friday night

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was accidentally shot in the right thigh and spent the night in the hospital.

The Giants said the shooting happened Friday night and he was released from the hospital early Saturday. The team did not say where the shooting took place or in what hospital Burress was treated.

The Giants termed what happened an 'apparent accidental shooting.'

Allen Iverson apparently chose family and food over practice -- and he'll be fined for it. Iverson was the only player who didn't show up when the Detroit Pistons worked out on Thanksgiving.

Coach Michael Curry confirmed Iverson will be fined, will not start Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks and might not play in the game for missing the practice.

Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich needs surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb and will miss up to three months.

Hinrich was hurt Friday night in Chicago's 100-83 victory over Phoenix. "I'm frustrated," Hinrich said Saturday.

"I worked hard in the offseason. I'm still trying to figure out how long 12 weeks is going to be and, really, what I'm going to do with myself." Hinrich, making his first...

Dave Trembley will get another chance to coax a winning season out of the Baltimore Orioles in 2009. The Orioles announced Friday that they will bring Trembley back next season, exercising an option that was the contract he signed last year.

The club also added a team option for 2010. Although the Orioles are in last place in the AL East and took a six-game losing streak into Friday night's game...

Maybe receiver Chad Johnson can go by the name that his head coach hates. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver has legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco in Broward County, Fla., a switch that became official this week, according to several media reports.

Johnson, who lives in Miami, didn't return a message left on his cell phone Friday night.

After three straight blowouts, it took a half for the U.S. women's basketball team to get going and beat Spain.

Tina Thompson scored nine of her 17 points during the decisive third quarter run and Lisa Leslie added 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the U.S. top Spain 93-55 on Friday night.

"Spain came out and played really hard.

Struggling left-hander Francisco Liriano was sent back to the minors by the Minnesota Twins on Friday, after posting an 11.32 ERA and losing all three starts since returning to the rotation.

Liriano was sent to Triple-A Rochester before Friday night's game at Texas, and it was not a surprise. He gave up six runs and got only two outs on Thursday against Oakland, his latest failure to find the...