Storm win in triple OT against Sparks
WNBA: Sue Bird scored 23 points, including three 3-pointers in the third overtime, leading the Seattle Storm to a 98-87 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in WNBA action Wednesday night in Seattle.
Bird led a 13-0 run by Seattle in the third OT and helped the Storm (11-6) win their third straight game.
Tina Thompson led Los Angeles (4-9) with 22 points.
The Storm played most of the second overtime and all of the third OT without Lauren Jackson, who was ejected with two technical fouls.
Lions trade receiver Curry to Rams
Football: The Detroit Lions traded wide receiver Ronald Curry to the St. Louis Rams for defensive end Orien Harris.
Curry became expendable in June when the Lions traded safety Gerald Alexander to the Jacksonville Jaguars for wide receiver Dennis Northcutt, who is expected to play in the slot.
•Dan Rooney, son become Steelers’ majority owners: Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney’s four brothers signed papers this week transferring majority ownership of the six-time Super Bowl champions to Rooney and son Art Rooney II, the team president.
The sale allows Dan Rooney, now the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, and Art II to control 30 percent of the team’s shares, as required of a principal owner under NFL rules.
•Harrison’s accuser shot again: A Philadelphia man who says he was shot by NFL receiver Marvin Harrison last year remains in critical condition after being shot again.
Dwight Dixon was found shot multiple times in the city’s Fairmount section late Tuesday morning.
A spokesman at Hahnemann University Hospital said Dixon, 33, remained in critical condition Wednesday.
Griffin sidelined with shoulder injury
Basketball: Blake Griffin has pulled out of USA Basketball’s minicamp in Las Vegas because of a strained right shoulder, possibly hurting the No. 1 pick’s chances of playing next year in the world championships.
Griffin told USA Basketball officials that he was unable to play because he was injured during the third of the Los Angeles Clippers’ five summer league games. He will spend the next three to four weeks resting the shoulder.
•Rubio will leave Spanish club: Ricky Rubio plans to part ways with Spanish basketball club DKV Joventut even if the Minnesota Timberwolves cannot reach a deal to bring their first-round draft pick to the NBA.
Rubio, 18, is at odds with his boyhood club over an $8.2 million buyout clause, toward which the NBA team can only contribute $500,000.
U.S. women win on Nairn’s goal
Soccer: Christine Nairn’s first international goal in the dying minutes gave the U.S. women a 1-0 victory over Canada in Charleston, S.C., and a three-game sweep of their friendly series.
Nairn scored in the 89th minute after a perfect cross from Angela Hucles deep on the right wing.
•Club America wins: Daniel Marquez headed in the winning goal to help Club America beat AC Milan 2-1 and take its second straight victory in the World Football Challenge in Atlanta.
MMA star tests positive for steroids
Miscellany: Former heavyweight champion Josh Barnett tested positive for steroids and was scrapped from the main event of the “Affliction: Trilogy” show, less than two weeks before he was scheduled to fight Fedor Emelianenko in Anaheim, Calif.
The California State Athletic Commission denied Barnett a license to fight on the mixed marital arts card after a drug test taken June 25 came back positive for anabolic steroids.
•Federer, Nadal, Roddick head men’s U.S. Open field: Five-time defending champion Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick are among eight Grand Slam winners leading the men’s field for the U.S. Open.
All top 100 men in the rankings received direct entry into the hard-court tournament, played Aug. 31 to Sept. 13 in New York.
Federer will be trying to become the first man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win the U.S. Open six consecutive times.
Other past U.S. Open champions on the entry list are Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt, while Novak Djokovic, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Moya also have won major titles.
•Brazil will spend billions on World Cup: A dozen cities in Brazil could spend more than $40 billion on infrastructure alone for the 2014 World Cup, according to a report on Globo’s G1 Web site.
The total includes costs for new stadiums and improvements in transportation, public safety, health systems and several other areas.