In brief: Knicks’ Curry, family robbed at gunpoint

Three masked robbers broke into the suburban Chicago home of New York Knicks center Eddy Curry on Saturday morning and held his family and an employee at gunpoint.

Deputy chief of police John Madden said the three offenders restrained Curry, his family and an employee with duct tape at the Burr Ridge home.

No one was injured in the incident, and the robbers made off with cash and jewelry.

“Federal agents investigating NBA referee Tim Donaghy for alleged gambling activities have focused in part on his ties to sports bookmakers in the Philadelphia region, people close to the investigation said.

“The Miami Heat’s free-agent season got a little brighter Friday when the team signed Los Angeles Lakers point guard Smush Parker. The deal is believed to be worth between $4.5 million and $5 million over two years.

“Funeral services for Wake Forest men’s coach Skip Prosser have been scheduled for the coming week, the school announced.

Soccer

Beckham out again

David Beckham sat out the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 2-1 loss to Guadalajara in a SuperLiga tournament game at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

“Freddy Adu was given permission by Real Salt Lake to go to Portugal in an attempt to complete transfer negotiations with Benfica.

MLS and Benfica already have agreed to a $2 million transfer fee for the 18-year-old forward and midfielder, who captained the U.S. team at this year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Under FIFA’s rules, the sides have until Aug. 31 to work out a contract and complete a transfer.

“Sepp Blatter, the president of soccer’s world governing body thinks Asia or North and Central America – including possibly the United States – could put on just as good a World Cup in 2018 as Europe could.

Boxing

Fighters set date

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ricky Hatton have agreed to terms for a welterweight showdown on Dec. 8. No site has been selected, but it appears the fight is headed for Las Vegas.

Mayweather-Hatton will feature two undefeated world champions from different continents – Hatton is from Manchester, England – in the prime of their careers.

Tennis

Ailing Roddick ousted

Frank Dancevic used 15 aces to eliminate an ailing Andy Roddick 6-4, 7-6 (1) and advance in the final of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, where he’ll face Russian Dimitry Tursunov.

Roddick said he began to feel ill in the first set, bothered by what he called “a stomach bug or something.”

“Juan Monaco and Potito Starace will play in the final of the Austrian Open in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

Monaco beat 11th-seeded Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 7-5, while Starace upset defending champion Agustin Calleri 6-4, 7-5 in the semifinals.

“Carlos Moya of Spain and Andrei Pavel of Romania advanced to the final of the Croatia Open in Umag, Croatia with two-set victories.

Horse racing

Lawyer Ron wins

Lawyer Ron came barreling around the final turn and pulled away in the stretch for a record-setting win in the $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

“Pampered Princess and Donato Hanover won eliminations at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J., for the $1.5 million Hambletonian.

Hydroplanes

Qualifiers set

Dave Villwock, David Bryant and Jean Theoret captured qualifying heats for the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup in Kennewick for unlimited hydroplanes.