21 workout in which she had trouble breathing and collapsed at Haas Pavilion outside the training room.

Tom Watson credited skillful iron play for his efficient 4-under-par 66 in the opening round of the Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Md. He made his only bogey on 13 and finished tied with Jay Haas in second place behind unheralded Lonnie Nielsen, who had eight birdies and three bogeys in an up-and-down 65 . . . Janice Moodie shot a bogey-free 8-under 64 in Prattville, Ala., to take a one-stroke lead over 14-year-old Alexis Thompson in the Navistar LPGA Classic, with Michelle Wie and Lorena Ochoa two strokes back . . . Rookie Leif Olson shot a 6-under 66 to tie Tim Petrovic for the first-round lead at the Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, N.Y. . . . Thomas Bjorn shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead in the first round of the $5 million Dunhill Links championship in St. Andrews, Scotland.

US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer will be questioned by a local anti-doping committee in Brussels for allegedly failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping investigators three times over the past 18 months, her spokesman said. “She did not miss a doping control,’’ Rudi Kuyl said in a telephone interview, but he conceded Wickmayer may not have fulfilled all the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s requirement that she let them know her whereabouts at all times for out of competition testing . . . Defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won a three-tiebreaker match against Ernests Gulbis, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2), to advance to the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok. John Isner also advanced by defeating Mischa Zverev, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.

Veteran forward Brendan Shanahan left the New Jersey Devils after being told he would not be a part of their top three lines this season. Shanahan, who has 656 career goals, was informed that he was not in the Devils’ plans. “I have decided not to continue with the New Jersey Devils for my 22d NHL season,’’ Shanahan said in statement, adding the decision was mutual and amicable . . . Osvaldo Martinez Pizarro, a Florida Marlins prospect wounded in a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico, was the innocent victim of gangsters battling for control of drug distribution in public housing projects, police said. Martinez is recovering from surgery and in stable condition. Dr. Benjamin Rodriguez said his “wounds did not have complications and they did not injure organs.’’