*NBA: Jazz forward Carlos Boozer is expected to miss at least four weeks after having knee surgery on Friday. … The Rockets played without guard Tracy McGrady (left knee soreness) and forward Ron Artest (right ankle) in their game against the Knicks. … Bucks center Andrew Bogut returned to action Saturday night against the Timberwolves after missing four games because of a back injury.
*NFL: The Jets will interview Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan on Sunday about their coaching vacancy. … Rob Chudzinski, the Browns’ offensive coordinator the last two seasons, interviewed with 49ers coach Mike Singletary for San Francisco’s vacant offensive coordinator job. … The NFL fined Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney $20,000 for comments he made after a 23-17 overtime loss to the Chargers on Jan. 3. In an interview, Freeney used two expletives in criticizing the officiating. The Colts were called for three defensive penalties on the Chargers’ winning drive.
*BASEBALL: The Red Sox signed free-agent reliever Takashi Saito to a one-year contract with a club option for 2010. The deal was completed after Saito passed his physical on Friday. Foxsports.com reported the deal includes a guarantee between $1.5 million and $2.5 million. … MLB.com reported Japanese right-handed pitcher Kenshin Kawakami, 33, has reached an agreement with the Braves. Kawakami has spent the last 11 seasons as one of the top pitchers in Japan’s Central League.
*COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Northern State’s Don Meyer set the record for career wins in men’s basketball, moving past Bob Knight with his 903rd on Saturday night — an 82-62 victory over Mary. His career began in 1972 and nearly ended in September in a car-truck accident that sent him to the hospital for 55 days, forced doctors to amputate his lower left leg and led to the discovery of a slow-growing cancer. … In women’s basketball, Natasha Williams scored 27 points, Deirdre Naughton added 24 as DePaul rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to defeat No. 19 Pittsburgh 69-62. … Erica Williamson scored a career-high 21 points as No. 12 Notre Dame (14-1, 3-0 Big East) beat Georgetown 84-63.
*TENNIS: Showing no signs of a back injury that bothered him in the semifinals, Andy Murray won his second straight Qatar Open after defeating Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2 in Saturday’s final in Doha. … Third-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia reached the final of the Chennai Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Marcel Granollers of Spain. Cilic will face wild-card Somdev Devvarman of India. … Sidney Wood, who in 1931 became the only uncontested winner of a Wimbledon final, died Saturday. He was 97. He died in Palm Beach, Fla., the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum said. Wood’s opponent in the final of the 1931 championship at the All-England Club was U.S. Davis Cup teammate Frank Shields. Shields, however, was unable to play because of an ankle injury. … Men’s and women’s singles champions will earn $1.42 million at the Australian Open, which is increasing prize money by 12 percent.
*GOLF: Geoff Ogilvy ran off three straight birdies on the back nine and shot an 8-under 65 to take a six-shot lead over Justin Leonard and D.J. Trahan at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii. … Charl Schwartzel of South Africa had a hole-in-one on his way to an 8-under 63 and a share of the Joburg Open lead with Andrew McLardy and David Drysdale after the third round on Saturday in Johannesburg.
*SKIING: Tina Maze of Slovenia won a women’s World Cup giant slalom in Maribor, Slovenia, and Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. finished seventh to gain ground in the overall standings. Maze had a combined time of 2 minutes 45.15 seconds for her seventh career victory. Vonn finished 1.52 seconds behind Maze. … Benjamin Raich of Austria won the classic men’s World Cup giant slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland, for his 33rd career victory, and Bode Miller of the U.S. failed to complete a race for the eighth time in 16 events.
*SOCCER: Red Stars defender Kate Markgraf is pregnant with her second child and will sit out the 2009 WPS season.
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EDITED BY MIKE PANKOW FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
