IN BRIEF
BASKETBALL
Wizards center Blatche out two to four weeks
Washington Wizards center Andray Blatche, who wound up on the wrong end of a collision with Shaquille O'Neal, will be sidelined two to four weeks with a strained left knee.
Blatche (10.1 points, 5.4 rebounds) said he felt his knee pop when he was bumped by O'Neal along the baseline late in the fourth quarter of Monday's 103-87 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
Also: The Memphis Grizzlies waived three-time All-Star guard Steve Francis, who did not appear in a game for Memphis or travel with the Grizzlies.
The Boston Celtics will be without forward Brian Scalabrine indefinitely after he sustained his second concussion in three days. Scalabrine was hit while going up for a rebound in practice.
An Atlanta judge has issued an arrest warrant for former NBA player Jason Caffey, who is accused of failing to pay more than $200,000 in child support and legal fees.
FOOTBALL
Chargers GM tells Tomlinson he's sorry
San Diego Chargers general manager A.J. Smith regrets making comments mocking star running back LaDainian Tomlinson, whose eight-year stay with the team could be over because of salary-cap issues.
Smith called Tomlinson to try to clear the air.
"It was important to me that L.T. know exactly what happened," Smith said on the team's Web site.
After Tomlinson said on his Web site last week that he wanted to stay in San Diego, Smith mocked the 2006 NFL Most Valuable Player in comments to the San Diego Union-Tribune, mimicking L.T.'s comments practically word for word.
Also: A Philadelphia man shot with a gun owned by Indianapolis Colts receiver Marvin Harrison is headed to trial today, accused of lying to police.
Dwight Dixon is due in Philadelphia municipal court on three charges of making false sworn statements, according to court records.
Dixon initially told police he was shot in a robbery but later accused Harrison of shooting him. Dixon's attorney, Robert Gamburg, said Dixon did not immediately identify Harrison because he was afraid of him.
Authorities say they have found 27 New York Giants Super Bowl rings, valued at more than $170,000, stolen in June from a Massachusetts jewelry manufacturer.
The Essex District Attorney's office said investigators found the rings in a bank safe deposit box in Saugus. Prosecutors said 22-year-old Kristen Sullivan, who allegedly rented the box, was being held on a charge of receiving stolen property and would be arraigned today.
Former San Francisco 49ers receiver Billy Wilson, a six-time Pro Bowler who starred for the team in the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 81.
Wilson died in Southern California after a battle with cancer, the team said.
Horace Miller, who previously committed to play football at UNLV, now says he will attend Louisville.
The 6-1, 210-pound Miller is rated as a two-star linebacker prospect by Scout.com and Rivals.com.
Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman told the Orlando Sentinel that the university and Seminoles football coach Bobby Bowden had agreed "in principle" to a one-year contract extension for the 2009 season.
MISCELLANEOUS
Zetterberg, Red Wings agree to rich extension
The Detroit Red Wings have agreed to a contract extension with 27-year-old left wing Henrik Zetterberg that could pay him more than $7 million a year for 10 years, the Ann Arbor News reported on its Web site.
The team planned to have a news conference today.
Also: Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron returned to the ice Tuesday against the Washington Capitals after missing 15 games with a concussion.
New York Islanders center Mike Sillinger underwent hip surgery for the second time in a year and will miss the remainder of the season.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke was suspended two games without pay for a blow to the head of Carolina forward Scott Walker on Jan. 20.
Mark Johnson will coach the U.S. women's hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Former heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux, 60, confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
