In brief: Bryant gets mark; Grizzlies get win

NBA: Kobe Bryant scored 44 points, passing Jerry West as the Los Angeles Lakers’ career scorer, but it wasn’t enough as the Memphis Grizzlies got 22 points and 17 rebounds from Zach Randolph to defeat the Lakers 95-93 on Monday night in Memphis, Tenn.

Rudy Gay led Memphis with 25 points, and his 3-pointer with 29.5 seconds left helped Memphis end its two-game losing streak.

Bryant made 16 of 28 shots, including 4 of 7 outside the arc. Ron Artest added 18 points, while Pau Gasol had 10 points.

•Blazers beat Bobcats: LaMarcus Aldridge scored 17 points and Nicolas Batum and Jerryd Bayless had 15 points each and the Trail Blazers beat the Charlotte Bobcats 98-79 in Portland.

Portland had six players score in double figures. Rudy Fernandez scored 11 points, while Martell Webster and Dante Cunningham had 10.

•Nuggets rally over Kings: Arron Afflalo hit a 21-foot baseline jumper with 18.4 seconds left in overtime, and the Nuggets, down by 17 points in the third quarter, rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 112-109 in Denver.

•Hornets’ Paul out indefinitely: New Orleans’ All-Star point guard Chris Paul is out indefinitely with a left knee injury that will likely require surgery.

•Pierce injures foot: Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce says he has what he thinks is a mild sprain to his left foot and will have an X-ray on it.

Bears hire Martz to revive offense

Football: Mike Martz, the headstrong coach who orchestrated the “Greatest Show on Turf” while molding Kurt Warner into a Pro Bowl quarterback with the St. Louis Rams, is the Chicago Bears’ new offensive coordinator.

Martz’s hiring ended a nearly month long search to replace the fired Ron Turner. His job is to turn around a struggling offense and get the most out of Jay Cutler after the quarterback and team failed to meet high expectations this season.

Martz seemed like a logical choice, considering he hired Bears’ coach Lovie Smith as the Rams’ defensive coordinator in 2001 when he was the head coach and he was burnishing his reputation for developing quarterbacks.

No. 15 Seminoles hold off No. 9 Tar Heels

Women’s basketball: Jacinta Monroe scored 16 points and No. 15 Florida State (19-4, 5-2 ACC) held on to beat No. 9 North Carolina 83-73 in Chapel Hill, N.C., after nearly blowing a 19-point lead.

Italee Lucas had 20 points to lead the Tar Heels (16-4, 4-2).

Crosby nets hat trick in Penguins’ victory

NHL: Sidney Crosby scored three goals in slightly more than eight minutes of the second period as the Pittsburgh Penguins quickly turned a two-goal deficit into a two-goal lead, then held on to beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in Pittsburgh.

Crosby tied San Jose’s Patrick Marleau for the NHL goals lead with 37. Crosby’s hat trick was his third of the season and fifth of his career, and the Penguins pressed unsuccessfully to try to get him a fourth goal in the final period.

Athletics, Reds make roster adjustments

Baseball: The Cincinnati Reds sent center fielder Willy Taveras to the Oakland Athletics as part of a four-player deal, then agreed to a $3.02 million, one-year deal with Orlando Cabrera to become their starting shortstop.

Along with Taveras, the Reds sent infielder Adam Rosales to the A’s for infielder Aaron Miles and a player to be named. Oakland was busy as well, agreeing with outfielder Gabe Gross on a $750,000, one-year contract and claiming infielder Steve Tolleson off waivers from Minnesota.

•Mora joins Rockies: Melvin Mora agreed to a $1.3 million, one-year contract with the Colorado Rockies, an agreement first reported by foxsports.com.

Mora is expected to serve primarily as a backup at third base for Ian Stewart, but he can also play left and center fields and back up all the infield positions.

•Miller honored with Frick Award: Jon Miller, who has spent parts of five decades as the voice of five major league baseball teams, was selected as the 2010 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award.

•Rangers’ owner being sued: An architectural firm and a construction company accused the Texas Rangers and owner Tom Hicks of failing to pay $6.9 million for more than three years’ worth of work.

In a lawsuit filed in state district court in Dallas, RTKL Associates Inc. and Vratsinas Construction allege that they are owed the money for work on a proposed development adjacent to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Pacquiao named decade’s best boxer

Boxing: Manny Pacquiao was honored as the fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writer’s Association of America, along with matching Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield by winning his third fighter of the year award.

Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, was honored with a record-setting fourth Eddie Futch Award for trainer of the year.

•Hopkins, Jones Jr. set for rematch: Seventeen years after their first fight, Bernard Hopkins will meet Roy Jones Jr. in a rematch on April 3 in Las Vegas.

On May 22, 1993, in Washington, D.C., Hopkins lost a unanimous decision to Jones for the vacant IBF middleweight crown.

The rematch is scheduled for April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and will be broadcast on pay-per-view.