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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Celtics All-Star guard Rajon Rondo will miss his seventh straight game with an injured right wrist.

Boston coach Doc Rivers said at the team's morning shootaround that Rondo will not play Tuesday night against the Cavaliers but could return to the lineup later this week.

Rondo is traveling with the team. Boston hosts Toronto on Wednesday.

The Celtics have gone 4-2 without Rondo, who hasn't played since Jan. 18, when he fell and sprained his wrist. Tests have shown no structural damage.

Rivers said center Jermaine O'Neal will play against Cleveland. He has been out for a week with a bruised left knee.

NEWPORT -- Bob and Mike Bryan, the best doubles team in tennis history, have entered the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Chamionships in July.

The brothers last played in Newport in 2002. They have won 76 titles, more than any team, and have been ranked No. 1 in doubles for seven years.

Check tennisfame.com for tournament information.

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BOSTON -- Paul Pierce and former Magic forward Brandon Bass each scored 19 points to carry the injury-riddled Boston Celtics to an 87-56 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.

The Magic set franchise lows for points and field goals (16). Boston was minus starters Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and three bench players, drastically reducing its roster.

Bass and Pierce carried the offense and Boston got some strong play from a cast of down-the-bench reserves. The Celtics snapped a streak of six straight losses against teams with winning records.

Dwight Howard led the Magic with 18 points and 14 rebounds. He needs eight points to surpass Nick Anderson as the Magic's all-time leading scorer.
Kevin Garnett added 14 points and 10 boards for Boston.

The Boston Cannons selected Cornell midfielder JJ Gilbane of Rumford with the 48th pick in the Major League Lacrosse Draft on Friday.

Gilbane is a senior and two-time All-America for the Big Red. He was a three-time All-State selection when he played for Providence Country Day.

Cornell, the 2011 Ivy League champion, is No. 3 in the pre-season collegiate rankings.

The Cannons, an original Major League Lacrosse franchise, won their first MLL championship last August.

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BOSTON -- Nathan Horton's second goal of the game keyed Boston's three-goal third period as the Bruins beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 Tuesday night.

After Horton scored 8 seconds into the final period, Tyler Seguin and Benoit Pouliot followed over the next 6:33 to lift Boston in a game that featured a penalty shot by both teams.

Boston goalie Tuukka Rask stopped Chris Thorburn in the first period and Shawn Thornton beat Winnipeg's Ondrej Pavelec in the second for a short-handed goal after he came flying out of the penalty box and grabbed a loose puck.

Andrew Ladd, former Bruin Blake Wheeler and Eric Fehr scored for the Jets, who got two assists apiece from defensemen Zach Bogosian and Tobias Enstrom and ended a four-game road trip with a 1-3 record.

Undefeated Providence junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade will fight for the first time in 2012 on February 10 in the main event of ESPN's Friday Night Fights at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

Andrade, who is 15-0 with 10 knockouts, will take on Philadelphia's Derek Ennis in a 10-round fight for the vacant North American Boxing Organization junior middleweight title. Ennis is 23-3-1 with 13 knockouts.

Andrade is ranked No. 9 by the World Boxing Organization (WBO), No. 11 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF), No. 13 by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and No. 15 by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

The Fourth Annual Southern New England Golf Expo, presented by Amica Insurance and benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, will be at the Rhode Island Convention Center Feb. 18 and 19.

Organizers say the expo is expected to draw more than 7,500 attendees. It will feature interactive displays, seminars, and golf-related attractions for all levels of golf enthusiasts, including: new test equipment from Callaway, Nike Golf, TaylorMade, Cobra-Puma, Cleveland Golf and Adams Golf at a 10-bay indoor driving range; retail space doubled from last year; and many interactive exhibits.

Steve Feinstein, a member of Ledgemont Country Club since 1974, has been elected to a one-year term as president of the Rhode Island Golf Association.

Feinstein operates a junior golf consulting service and is vice president of the U.S. Challenge Cup Junior Golf Foundation. He serves on the board of directors of the Orange Bowl International Junior Golf Championship and is the public relations director for the Future Collegians World Tour.

