Sports briefs 1/28/06

Baseball

• Mark Prior and the Chicago Cubs agreed Friday to a $3.65 million, one-year contract, $900,000 more than the salary he would have earned under the contract he voided in November.

Prior was 18-6 in 2003, when the Cubs were within five outs of reaching the World Series, but dropped to 17-11 over the past two seasons. A sore elbow caused him to start last season on the disabled list, and when he came back he was hit in the elbow by a line drive. He finished 11-7 with a 3.67 ERA.

Under his previous contract, he had the right to terminate his deal once he became eligible for salary arbitration. He had asked for $4 million in arbitration and had been offered $3.3 million.

Basketball

• Wally Szczerbiak was traded as the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves finally made a move.

The Timberwolves shook up their roster Thursday night, sending their swingman Szczerbiak to the Boston Celtics for guard Ricky Davis in an exchange involving seven players and three draft picks.

Center Mark Blount, point guard Marcus Banks, forward Justin Reed and two conditional second-round draft picks are also going to Minnesota. Boston, additionally, is getting centers Michael Olowokandi and Dwayne Jones plus a future first-round draft pick that is lottery-protected.

* New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen was dismissed and disqualified from the NBA on Friday for violating the league's drug policy.

Andersen must wait two years before he can apply for reinstatement, the league said.

According to the league's collective bargaining agreement, a player can only be disqualified for a fourth positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, or a first positive test for "drugs of abuse."

Andersen has not previously tested positive for steroids.

Andersen, 27, averaged 5.0 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games this season.

Football

• Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green was named Friday to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, replacing injured New England quarterback Tom Brady.

It was the second Pro Bowl selection for Green, who was also named to the AFC team after the 2003 season.

Hockey

• St. Louis Blues forward Jeff Hoggan will be out six to eight weeks with a broken right collarbone, the team said Friday.

Hoggan, who was injured Thursday against the Phoenix Coyotes, was placed on injured reserve. The Blues also assigned Trent Whitfield to Peoria, Ill., of the AHL.

* Come next fall, the Ducks won't be Mighty anymore.

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim announced they will officially change their name to the Anaheim Ducks at the start of the 2006-07 season. The NHL team also said it is evaluating possible changes to its logo and uniforms.

Owner Henry Samueli purchased the team from the Walt Disney Company last year and said at that time they would consider making changes, including the team name.

The Mighty Ducks were formed as an expansion franchise in 1993, and named by then-Disney chairman Michael Eisner after the company's movie of the same name.

* The Canadian Press reported that New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur had agreed to a six-year, $31.2 million extension with the New Jersey Devils.

Brodeur, 33, won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender in each of the last two seasons.

-- From wire reports