In Brief

BASEBALL

Fox Sports files objection over
proposed sale of Dodgers

Fox Sports is objecting to the proposed sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying the incoming ownership group that includes Magic Johnson has not disclosed whether Time Warner Cable is involved in the purchase.

Fox's Prime Ticket subsidiary filed the objection Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. It asked for written assurance that Time Warner wasn't contributing funds being used for Guggenheim Baseball Management's purchase of the team from Frank McCourt and that the incoming owners don't have any formal or informal agreements for the team's broadcast rights starting in 2014.

Fox asked that it be given parts of the purchase agreement that were not filed with the court.

"Our filing today was a routine administrative filing to ensure our rights are protected," Fox Sports spokesman Chris Bellitti said.

Fox, the Dodgers' current broadcaster, has an exclusive 45-day period starting in October to try to negotiate a new contract with the team. The current contract also prohibits the Dodgers from talking to other potential buyers of the media rights before Nov. 30 and gives Fox a limited right of first refusal on competing offers received after that date.

Major League Baseball also filed an objection, saying not enough money had been set aside to satisfy what it is owed by the Dodgers. While the Dodgers have put aside $322,065 for MLB's claims, the league said it was owed at least $8 million as of Feb. 22.

A hearing to confirm the sale agreement is scheduled for Friday before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross.

Also: The Cincinnati Reds made another significant financial commitment, giving All-Star second baseman Brandon Phillips a six-year, $72.5 million contract. That came only five days after former National League Most Valuable Player Joey Votto got 10 years and $225 million added to his deal.

Catcher Carlos Santana signed a five-year, $21 million contract with the Cleveland Indians, who locked up one of their core players through the 2016 season. The deal includes a club option for 2017.

Oakland Athletics reliever Joey Devine will miss the season after having reconstructive surgery on his right elbow for the second time in three years. The operation was the latest setback for the 28-year-old, already on the disabled list with biceps tendinitis.

San Diego Padres pitcher Dustin Moseley's right shoulder has "extensive damage," according to manager Bud Black. Moseley was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with a strained right shoulder, a day after allowing five runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Black said the damage was found by an MRI.

In other Padres news, owner John Moores is putting the team up for sale, retaining a pair of investment bankers to seek a new owner for the franchise.

David Wright has a broken right pinky and was removed from the New York Mets' starting lineup before Tuesday's game against Washington.

Manager Terry Collins said Wright told him he hurt the finger diving to a base during the Mets' 4-3 win over Washington on Monday night.

PRO BASKETBALL

Nets owner Prokhorov trying
to keep star guard Williams

New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov met with Deron Williams to discuss his future with the NBA team, but the Russian tycoon refused to say whether the All-Star guard gave any indication whether he would stay with the club after this season.

Prokhorov said the two met Monday, adding both have a tremendous desire to win, which is something the Nets have not done enough of this season. They are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the fifth straight season.

Also: Ricky Rubio said he is not sure if his surgically repaired left knee will be ready in time for training camp with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Rubio spoke to reporters about his rehabilitation from the torn anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his left knee that cut short a promising season for the rookie point guard from Spain and the up-and-coming Timberwolves.

Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge traveled to Vail, Colo., to have his sore right hip examined. Aldridge had an MRI on the hip late last month, but the results were negative. He has blamed the soreness on the grind of the lockout-shortened season and physical play.

MISCELLANEOUS

Maaco Bowl Las Vegas gets
Saturday date in December

The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas will be played on Dec. 22, on a Saturday for the first time since 2008.

Bowl officials announced the slot and said the game at Sam Boyd Stadium will air on ESPN at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time. The game features the top school from the Mountain West Conference that doesn't make a BCS bowl, and the fifth pick from the Pac-12.

Also: Four Colorado State students filed formal complaints with the school alleging they were brutally beaten by members of the football team.

Police are investigating the Friday attack but haven't identified any suspects. On Saturday, Rams coach Jim McElwain suspended players Nordly Capi, Colton Paulhus and Mike Orakpo.

Colorado standout receiver Paul Richardson will miss the 2012 season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The team announced that Richardson suffered the injury in practice Monday when he planted to make a turn during a noncontact special teams drill.

Sean Rash of Montgomery, Ill., led after two rounds of Elite Field qualifying in the Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions at Red Rock Lanes. Montgomery had a 10-game total of 2,436, two pins better than Nathan Bohr of Wichita, Kan.

The field of 77 will bowl 10 more games today, with the top 25 advancing along with 11 current-season title winners.

Al Michaels will receive the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting. An Emmy Award winner and broadcaster on "Sunday Night Football," Michaels will receive the award May 10 in New York. The 67-year-old Michaels spent nearly three decades at ABC Sports before moving to NBC in 2007.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will play an exhibition match at Real Madrid's football stadium, hoping for a crowd of 80,000 to watch tennis' top two players.

Real Madrid said on its website that the top-ranked Djokovic and local favorite Nadal will meet July 14 at the Santiago Bernabeu, with proceeds going to the club's and Nadal's charity foundations.

Speeding between the Masters and his next tournament cost Jose Maria Olazabal $621 when a Georgia sheriff's deputy pulled him over for driving 97 mph on a rural highway.

Olazabal, the Ryder Cup captain for Europe, agreed to follow a deputy to the Effingham County Sheriff's Office and pay the speeding ticket in cash. The Spaniard was stopped Monday afternoon traveling from Augusta to Hilton Head, S.C., for the Heritage tournament, sheriff's spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.

The UNLV men's tennis team lost to Hawaii 5-2 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. The Rebels (7-13) got singles wins from Rene Ruegamer at No. 1 and Willie Sublette at No. 6.