DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings re-signed defenseman Chris Chelios for one year Tuesday.
Chelios, 46, enters his 25th NHL season and his 10th with the Red Wings. He began his career with the Montreal Canadiens and also played for the Chicago Blackhawks. Last season, he became the second-oldest player in NHL history to appear in a game behind Gordie Howe. Chelios has 948 points in 1,616 regular-season games.
Detroit also signed defenseman Kyle Quincey to a two-year deal.
• Florida Panthers defenseman Keith Ballard agreed to a six-year contract extension.
Kobe to forgo surgery
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant will not have surgery on his right pinkie because recovery would take too long. The Los Angeles Lakers star has played with damaged ligaments in the finger since February, but said he won’t have surgery after seeking opinions from specialists.
“When the doctors told me recovery from a procedure could be 12 weeks, I just decided now was not the time to have surgery,” Bryant said on his website . “What it really came down to for me is that I just didn’t want to miss any time ‘punching the clock’ for the Lakers, given all we are trying to accomplish as a team this NBA season.”
• Portland Trail Blazers forward Channing Frye will likely miss the start of the regular season after having surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle.
• The Philadelphia 76ers gave coach Maurice Cheeks his second contract extension in seven months, though terms were not disclosed.
Wie enters Q-school for LPGA.
Unable to earn her card through sponsor exemptions, Michelle Wie has entered the LPGA Tour qualifying school. The first stage will be at Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage, Calif., site of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, where Wie, 18, played in the final group of the LPGA’s first major when she was in eighth grade.
Footnotes.
Nevada athletic director Cary Groth announced NCAA investigators have cleared the program of the most serious allegations that sparked a 10-month-long probe of the school, including issues related to gambling.
• James Blake was left off the defending champion U.S. Davis Cup team because of exhaustion and replaced by Sam Querrey. Andy Roddick and doubles specialists Bob and Mike Bryan round out the U.S. team for the best-of-five series against Spain on Sept. 19-21 in Madrid.
• Ultimate Fighting Championship star Evan Tanner died in the desert east of San Diego, possibly of heat exposure. He was 37.
• Despite a slow start on a wet track, South African Oscar Pistorius won the most difficult of his three races at the Beijing Paralympics, clocking 11.17 to take gold in the 100 meters.
• Former CSU star Becky Hammon scored 23 of her season-high 30 points in the second half to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to an 82-76 victory over the New York Liberty.
• Lynx guard Seimone Augustus was taken off the court in a wheelchair wearing a neck brace after hitting her head on the floor during the first quarter of Minnesota’s game against the Indiana Fever.
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