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Basketball

Stress fracture will sideline Rockets' Yao for rest of season

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming will miss the rest of the season because of a stress fracture in his left ankle.

The Rockets made the announcement Friday, a day after the injury was found in an MRI exam. Team physician Walter Lowe said surgery is the usual treatment for such an injury, which has sidelined Yao since Nov. 10.

Yao, 30, is consulting with doctors to determine how he will proceed. If he chooses surgery, he could miss up to 10 months.

The seven-time All-Star, averaging 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in five games this season, missed last season after reconstructive surgery to repair his broken left foot. Lowe said this injury is related to last year's.

Also: Michigan State coach Tom Izzo will serve a one-game suspension today for a secondary violation of NCAA rules related to a summer basketball camp.

Michigan State officials said the school employed someone associated with a potential recruit during a basketball camp in June. The person was paid $475 for five days of working with middle school-aged campers.

Izzo will sit out the No. 14 Spartans' game today against Prairie View A&M, with associate head coach Mark Montgomery running the team.

Baseball

Tigers, Ordonez complete one-year deal for $10 million

The Detroit Tigers finalized a $10 million, one-year deal with outfielder Magglio Ordonez, who was limited to 84 games in 2010 after breaking his right ankle in July.

Also: The San Diego Padres agreed to an $11.5 million, two-year contract with second baseman Orlando Hudson, who will replace David Eckstein.

Left-handed pitcher Pedro Feliciano reached a preliminary agreement on an $8 million, two-year contract with the New York Yankees. Feliciano has spent part of eight seasons in the major leagues, all with the New York Mets.

The Houston Astros agreed to a one-year contract for $3.25 million with free-agent utility player Bill Hall.

The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to one-year contracts with outfielder Xavier Nady and catcher Henry Blanco. Nady will make $1.75 million and has the chance to earn $1 million in bonuses. Blanco is guaranteed $1.25 million.

The San Diego Padres acquired shortstop Jason Bartlett and a player to be named from the Tampa Bay Rays for right-handers Brandon Gomes and Adam Russell, left-hander Cesar Ramos and infielder Cole Figueroa. Bartlett will replace Miguel Tejada, who signed with the San Francisco Giants.

Miscellaneous

UNR wants to extend contract of longtime football coach Ault

UNR football coach Chris Ault is being recommended for a two-year contract extension after posting one of the best seasons of his 26-year career. The No. 13 Wolf Pack (12-1) will face Boston College on Jan. 9 in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, UNR's sixth straight bowl appearance.

Ault, 64, makes an annual base salary of $443,093 plus performance bonuses.

Also: Vanderbilt hired Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin as its football coach, the first black head coach in any major sport at the school.

Franklin, 38, replaces Robbie Caldwell, who took over July 14 when Bobby Johnson unexpectedly retired and resigned Nov. 27. The Commodores are coming off consecutive 2-10 seasons.

Brady Schnell of Phoenix won a three-hole playoff in the $70,000 Nevada Open at the CasaBlanca Golf Course in Mesquite. Schnell, who won $10,000, and Steve Saunders of Albuquerque, N.M., each finished with a three-day total of 200.

Alex Cejka and Retief Goosen each shot an 8-under-par 64 to share the first-round lead of the 100th South African Open in Durban. They are one stroke ahead of Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel.

Odlanier Solis won a heavyweight title eliminator in Miami when Ray Austin was disqualified with one second left in the 10th round after a clinch that almost sent Solis over the ropes. Solis (17-0), a 2004 Olympic champion from Cuba, earned a title fight against WBC champion Vitali Klitschko after his victory over Austin (28-5-4).

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and horse owners reached a temporary deal to keep harness racing alive at the Meadowlands through the spring, buying more time to convert from public to private the operations of the nation's premier harness racing track.

American Ryan Lochte set his second world swimming record in two days at the short-course world championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, winning the 200-meter individual medley in 1 minute, 50.08 seconds. He set a record in the 400 IM on Thursday.

The UNLV men's and women's swimming and diving teams lost to host Southern California in nonconference dual meets. The ninth-ranked USC men defeated No. 16 UNLV 155-98, and the women beat the Rebels 158-90.