Sports briefs 4/24/04

Baseball

New York Mets third baseman Ty Wigginton has an ulcer and could be released from the hospital today. Wigginton, who is on the 15-day disabled list, will go to Florida for a rehab stint.

Basketball

Dallas Mavericks forward Antawn Jamison won the NBA Sixth Man award Friday, a tribute to how well the career-long starter accepted a reserve role and remained a valuable part of the offense. Jamison led the team in scoring seven times and had 17 games in which he matched or outscored an opposing team's entire bench. He averaged 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds.

Football

A judge took family concerns -- and Michael Pittman's career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- into consideration before giving the running back a 30-day jail sentence for putting the lives of his wife, son and a baby sitter at risk. The sentence included three years of supervised probation and a fine and surcharge totaling $4,500. Pittman arranged to begin serving his sentence on Monday. Under the plea agreement, Pittman could have been sentenced to up to one year in jail. He was indicted last June on two counts of aggravated assault for intentionally crashing his sport-utility vehicle into his wife's car in May. His 2-year-old son and baby sitter Kristina Hegland were in the vehicle. No one was injured.

Golf

PGA Tour rookie Zach Johnson shot a 4-under 68 and was in a three-way tie for the lead when the second round of the Shell Houston Open was suspended by darkness. Johnson, who won earlier this month at the BellSouth Classic, overcame a second day of gusty winds and a nearly two-hour weather delay at the Redstone Golf Club in suburban Houston. With 36 players to finish their second round early Saturday, Johnson, Steve Stricker and Steve Lowery were at 5-under 139 after two rounds.

Gil Morgan shot a 7-under 65 and held a one-stroke lead over Hale Irwin and Dave Barr in the first round of the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.

Soccer

Doctors removed former soccer star Diego Maradona, 43, from a respirator Friday, but he remained in intensive care for a sixth consecutive day battling severe heart and lung problems. inflammation and lung infection.

-- From wire reports