IN BRIEF

 PRO BASKETBALL
 Garnett suspended, Shaq fined by NBA
  Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett was suspended by the NBA for one game Monday, and Phoenix center Shaquille O’Neal was fined $25,000 for separate incidents over the weekend.
  Garnett was penalized for hitting Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut in the face near the end of Saturday’s game. Garnett will sit out tonight when the Celtics host the New York Knicks.
  O’Neal was fined for verbally abusing an official and failing to leave the court quickly after being ejected Sunday night against Detroit.
  Also: The Golden StateWarriors
 signed leading scorer Stephen Jackson to a three-year contract extension, a deal that takes the explosive guard/ forward through the 2012-13 season.
  Since Jackson arrived in the Bay Area in a trade with the Indiana Pacers in January 2007, he has been a key piece for coach Don Nelson and a major spark for theWarriors.
  He helped the team end a 12­year playoff drought that year and reach the postseason’s second round.
 Miami Heat guard Dwyane
 Wade sat out practice to get treatment on a sprained right ankle.
  Wade, the NBA’s second­leading scorer at 27.9 points per game, is listed as a game-time decision in Miami’s matchup atWashington today.

 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
 UNLV women’s team lands two recruits
  The UNLV women’s basketball team announced that two players signed national letters of intent.
  Guard/forward Amanda Anderson, at 6 feet 2 inches, is entering her senior year at TheWoodlands High School near Houston. She averaged 19.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game last season.
  Mia Bell, a 5-6 point guard, became the first local player to sign for new coach Kathy Olivier. Bell, a senior at Durango, averaged 15.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 3.4 steals as a junior.
  Also: North Carolina started
 the season without injured starters Tyler Hansbrough and Marcus Ginyard, but stayed a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll.
  The Tar Heels (1-0) didn’t have Hansbrough (shin) or Ginyard (foot surgery) in their season-opening 86-71 win over Pennsylvania last weekend, but strong play from freshmen big men Tyler Zeller and Ed Davis were enough to draw all 72 first­place votes from the national media panel.
  No teams from the preseason poll lost in the first week. That left all 25 teams from the first regular-season poll in the latest rankings, with just a couple of schools moving a place or two.
  Connecticut, Louisville and UCLA stayed second through fourth. Michigan State and Pittsburgh switched places to fifth and sixth, respectively.
  Louisiana State’s streak of
 Top 25 appearances is over, and Connecticut became a unanimous choice at No. 1 in the women’s AP poll.
  The Lady Tigers (0-1) fell out of the rankings for the first time since Feb. 25, 2002, a span of 117 straight weeks.
  It was the sixth-longest active streak in the country, behind Tennessee (417), Connecticut (279), Duke (169), North Carolina and Stanford (134).

 HOCKEY
 Blues’ McDonald out with broken left leg
  St. Louis Blues center Andy McDonald is expected to be sidelined eight weeks after breaking his left leg during a 3­2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.
  Blues coach Andy Murray said McDonald was hurt when he crashed into the corner boards late in the first period.
  Also: The Colorado Avalanche
 signed 22-year-old center Paul Stastny to a five-year contract extension through the 2013­2014 season.
  A second-round draft pick in 2005, Stastny scored 78 points in 2006-07, finishing second to Evgeni Malkin for the Calder Trophy honoring the league’s top rookie. That year, he set an NHL rookie record by scoring points in 20 straight games.
  Last season, Stastny led the Avalanche with 71 points in 66 games.
  Pittsburgh Penguins goalie
 Marc-Andre Fleury will miss tonight’s game against Minnesota because of an undisclosed injury.
  “It’s not a major injury,” coach Michel Therrien said.
  “We just don’t want to take a risk.”

 MISCELLANEOUS
 IOC loses key backing of Johnson & Johnson
  The International Olympic Committee can’t put a Band­Aid on this financial cut: Johnson & Johnson won’t be renewing its lucrative global sponsorship deal.
  The IOC confirmed that the health care conglomerate would not renew its top-level sponsorship worth up to $100 million, after the news was first reported by Sports Business Journal.
  Johnson & Johnson’s deal for 2005-08 was worth between $60 million and $80 million, and Sports Business Journal said the IOC would have gotten $100 million in its renewal over four years.
  Also: Cyclist Riccardo Ricco
 appealed his two-year ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after he was caught doping during the Tour de France.
  The Italian won two stages during this year’s Tour but tested positive for CERA, an advanced version of the blood booster EPO. He admitted taking the substance and is seeking a reduced suspension.
  Dara Torres, the 41-year-old
 who won three silver medals at the Olympics in August, wouldn’t commit to competing again when the Beijing Games ended. But Torres said Monday that if she can stay healthy, she hopes to race at the world championships next summer.
 The UNLV women’s golf
 program got a national letter of intent from Ellis Keenan, who will enroll next fall, coach Missy Ringler announced.
  Keenan is one of the top juniors in England and is the 20th-ranked women’s amateur in the country.
  Zarkava, the unbeaten filly
 who defeated the boys in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, was chosen Europe’s Horse of the Year at the Cartier Racing Awards in London.
  The brilliant 3-year-old owned by the Aga Khan won all five of her starts this year, capped by a two-length victory in the Arc against Europe’s best middle-distance horses.