Sports briefs 2/6/06

Baseball

• The Red Sox and pitcher Josh Beckett settled their arbitration case Saturday, agreeing to a one-year contract for $4,325,000.

Beckett, acquired in a seven-player trade on Thanksgiving, made $2,425,000 last season when he went 15-8 with a 3.38 ERA for the Florida Marlins.

He filed for arbitration and asked for $4.9 million, while the Red Sox offered $3.75 million. He can become a free agent after the 2007 season.

The 25-year-old right-hander was the MVP of the 2003 World Series, when the Marlins beat the New York Yankees.

The Red Sox traded four prospects to Florida for Beckett, third baseman Mike Lowell and reliever Guillermo Mota.

Basketball

• Antonio Davis will honor his contract to play in Toronto, Raptors interim general manager Wayne Embry said Sunday.

Davis was acquired Friday in a deal that sent Jalen Rose, a first-round draft pick and cash to the New York Knicks. He met with Embry and coach Sam Mitchell on Saturday morning, took a physical, then flew to New York to gather his belongings before heading to Chicago to meet with his wife, Kendra.

There's been speculation the forward, who was traded by the Raptors in 2003, wouldn't play in Toronto, instead retiring or asking the Raptors to trade him to a playoff contender.

Tennis

• Martina Hingis got a taste of the power game in women's tennis, losing her first singles final since making her comeback.

The Swiss star had no answer for Elena Dementieva's big serves and returns, falling 6-2, 6-0 Sunday in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

-- From wire reports