Cavaliers get James help in 3-team trade

The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting some help for LeBron James.

High-scoring Milwaukee point guard Mo Williams is headed to Cleveland to become James’ new backcourt mate as part of a three-team trade involving Milwaukee and Oklahoma City.

Agents for Williams and Desmond Mason said Wednesday a six-player deal is being finalized that reshapes the rebuilding Bucks while giving Cleveland an additional scoring threat.

In exchange for Williams, the Bucks will receive Damon Jones from Cleveland along with guard Luke Ridnour and forward Adrian Griffin from Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City will get veteran forward Joe Smith from Cleveland.

•Portland Trail Blazer guard Brandon Roy will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a tear in the meniscus of his left knee.

A magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, taken Tuesday revealed the tear. Surgery is scheduled for today.

Transportation

Teams scramble

Sports fans around the country are facing costlier or longer rides to the game because of a recent federal regulation that restricts the use of public shuttles from train stations or offsite parking to the stadium.

The situation has left NFL teams and schools with major college football programs scrambling for alternatives ahead of the upcoming regular season.

The American Public Transit Association says the regulation instead is pushing riders away from public transport.

Under a Federal Transit Administration regulation that took effect May 1, local transit authorities no longer can offer game-day shuttle service to fans if that service is: not part the regular schedule; if the fee is higher than the regular fare; or if a team or other group is involved, and negotiate a special price for the service.

Horse racing

Big Brown declines

If horse racing’s two stars are going to meet, it won’t be at the Spa.

Michael Iavarone, co-owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, said he has no plans to enter his colt in the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 30 despite a request by Jess Jackson, the majority owner of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin.

Jackson offered to donate $50,000 to a non-profit organization if Big Brown takes on Curlin in 1 1/8-mile Woodward on the dirt.

Auto racing

Stewart hires Newman

Tony Stewart has hired fellow Indiana native Ryan Newman to drive the second car for his new team next season, The Associated Press has learned.

Newman, who nipped Stewart on the final lap to win the Daytona 500 in February, will be introduced as driver of the No. 4 Chevrolet at Michigan International Speedway, according to a person familiar with the deal.

•The Southern 500 is back at Darlington Raceway.

Track president Chris Browning said the historic name will return to Darlington, S.C., when the Sprint Cup series comes back in May for Mother’s Day weekend in 2009.