Miscellany

With the blessing of his coach and some advice from Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom left Rhode Island after just one season to enter the NBA draft.

The 6-foot-10 forward is giving up two years of eligibility and is certain to be among the top picks - if not the No. 1 choice - for the June 23 draft.

NBA teams will share a record $7.5 million in playoff bonuses, although the regular-season tie between the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs is causing a problem.

The team with the best record in the NBA is supposed to get $240,000 to split; league lawyers haven’t determined how to settle the deadlock.

Suspended San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo and his sister, Denise DeBartolo York, agreed to a one-month truce in their feud over the team.

In Akron, Ohio, U.S. District Judge Daniel Polster asked both sides to suspend litigation against each other for one month and begin settlement talks.

DeDe Owens, a former LPGA player and one of the country’s most popular golf teachers, died in Palos Heights, Ill., a week after a heart attack following a lesson. She was 53.

Former St. Joseph’s University basketball star Arthur Davis could face life in prison if he’s convicted of charges related to a shooting, said a Delaware County, Pa., assistant district attorney.

The 21-year-old Davis, known as “Yah,” faces six charges in connection with the non-fatal shooting of a Philadelphia man April 29.