Feinstein was Ledgemont Country Club's president from 1997 to 1999. He currently serves as the club's Greens Committee co-chairman and has been in this role for some 12 years. He is a Providence native who continues to reside in the city, and Feinstein holds a degree from Brown.

The CVS Caremark Charity Classic golf tournament in 2011 raised $1,193,000, which will be distributed to 64 nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The dollar figure, which is down from the $1.34 million announced last year, was revealed today at CVS corporate headquarters in Woonsocket.

The tournament has now raised more than $15 million since its inception in 1999.

Pro golfers Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon announced today that the 14th classic will be held June 17-19 at the Rhode Island Country Club. The field will once again include players from the LPGA as well as the PGA. Invitations to potential participants have been sent out and planning for the tournament is under way, Faxon said.

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BOSTON -- Rajon Rondo scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half, leading the Boston Celtics to an 81-73 victory over Toronto on Wednesday night and a sweep of their two-game preseason series with the Raptors.

Rondo, the subject of post-lockout trade rumors involving Chris Paul before Paul was dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers, had 10 points in the first 8 minutes. Rondo had seven assists and two steals in 23 minutes.

Paul Pierce missed the game for the Celtics with a heel problem.

Andrea Bargnani led the Raptors with 20 points, and DeMar DeRozan had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

The Celtics open the regular season against the New York Knicks in New York on Christmas Day, while the Raptors open their season Monday night at Cleveland.

The Patriots have released Eric Moore, the team announced on Tuesday.

The defensive lineman was signed by the Patriots on Dec. 10 and played in the last two games. Moore, 30, 6-foot-4, 268 pounds, played in four games with three starts last season for the Patriots and finished with 13 tackles, 2 sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

He went to training camp with the Patriots last summer but was released on Sept. 3. Moore was originally drafted by the New York Giants in the sixth round (186th overall) out of Florida State in 2005.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A judge Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at speeding up West Virginia University's departure from the Big East, allowing evidence collection to begin.

But Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Russell Clawges says he wants more time to consider a Big East motion that the case be put on hold while a similar suit plays out in Providence, R.I.

Clawges told lawyers he'll probably rule on that issue by Jan. 1.

WVU sued the Big East last month, challenging the conference's bylaws in a bid to join the Big 12 in time for the 2012 football season. The Big East, which wants WVU to remain in the conference for 27 months, countersued in Providence four days later.

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Elizabeth Beisel of North Kingstown finished eighth in the 100-meter backstroke at the Duel in the Pool in Atlanta on Saturday. Her time was 59.32. Elizabeth Simmonds of Britain won the event with a time of 56.82.

Otherwise, it was an American rout.

Even though the European women posted the fasted short-course time ever in the 400-meter freestyle relay, that was one of the few highlights for the visiting team. The United States wrapped up the victory with nine events to go, more than doubling its opponent in a 181.5-80.5 triumph Saturday.

American star Ryan Lochte said a message was sent with the London Olympics only seven months away.

"This is just the start of it," said Lochte, who won the 200 individual medley. "We're the team to beat, there's no doubt about it."

Certainly, there was no uncertainty about how this Duel would turn out after the Americans won 12 of 14 events on the opening day to build an insurmountable lead. Europe performed better on Day 2, winning six of 16 races, but they had no chance of chasing down the U.S.

"It was good fun," Britain's Francesca Halsall said. "But we knew it would be hard to get past the depth of the Americans. They had some great swims. They were the better team."

Elizabeth Beisel of North Kingstown finished third in the 400-meter individual medley at the Duel in the Pool in Atlanta on Friday night.

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary was the winner in 4:24.37, followed by Caitlin Leverenz, of Tucson, Ariz., in 4:24.62.

Beisel later finished sixth in the 200-meter backstroke. Her time of 2:04.57 was more than 4 seconds behind the winner, teen sensation Missy Franklin of Pasadena, Calif.

PROVIDENCE -- Brown athletics director Michael Goldberger will retire at the end of the academic year, President Ruth J. Simmons has announced.

