Garrigus, Johnson share lead to open AT&T Pro-Am

Robert Garrigus reached the uphill, 529-yard seventh hole at Spyglass Hill in Pebble Beach, Calif., with a 5-iron and holed a 50-foot eagle putt, then closed out his first round with consecutive birdies for a 7-under-par 65 on Thursday at the AT&T Pro-Am.

Dustin Johnson holed out a 9-iron from 151 yards for eagle on the first hole at Pebble Beach and played bogey-free for a 65 to tie Garrigus.

Vijay Singh, in his first tournament since minor knee surgery after the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, opened with a 72 at Poppy Hills, while double major winner Padraig Harrington struggled to a 74 on the same course.

Phil Mickelson shot a 72.

•Wie starts well: Michelle Wie made her much-anticipated debut as a full-fledged LPGA Tour member, birdieing her final three holes for a 6-under 66 in the first round of the season-opening SBS Open in Kahuku, Hawaii.

The 19-year-old Wie was a stroke behind leader Angela Stanford.

Wendy Ward of Edwall, Wash., finished the day with a 1-over 73.

NBA

Celtics battle back

Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter, finally giving Boston its first lead, then hit two jumpers in the final 1:12 to put the Celtics ahead to stay in a physical 99-92 victory at Dallas.

Ray Allen, playing with an injured thumb, had 20 points, and Rajon Rondo had 19 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists for his second career triple-double, both this season.

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 37 points.

Heat edge Bulls: Shawn Marion’s dunk with 1.1 seconds left gave the Miami Heat a 95-93 win over the Chicago Bulls.

Dwyane Wade scored 24 points. Wade scored eight points in the fourth quarter and found Marion for the decisive dunk.

Reserve Michael Beasley finished with 21 points for the Heat.

College Basketball

Irish earn big win

Luke Harangody had 32 points and 17 rebounds and Notre Dame (13-10, 4-7 Big East) shot 54 percent in a 90-57 victory over No. 5 Louisville (18-5, 9-2) that ended a seven-game losing streak.

Illini sneak by: Demetri McCamey scored 19 points and banked in the go-ahead jumper with 2.9 seconds left and No. 22 Illinois (20-5, 8-4 Big Ten) rallied from 14 points down to beat Northwestern (13-9, 4-7) 60-59 in Evanston, Ill.

Trent Meacham scored 12 of his 15 points in the final 5 minutes as the Illini rallied from a 57-43 deficit.

NHL

Red Wings remain red hot

Jiri Hudler and Kris Draper scored in a 50-second span of the second period, and Chris Osgood made 21 saves in the Red Wings’ 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Detroit.

Mikael Samuelsson and Ville Leino also scored, and Marian Hossa had two assists to help Detroit win its sixth straight.

•Panthers blank Hurricanes: Tomas Vokoun made 42 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, Anthony Stewart and Gregory Campbell scored 12 seconds apart in the second period and the Florida Panthers routed the Carolina Hurricanes 5-0 at Raleigh, N.C.

•Predators win shootout: Jason Arnott tied it with 3 seconds left in regulation, and Steve Sullivan scored the only goal in a shootout to give the Predators a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Nashville, Tenn.

Baseball

OSU pitcher wins lawsuit

Oklahoma State pitcher Andrew Oliver was reinstated to the team when an Ohio judge tossed out an NCAA rule that prevents college baseball players from hiring advisers who are in direct contact with big league clubs.

Oliver filed a lawsuit after he was ruled ineligible. The NCAA suspended him last spring because it said advisers he had hired listened in on contract negotiations after he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in June 2006.

•Cards, Ankiel settle: Outfielder Rick Ankiel and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a one-year contract worth $2,825,000 to avoid arbitration.

•Rays sign Shouse: Left-handed reliever Brian Shouse officially joined the Tampa Bay Rays when the A.L. champions finalized a $1.55 million, one-year deal that includes a club option for 2010.

•Twins, Young agree to deal: Delmon Young and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to terms on a $1,152,000, one-year contract.

•Uggla wins arbitration case: Second baseman Dan Uggla won his arbitration case against the Florida Marlins and was awarded $5.35 million. The Marlins had offered $4.4 million.

Miscellany

Teen’s family not satisfied

The family of star Mississippi high school football player Billey Joe Johnson isn’t done pressing for an explanation of how the 17-year-old accidentally shot and killed himself with his shotgun during a traffic stop, as a grand jury has concluded.

“I ain’t buying that,” said his mother, Annette Johnson, after the 16-member grand jury ruled. “We are going further and we are going higher.”

Johnson, a junior at southern Mississippi’s George County High School, died of a wound to the left side of his head on Dec. 8 after a deputy pulled him over for running a red light. After an initial investigation, authorities said the wound was self-inflicted.

•Setbacks for Haynesworth: Titans All Pro defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is being blamed for causing an accident that left a Tennessee man needing a hip replacement and has a district attorney reviewing the Dec. 13 incident for a possible probation violation.

•Abilene Christian punished: The NCAA ordered Abilene Christian to vacate 10 football victories from 2007 and placed the track program on two years’ probation with school-imposed scholarship reductions.

Citing major rules violations in both sports, the NCAA committee on infractions said some personnel at the Division II school “were lax on rules compliance, leading to violations of well-known, obvious NCAA rules.”