FanFare 11/30/02

Basketball

The Cavaliers are headed to Miami and New York without guard Ricky Davis. Davis was suspended for two games by Cleveland coach John Lucas for "disciplinary reasons" following Friday night's loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Sacramento Kings dressed the NBA-minimum eight players for Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers after nagging injuries forced Peja Stojakovic and Hedo Turkoglu to sit out. Stojakovic, an All-Star last season, missed his fourth straight game with inflamed tissue in his right heel that prevents him from running at full speed. He is averaging 16.6 points and five rebounds per game.

Denver Nuggets forward Chris Andersen broke his right thumb in the second quarter against the Golden State Warriors. Andersen was injured 1:40 into the quarter when he hit his hand on the backboard while trying to block a shot by Jason Richardson.

The Denver Nuggets activated point guard Chris Whitney from the injured list before Friday night's game against the Golden State Warriors. Whitney sprained his left ankle against Atlanta on Nov. 5. He played in three of Denver's next six games before going on the injured list Nov. 20.

Clippers forward Corey Maggette underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be sidelined up to six weeks.

Football

With their playoff hopes virtually gone, the Washington Redskins will have to play out the string without Jeremiah Trotter and possibly without Dan Wilkinson. Coach Steve Spurrier, after sorting through a laundry list of injuries, also said that Danny Wuerffel will remain the starting quarterback.

Broncos quarterback Steve Beuerlein will start Sunday against San Diego because Brian Griese is still favoring his sprained left knee.

Steve McNair sat out most of the Tennessee Titans' practice with a rib injury, and coach Jeff Fisher said his status for Sunday's game against the New York Giants would be a game-time decision.

Golf

Ernie Els shot a 7-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Chris DiMarco after two rounds of the $4.06 million Nedbank Golf Challenge. The winner of the elite, 12-player event will earn $2 million, the richest first prize in golf.

India's Jyoti Randhawa shot the day's low score of 7-under-par 62 to share the second-round lead with six others in the Hong Kong Open.

Hockey

Carolina goaltender Kevin Weekes sustained a concussion in a pileup of players with 5:11 left in the first period and had to leave the game against the Detroit Red Wings.

Tennis

Yevgeny Kafelnikov lost 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-0 to Sebastien Grosjean, leaving the Davis Cup final with defending champ France at 1-1 after the opening day. Marat Safin won the opening match, defeating French Davis Cup rookie Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. The best-of-five final on Bercy's indoor clay court will be decided in Sunday's singles matches, no matter who wins today's doubles between Kafelnikov-Safin and Nicolas Escude-Fabrice Santoro.

People

(Car) key turnover ends a big drive

OK, so college football fans are turning into hooligans. At least car-jackers are getting nicer.

Tim Carter, a rookie receiver for the New York Giants, lost his BMW M3, credit and ATM cards, $10,000 in jewelry -- and his crutches -- after car-jackers took him on a 31/2-hour ride around New Jersey on Sunday night, Newsday reported. The car-jackers, who ran red lights at high speed to elude police when Carter was in the back seat, accosted him at gunpoint to start the episode.

"Because I was on crutches, I really couldn't do anything," said Carter, who is out for the season with a leg injury, in a statement released by the Giants.

But these thieves had some heart. When they finally let Carter go, he asked for $40 for cab money -- and they gave it to him. The thieves are still at large.

"We both knew our goals," Carter said. "I wanted to get home unharmed. They wanted the car.

"For them, it's just business."

-- From wire reports