His departure will end a 38-year career that began in 1973, when he joined John Anderson as assistant football coach. He also served as assistant baseball coach, facilities dorector, assistant athletics director, admissions liaison, associate director of admissions and admissions director during his tenure. He is completing his seventh year as director of athletics.

Brown operates one of the most extensive athletics programs in the nation on one of the leanest budgets in the Ivy League. Brown teams have won 12 Ivy League championships and made 14 NCAA appearances under his direction.

Brown will conduct a national search for his successor.

The Celtics will open the shortened 2011-12 NBA season with a Christmas Day match against the Knicks in New York City.

The team's home opener is Dec. 30 against the Pistons. Other highlights on the newly released schedule include a matchup with the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 11 in Boston; the Miami Heat playing at the TD Garden on April 1 and April 24 and the sole regular-season visit by the archrival Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 9.

Celtics tickets go on sale Dec. 14. Tickets are available at Celtics.com, by calling 1-800-4NBA-TIX or by visiting the TD Garden box office.

The 2011 Amica Marathon of Newport, which also included the UnitedHealthcare Half Marathon and a 5K, raised $10,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Providence, according to Eident Sports Marketing.

For more than 20 years, the nonprofit organization has served as a temporary home for thousands of families, while their children were receiving medical care for premature birth, serious injury, illness or surgery.

"We are extremely grateful to receive this generous support from the Amica Marathon," said RMHP CEO Michael Fantom. "Support from the community permits the (Ronald McDonald) House to provide programs that allow families to spend additional time with a sick child, help ease financial burdens, provide a sense of normalcy and keep families together during times of medical crisis."

Devon Quigley, the son of Champions Tour star Dana Quigley, and a former golfer at the University of Rhode Island, is hospitalized in Florida with what a family member described as "severe head trauma" following an auto accident Wednesday night in Riviera Beach.

The cause of the accident is unknown, but the family member said that Quigley, 27, was driving alone, not far from his home in West Palm Beach, when he collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer truck.

It took more than a hour, the family member said, to extricate Quigley from his vehicle.

The Palm Beach Post reported that Quigley was in critical condition this morning.

Devon Quigley attended East Providence High School before enrolling at URI.

Brown guards Stepohen Albrecht (17) Sean McGonagill (19) combined for 36 points as the Bears snapped a nine-game losing streak to Rhode Island and beat the Rams, 65-56, Wednesday night at the Pizzitola Center.

The Bears (4-4) controlled play at the start of the second half. They quickly turned a two-point deficit into a six-point lead at 40-34 with a run that included two 3-pointers by Albrecht and a put-back dunk by Andrew McCarthy.

The Brown lead held between three and nine points until Dominique McKoy scored off one of the few Rhode Island fastbreaks of the night to make it 55-53 with 6:11remaining. Rhode Island then went five straight possessions without a point. Three of the five shots missed were 3-pointers. Brown got two free throws from McGonagill and then a 3-pointer by Stephen Albrecht to stretch its lead to 60-53.

We have real contest here at the Pizzitola Center.

Brown, which has lost nine in a row to Rhode Island, is within 32-30 at the half, thanks to a basket by Sean McGonagill at the buzzer. The hoop gave McGonagill 15 in the half.

URI, thanks to four 3-pointers in a 2:10 stretch, led 20-13. The Bears came back by ripping apart the Rhode Island press, leading to several easy baskets without any URI player in position to play defense.

Rhody coach Jim Baron shook things up to begin the night. He made clear just how unhappy he was with his team, which lost five of its first six, as he benched the entire unit that started the first six games.

In their place he went with freshman T.J. Buchanan and Rayvon Harris in the backcourt, and Levan Shengelia, Ryan Brooks and walk-on Anthony Malhoit. It was the first career start for all but Brooks.

They played for the first 3:48 and trailed 4-2 when they left. They were replaced by the usual starting team of Mike Powell, Jamal Wilson, Nikola Malesevic, Jonathan Holton and Orion Outerbridge.