Friday's sports briefs
August 23, 2008 at 5:02AM
Spurs re-sign Finley The San Antonio Spurs have re-signed guard Michael Finley. Terms of the deal weren't released.
Finley, 35, started 61 games last season, with Sixth Man Award winner Manu Ginobili providing a spark for San Antonio behind him. Finley averaged 10.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists, playing in all 82 games in his 13th NBA season. He shot 37 percent from three-point range.
Finley averaged 6.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and one assist during 17 playoff games last season.
• The Boston Celtics signed forward Darius Miles, who missed the past two NBA seasons because of knee injuries. Miles played for Portland in 2005-06.
• The Denver Nuggets re-signed restricted free-agent guard J.R. Smith to a multiyear contract.
TENNIS
Wozniacki, Fish win semifinals Caroline Wozniacki, an 18-year-old from Denmark, advanced to the final of the Pilot Pen with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over seventh-seeded Alize Cornet at New Haven, Conn. Wozniacki got her first WTA Tour victory in Stockholm this month. In men's play, former Minnesotan Mardy Fish upset top-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to his second consecutive Pilot Pen final.
AROUND THE HORN
College basketball: Leading scorer Andy Robinson was suspended for three games by the University at Buffalo for posting an advertisement on the Internet last spring trying to hire someone to write a course paper.
Track: Former U.S. track star Marion Jones was moved from a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, and will serve the remainder of her sentence in San Antonio. Jones was sentenced to six months in prison in January for lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.
Boxing: Fernando Beltran Jr. (31-3-1) held off Takalani Ndlovu (28-5) to win the vacant IBO featherweight world title in a 12-round split decision in Nashville, Tenn. Two judges scored the fight 115-112 for Beltran, while the other had it 114-113 for Ndlovu. Beltran won despite losing a point because of a low blow in the 10th round.
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