'Finger' nets Glen Davis $35,000 fine
NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) -- The NBA fined Orlando Magic forward Glen Davis $35,000 Wednesday for making an obscene gesture during a game in Toronto, league officials said.
The Orlando Sentinel reported after Davis discovered he was bleeding from a cut on his head inflicted by a Raptors player in the second quarter of their game Monday, some Toronto fans booed and razzed him.
Davis, who had some blood on his fingertips, looked at a fan and extended his right middle finger. He then put it into his mouth and licked off the blood.
Orlando went on to a 117-101 win.
Davis, 26, is averaging 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds a game this season.
Dynamo's Clark suspended 3 games
NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) -- Houston Dynamo midfielder Colin Clark received a three-game suspension Wednesday for directing a gay slur toward a ball boy, Major League Soccer said.
Clark also was fined an undisclosed amount and MLS Commissioner Don Garber also ordered him to attend diversity and sensitivity training.
Clark used the offensive language during the team's match against Seattle last week.
"Major League Soccer will not tolerate this type of behavior from its players or staff at any time, under any circumstances," Garber said. "Colin Clark has expressed sincere remorse for his actions and I believe that he will learn from this incident."
Houston's next three matches are on the road against Chicago, Columbus and D.C. United.
The Houston Chronicle reported Clark had yelled at the ball boy after the youth refused to toss him a ball. Clark apologized for his comments.
"I had a chance to speak to the ball boy after the game," Clark said. "I'm sorry to everyone who I offended with that term. I intend to never use that word again in any context. There's absolutely no excuse for using that word.
"What I said doesn't represent me. It was out of character and out of line. I made a huge mistake by using those words, and I truly regret that."
V. Williams eliminated in Miami
MIAMI, March 28 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska brushed aside unseeded Venus Williams in the Sony Ericsson Open quarterfinals Wednesday in Miami.
It took Radwanska 80 minutes to eliminate Williams 6-4, 6-1, the day after Williams' younger sister Serena lost a quarterfinal match. Radwanska broke the older Williams' serve six times on the hard courts at Crandon Park to improve to 2-5 lifetime against the 31-year-old former world No. 1 and seven-time major champion.
Williams was playing in her first tournament since pulling out of the U.S. Open in the second round last summer. She has Sjogren's syndrome, an incurable autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain.
Radwanska, who won in Dubai last month and is 26-0 this year, will face the Victoria Azarenka- Marion Bartoli winner in Thursday's semifinals.
Thursday's other semifinal has second-seeded Sharapova facing fourth- seeded Caroline Wozniacki.
The winner of the $4.8 million event will get a $712,000 payday.
NFL overtime, turnover rules changed
PALM BEACH, Fla., March 28 (UPI) -- NFL owners, meeting in Florida Wednesday, changed the league's regular-season overtime rules and made all turnovers subject to review.
Under the changes, overtime periods in regular-season games will follow the playoff format. Rather than sudden-death, each team will now have an opportunity for a possession unless the team that receives the first kickoff scores a touchdown or the defense forces a safety.
All turnovers will be reviewed without the need for a coach to challenge the play.
Last year, the NFL began reviewing all scoring plays.
The owners rejected proposals to have all instant replays reviewed by the booth rather than by referees on the field and to outlaw horse-collar tackles on a quarterback in the pocket.
The owners also approved rules calling for a team to lose a down for illegally kicking a loose ball, making it a dead-ball foul for having too many men on the field and invoking a 15-yard penalty crack-back blocks.
The owners tabled to May proposals to push back the trade deadline, changing the bylaws of the injured reserve rule and a roster-size ruling.
