*BASEBALL: The Giants have offered free-agent third baseman Joe Crede a one-year contract, sources told the CBS outlet in San Francisco. No terms were disclosed. Crede, 30, hit .248 with 17 homers and 55 RBIs for the White Sox last season but was plagued by a back injury.
*NBA : Cavaliers forward Wally Szczerbiak will play with a protective mask after breaking his nose in Wednesday night’s win at New York. … The NBA fined coach Doc Rivers $15,000 Saturday “for verbal abuse of game officials” after the Celtics’ 110-109 overtime loss to the Lakers on Thursday night. … The Hawks held out Mike Bibby with a sore foot Saturday after their starting point guard was injured the night before. Bibby, the Hawks’ second-leading scorer with a 16.1-point average, missed his first game of the season
*HOCKEY : Blues forward Paul Kariya will have surgery on his right hip, a month after he had his left hip repaired. … Matt Anderson and Jordan LaVallee scored and Ondrej Pavelec had 23 saves in the Wolves’ 2-1 win over Milwaukee at Allstate Arena.
*AUTO RACING : James Buescher held off Joey Logano in a battle of 18-year-olds on the final lap of Saturday’s crash-marred ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Three drivers were sent to the hospital. The 80-lap event was slowed by a series of multiple-car wrecks, including a three-car accident six laps from the end that brought out a red flag. Patrick Sheltra, running third, was hit from behind by pole-winner Justin Lofton, sending Sheltra’s car into the wall. As it slid back down the banking on the 2.5-mile oval, Sheltra’s car was slammed hard and sent into a spin by the trailing car of Larry Hollenbeck. It took safety workers about 20 minutes to get Sheltra out of his battered car and he and Hollenbeck were taken by ambulance to Halifax Medical Health Center.
*TRACK AND FIELD: Jenn Stuczynski set an American record in the pole vault with a height of 15 feet 93/4 inches at the Boston Indoor Games. Stuczynski won the event at last week’s Millrose Games in New York, but she missed her attempt at the record. Also in the Boston meet, Kara Goucher won the 3,000 meters in a personal best of 8 minutes 46.65 seconds. Goucher, who had the fastest debut for an American woman when she finished third at the New York Marathon last year, is using her time in Boston to train for her Boston Marathon debut this spring. … Baylor won the men’s title with 65 points on a record-setting Saturday at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational, while Texas A&M took the women’s crown with 72 points at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York. LSU’s LaTavia Thomas set the meet record in the women’s 800 meters in 2:04.54, breaking the mark she set here last year of 2:04.66. Walter Henning, also of LSU, set the meet mark in the weight throw with a toss of 72-81/2, eclipsing the mark of 72-71/4 set last year by Egor Agafonov of Kansas. In the men’s pole vault, Renaud Lavillenie of Clermont-Ferrand, a college in France, cleared 18-81/4 to top the mark of 18-01/2 set by Jordan Scott of Kansas last year.
*SOCCER : Brian McBride scored his second goal of the preseason in the Fire’s 1-0 victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders in Bradenton, Fla. … David Beckham’s strong play with AC Milan earned him a spot on the England team that will play Spain in an exhibition game Wednesday. … Substitute Fernando Torres had the winner in injury time to give Liverpool a 3-2 win at Portsmouth that sent it back to the top of the Premier League as Chelsea’s fading title hopes faltered further with a home draw against Hull. … Gonzalo Higuain’s 13th goal of the season helped Real Madrid beat Racing Santander 1-0 for its seventh straight victory in the Spanish league. … Inter Milan bested Lecce 3-0 to stretch its lead at the top of Serie A to seven points after AC Milan drew 1-1 with Reggina.
*TENNIS: Jill Craybas of the United States and Argentina’s Gisela Dulko won in straight sets to leave the countries tied 1-1 after the first day of their first-round Fed Cup competition in Surprise, Ariz.
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EDITED BY BOB FOLTMAN FROM TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
