*NFL : Drew Rosenhaus, agent for Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, sent an e-mail to teams earlier in the week stating Burress was among three of his clients who wants to be traded. The other two are Anquan Boldin and Chad Johnson. … Titans All-Pro defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is being blamed for causing an accident that left a Tennessee man needing a hip replacement. Also, a district attorney is reviewing the Dec. 13 incident for a possible probation violation. Haynesworth is due to become a free agent Feb. 27 and is seeking to become the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player. … The Broncos have promoted Brian Xanders to be their general manager. Xanders joined the Broncos as assistant general manager May 5 after working in the Atlanta Falcons organization.
*GOLF: Robert Garrigus reached the uphill, 529-yard seventh hole at Spyglass Hill with a 5-iron and holed a 50-foot eagle putt, then closed out his first round with consecutive birdies for a 7-under 65 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Dustin Johnson also shot a 65 to share the lead. … The LPGA Tour will return to the Los Angeles area after a five-year absence with a tournament in 2010.
*HOCKEY : Islanders center Doug Weight will be out six weeks because of a knee injury. Weight suffered a sprained MCL after colliding with Devils forward Brian Gionta on Wednesday. … The NHL suspended Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec for two games without pay for tripping a player from behind during a game. … Peter Forsberg returned to pro hockey Thursday night, scoring the opening goal in a 4-1 win for hometown club Modo in the Swedish Elite League.
*NBA: Cavaliers coach Mike Brown coach was fined $25,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing referee Joey Crawford following the Cavaliers’ last-second loss at Indiana earlier this week.
*TENNIS: James Blake easily beat Florent Serra 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the SAP Open in San Jose, Calif. … Top-ranked Rafael Nadal was pushed hard by 17-year-old junior champion Grigor Dimitrov before pulling out a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 victory to advance to the ABN Amro quarterfinals in Rotterdam. … Top-ranked Serena Williams ousted Karolina Sprem 6-1, 6-2 to reach the Open GDF Suez quarterfinals in Paris.
*ALSO : Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has agreed to a new seven-year contract that includes the same salary of $2.84 million and bonus structures as his previous deal. … Floyd Landis crashed his bike during a training run for the Tour of California. Landis still plans to compete Saturday in his first race back from a two-year doping ban, which expired Jan. 30.
