MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves signed free-agent center David Harrison on Thursday.
The 7-foot Harrison, selected by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2004 draft out of Colorado, appeared in 189 games in four seasons with the Pacers, averaging 5.0 points and 2.9 rebounds.
Green’s 62 leads Texas Open
SAN ANTONIO — Australia’s Nathan Green shot an 8-under-par 62 to take a two-stroke lead over Olin Browne and Paul Claxton in the Texas Open.
“I didn’t feel really good before the round started and then on the first hole I snapped my drive, it hit a rock and bounced back in the fairway,” Green said. “From there, everything went pretty well.”
Defending champion Justin Leonard, seeking a record fourth victory in the event, shot a 70.
• Phil Blackmar, Bruce Fleisher and Des Smyth shot 5-under 65s to share the first-round lead in the Senior Players Championship in Timonium, Md.
Fred Funk, Scott Hoch, Bernhard Langer and Eduardo Romero opened with 66s and 19 players were within three strokes of the lead.
• Paul Broadhurst birdied two of his last three holes for a 4-under 67 that tied him with Magnus Carlsson and Marcus Fraser for a one-shot lead after the first round of the Madrid Masters in Spain.
• Michele Redman and Sweden’s Maria Hjorth shot 6-under 66s to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Longs Drugs Challenge in Danville, Calif.
• Five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros said he was “feeling well” and waiting for test results at a Madrid, Spain, hospital after a dizzy spell.
Rain gives Johnson pole
CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson was awarded the pole position for Saturday’s Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway after qualifying was canceled because of rain.
The field was set based on owner points.
Denny Hamlin was cleared to race despite an overnight stay in an Alabama hospital following Sunday’s hard wreck at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
• Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick were involved in a scuffle at Lowe’s Motor Speedway after Edwards walked into Harvick’s garage stall and the two engaged in a heated argument.
Footnotes.
Austrian Marlies Schild, who won the women’s World Cup slalom title last year, will miss the upcoming World Cup season after breaking her left leg in a training crash.
• New York Mets pitcher Ambiorix Burgos will be jailed for three months while awaiting trial for a hit-and-run accident that killed two women in the Dominican Republic.
• The Minnesota Twins will keep backup catcher Mike Redmond for another season, paying him $950,000.
• Former major-league pitcher Bruce Dal Canton died of esophageal cancer Tuesday in Carnegie, Pa. He was 66.
• Roger Federer will play at the Madrid Masters next week, ending a three-week layoff and setting up a possible meeting with top-ranked Rafael Nadal. The Associated Press
