IN BRIEF

BASKETBALL

Grandmother relents, hands over Curry's son

The grandmother of Eddy Curry's 3-year-old son says she has obeyed a Cook County (Ill.) judge's order and turned the child over to attorneys for the New York Knicks player.

Yolan Henry's decision Thursday night reverses her plan to go on the run with Noah Curry. She says she plans an appeal. Henry told the Chicago Tribune after a custody hearing earlier that she thought it would be unfair to turn the boy over because he doesn't know Curry or his immediate family.

Henry had custody of the boy since her daughter and infant granddaughter were fatally shot in their Chicago home in January.

Also: Boston coach Doc Rivers has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for criticizing a referee.

Rivers was whistled for his second technical foul in the final minute of the Celtics' 127-121 loss at Chicago on Tuesday. That led to an automatic ejection and a rant against referee Bill Kennedy, who also was fined an undisclosed amount.

Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace is expected to play today at Toronto after an MRI exam on his left knee showed only a bruise. He was hurt in Wednesday's win over Sacramento.

Coach Charlie Coles got a three-year contract extension from Miami of Ohio. The 67-year-old is 224-168 in 13 seasons with the RedHawks.

GOLF

Furyk shoots 65, grabs first lead in 20 months

After a late start to the year, Jim Furyk might be getting up to speed.

Furyk made two long birdie putts and was equally thrilled with a 10-foot par save on his final hole, which gave him a 6-under-par 65 in the Transitions Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla. It was the first time he has had the outright lead since his last PGA Tour victory 20 months ago.

Stephen Ames was one shot behind after a 66 on the Copperhead Course.

Also: Sweden's Joakim Haeggman had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and finished with a 5-under 66 for a share of the first-round lead with Ireland's Damien McGrane in the Madeira Islands Open in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands.

England's Andrew Butterfield, Argentina's Estanislao Goya and Spain's Carl Suneson were tied for second after 68s.

Annika Sorenstam announced on her blog that she and her husband, Mike McGee, are expecting their first child this fall. Sorenstam retired from the LPGA Tour last year after 72 victories and 10 majors.

HOCKEY

Devils goalie Brodeur dealt alimony setback

Two days after breaking the NHL record for wins by a goalie, the Devils' Martin Brodeur has been dealt an alimony setback by a New Jersey appeals court.

The court ruled that Brodeur must pay his ex-wife $500,000 a year until 2020.

Brodeur appealed, asking that he be required to pay alimony only until he retires, which he estimated to be in 2012. Melanie DuBois asked for alimony payments until 2024, when their youngest child is expected to graduate from college. The court ordered Brodeur to pay alimony until 2020, the year the youngest child graduates high school.

Also: San Jose Sharks left wing Ryane Clowe will be out of the lineup for at least a week after undergoing surgery for an unspecified injury to his lower body. He was hurt in Tuesday's loss at Phoenix.

MISCELLANEOUS

Binghamton employee alleges sex misconduct

A Binghamton University fundraiser has accused two senior athletic department officials of "egregious acts of sexual misconduct," saying they encouraged donors as the donors were offering her money for sex.

Elizabeth Williams filed a complaint Tuesday with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission naming Jason Siegel, Binghamton's senior associate athletic director, and Chris Lewis, its assistant athletic director for development, said her attorney, James A. Gregory.

Williams says that one of her superiors at the university told her, "You were not hired to have an opinion, but to look good and flirt with donors." And Williams says the university reassigned her to her home and told her not to appear at university athletic events.

Siegel, who was with the Binghamton men's basketball team at the NCAA Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., has denied wrongdoing. A phone call Thursday to Lewis' home seeking comment went unanswered.

Also: Iowa State and defending champion Iowa were tied for the lead, both with 30 points, after the first day of the three-day NCAA wrestling meet in St. Louis.

Unbeaten Iowa sent six of nine qualifiers to the quarterfinals with much better seeds than Iowa State, which had five qualifiers. Ohio State (30) was third.

UNLV freshman Zsuzsanna Jakabos competed in her first of three events at the NCAA women's swimming and diving championships in College Station, Texas. She posted a time of 2:00.77 in the 200-yard individual medley during the morning preliminaries and finished in 49th place.

Three-time champion Roger Federer beat Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6 (5) to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

No. 2 Federer next will play No. 4 Andy Murray, a 7-5, 7-6 (6) winner over Ivan Ljubicic.

Glenn Marlin Sundby, an acrobat who co-founded USA Gymnastics and the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, died Wednesday in Vista, Calif. He was 87 and had been in failing health the past year.