Stoudemire out for Game 3 after surgery
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) -- New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire will miss Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals after undergoing surgery to repair a lacerated left hand.
Stoudemire injured the hand while punching the glass case surrounding a fire extinguisher in a fit of anger following the Knicks' Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat Monday at American Airlines Arena.
A small muscle in his hand was surgically repaired in the procedure, the team said.
The Knicks said Stoudemire is doubtful for Game 4. The New York Post reported he isn't expected back for the entire series, which New York trails 2-0.
The player said via Twitter he was "not proud of my actions" and that "we have all done [things] out of anger that we regret."
Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
Pettitte: Clemens said he used HGH
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Roger Clemens admitted he used human growth hormone, former New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte testified in Clemens' perjury trial Tuesday.
Pettitte, a longtime close friend of the ex-baseball great, told a Washington jury his former Yankees teammate made the admission to him in 1999 or 2000, The New York Times reported.
Pettitte, a 13-year member of the Yankees who is now attempting a comeback, testified that Clemens accused him in 2005 of remembering the conversation inaccurately, the newspaper said.
Clemens since insisted he had been talking about his wife, not himself.
"Obviously, I was a little flustered because I thought that he had told me he did," Pettitte said of Clemens' alleged HGH use. "My reaction after that was, well, no good asking him or talking to him about this now, and I just walked out, end of the conversation."
Pettitte has previously admitted using HGH, which has since been banned from the game as a performance-enhancing drug.
Clemens is accused of lying under oath to a congressional committee investigating performance enhancing drugs in baseball during 2008 testimony. Prosecutors say he falsely denied using the drugs.
Rays' Longoria on DL with hamstring tear
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 1 (UPI) -- Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria will miss 4-to-8 weeks due to a partially torn left hamstring, the team announced Tuesday.
Longoria, who is batting .329 in 23 games with four homers and a team-best 19 RBI, was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
The fourth-year player hurt the leg when slid awkwardly into third base during the third inning of Monday's game against Seattle. The Rays won 3-2 in 12 innings.
He will be replaced on the roster by infielder Will Rhymes, who has been called up from Class AAA Durham.
Preds bench Radulov, Kostitsyn for Game 3
NASHVILLE, May 1 (UPI) -- The Nashville Predators said Wednesday high-scoring forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn won't play in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.
General Manager David Poile said the move was due to an unspecified violation of team rules.
"The Nashville Predators have a few simple rules centered around doing the right things," Poile said in a statement. "We have always operated with a team-first mentality and philosophy. Violating team rules is not fair to our team and their teammates."
The absence of Radulov and Kostitsyn will be a key factor the third contest of the Preds' best-of-seven series against the Phoenix Coyotes, which Nashville trails 2-0.
Radulov is the team's leading post-season scorer with six points in seven games. Kostitsyn is tied for the team lead with three goals.
