INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Injured Cleveland center Shaquille O’Neal rejoined the Cavaliers on Monday.
O’Neal, who has been out since tearing a ligament in his thumb Feb. 25 and undergoing surgery, has been resting at home in Florida since the operation. He was back at the team’s facility but did not speak to reporters.
General manager Danny Ferry said O’Neal met with doctors and will be starting rehabilitation. He will not be traveling with the team.
• Miami Heat forward Dorell Wright apologized to the team and fans “for any distraction” that his arrest on a DUI charge last week may have caused. Wright is expected to play today against the San Antonio Spurs.
Beckham could play in September
LONDON — David Beckham underwent surgery for a “totally torn” left Achilles tendon and is expected to be out of action for about six months, said Dr. Sakari Orava, who performed the operation. The 34-year-old midfielder was injured Sunday while playing for Italian club AC Milan.
“He will have to take it very easy during the next two to three weeks or a month, and then he will continue with a recuperation program slowly,” Orava told The Associated Press. “The foot won’t take much strain for two to three months.”
• The United States will play Australia in an exhibition in South Africa on June 5, the Americans’ final game before their World Cup opener against England a week later.
Footnotes.
U.S. Speedskating executive director Bob Crowley resigned, two weeks after the Americans fell short of medal goals and expectations at the Vancouver Olympics. Former Park City, Utah, Mayor Brad Olch will take over the cash-strapped organization as interim director.
• Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette withdrew from next week’s World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy.
• Olympic men’s figure skating silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko says he plans to skate at the 2014 Sochi Games in his native Russia.
• JR Motorsports will try to run two full-time teams this season in the Nationwide Series. The No. 7 Chevrolet was scheduled to run only 13 events this season with Danica Patrick. But the team said it’s trying to piece together sponsorship to enter all of the races.
• Rookie Derek Lamely won the weather-delayed Puerto Rico Open during a Monday finish on the rain-softened tropical course. Lamely finished at 19-under-par 269 to outlast Kris Blanks at Trump International Golf Club.
• Organizers for the Milan-San Remo confirmed that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will take part in Saturday’s race.
• Michael David Barrett, an Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
• Novak Djokovic staved off triple match point in the third set to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (3) in third- round play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
The Associated Press
