Kerney out for year after Hawks put him on IR

The Seahawks have placed Patrick Kerney on injured reserve, ending the season for Seattle’s top pass rusher.

The team announced the move Wednesday. The 31-year-old Kerney had shoulder surgery earlier this month after injuring his left shoulder in an Oct. 26 victory at San Francisco.

Seattle signed defensive end Brandon Miller off waivers from Atlanta.

•Graham out for season: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ leading rusher, Earnest Graham, is out for the season after spraining his ankle during last week’s victory over Minnesota. He was placed on injured reserve Wednesday.

Gymnastics

Karolyis accused

USA Gymnastics has never received a complaint about Bela or Martha Karolyi in the nearly 30 years they have been coaching in the United States, the governing body said, a day after a Romanian gymnast alleged the two had abused her.

Trudi Eberle Kollar, a double silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics, said the Karolyis hit her when she was at the Romanian national training center in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Karolyis coached the Romanian team before they defected to the United States in 1981.

Baseball

Red Sox trade Crisp

The Kansas City Royals picked up the leadoff hitter they had been seeking, acquiring center fielder Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez.

Crisp hit .283 with seven homers and 41 RBIs in 98 games this past season. He also stole 20 bases in 27 attempts, the third straight season he’s reached the 20-steal mark.

With a fastball that reaches the mid-90s mph, Ramirez is a power pitcher who seems suited for the late innings. He was one of the primary setup men for closer Joakim Soria and flourished in that spot, going 3-2 with a 2.64 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 712/3 innings.

•Mussina reported to retire: FoxSports.com reported that New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina intends to retire and will make the move official this week.

Olympics

IOC denies claim

Women’s ski jumping is being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, because there are not enough athletes to merit the sport’s inclusion, not because of gender discrimination, an International Olympic Committee spokeswoman said.

A group of women ski jumpers is suing the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee and will get a chance to argue in British Columbia Supreme Court on April 20 for their sport to be included.

The IOC voted in 2006 to exclude women’s ski jumping from the 2010 Games, saying the sport didn’t meet the basic criteria for an Olympic event. Vancouver Olympic organizers have said they are bound by the decision of the IOC.

NBA

Pistons stop Cavaliers

Alan Iverson had 23 points and Rasheed Wallace added 21, leading a fourth-quarter surge that gave the Detroit Pistons a 96-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Auburn Hills, Mich. LeBron James had led Cleveland to an eight-game winning streak – the longest in the NBA – but he made just 8 of 21 shots and scored 25 points.

•Blazers rip Bulls: Brandon Roy scored 20 points to lead six Trail Blazers in double figures, including Greg Oden who had 11 points and 10 rebounds in 17 minutes in his home debut, as host Portland smashed Chicago 116-74.

College basketball

Spartans rally to win

Raymar Morgan scored eight of his 22 points during a decisive 13-0 run and No. 5 Michigan State survived a scare from host Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne (0-2), beating the Mastodons 70-59. Michigan State (2-0) led 32-24 at halftime, but opened the second half making just 1 of 10 shots. The Spartans fell behind twice by three points to IPFW.

•Final Fours handed out: The NCAA says the men’s basketball Final Four will be played at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington in 2014.

It’s also awarded the 2016 men’s Final Four to Houston. Those games will be played at Reliant Stadium. The 2012 Final Four will be played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, with finals awarded to Atlanta’s Georgia Dome in 2013 and the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in 2015.

•UNC women win: Rashanda McCants scored 20 points in the second half to rally host No. 4 North Carolina (4-0) to a 73-67 win over No. 23 Xavier (2-1) in the women’s Preseason NIT.

•Fordham ends streak: Randall Hurst scored 19 points to help the Fordham Rams end a 35-game losing streak with a 62-49 win over Manhattan in New York. Fordham (1-1) was 0-29 last season, setting an NCAA record for futility in a single season.

Miscellany

Ovechkin leads Caps

Alex Ovechkin extended his goal streak to five games and added three assists, sending the Washington Capitals to a 6-4 victory over host Anaheim.

•LPGA cuts back on events: The LPGA Tour announced that it will offer three fewer tournaments in 2009 than this year, all because of sponsorship loss. Prize money also will dip by about $5 million.