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Davenport, Fever break Storm

Indiana’s Shavonte Zellous, front, draws a charging foul against Seattle's Katie Smith during Tuesday’s game. (Associated Press)
Indiana’s Shavonte Zellous, front, draws a charging foul against Seattle's Katie Smith during Tuesday’s game. (Associated Press)

WNBA: Jessica Davenport had 15 points, seven rebounds and four blocks to lead the Indiana Fever over the Seattle Storm 78-61 in Indianapolis on Tuesday night.

Tamika Catchings added 11 points, six rebounds and four steals for the Fever, who won their fifth straight game. Indiana reserves Shannon Bobbitt and Shavonte Zellous chipped in eight points apiece.

Sue Bird scored 21 points and Swin Cash had 13 for the Storm.

The Fever played without starting guard Briann January (Lewis and Clark HS), who suffered a season-ending ACL injury on June 28.

• Sky top Mystics to end skid: Sylvia Fowles scored a season-high 34 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky snap a three-game losing streak with a 78-65 win over the Washington Mystics in Rosemont, Ill.

Gonzaga University graduate Courtney Vandersloot chipped in five points while grabbing a rebound and an assist. Spokane native Angie Bjorklund was limited to two points and a rebound in seven minutes off the bench.

Lamb herds U.S. U19 team to OT win

Basketball: Jeremy Lamb of national champion Connecticut scored 35 points, including a baseline jumper with 1.5 seconds left in overtime, to lead the United States to a 107-105 victory over Lithuania in the second round of FIBA’s Under 19 World Championship in Riga, Latvia.

The U.S. (5-0) led 94-86 with 37 seconds left in regulation, but Lithuania (3-2) tied the game at 94 on a goaltending call with 1.7 seconds to play.

The defending champion U.S. ends the second round against Croatia (3-2) today.

• Pacers to keep Vogel at helm: The Indiana Pacers are sticking with the coach who got them to the NBA playoffs.

A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that Indiana will make interim coach Frank Vogel the team’s permanent head coach.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move had not been made official yet by the team.

The Indiana Pacers did announce they had a news conference with Vogel today. He will be joined by Larry Bird, the Pacers’ president of basketball operations.

Phoenix secures Yandle for five years

NHL: The Phoenix Coyotes have signed All-Star defenseman Keith Yandle to a five-year deal, locking up one of their top offseason priorities.

Terms of the deal were not released, but a person with knowledge of the contract told The Associated Press it was worth just over $26 million.

Yandle, 24, has developed into one of the NHL’s top defensemen in five seasons with Phoenix, a superb two-way player who was third among all blue-liners with 59 points in 82 games last season.

• Hurricanes snag Kaberle with three-year deal: The Carolina Hurricanes have signed free-agent defenseman Tomas Kaberle to a three-year, $12.75 million contract.

The Hurricanes announced the signing shortly after they traded defenseman Joe Corvo to Boston for a draft pick.

Lawyers sifting labor dispute paperwork

NFL: Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith will conduct NFL labor talks later this week after letting the lawyers handle paperwork for two days.

Attorneys for the NFL and the players’ association are sorting out contract language and details that could speed the process in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement.

“The owners will not open the doors without a signed document in place,” a person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press. “So this paperwork is important to get done” by today.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because a judge has directed that details of the court-ordered mediated negotiations not be disclosed.

The 1993 collective bargaining agreement was slowed by the volume of paperwork.

Commissioner Goodell and NFLPA chief Smith were not at Tuesday’s meeting at a Manhattan law firm’s headquarters. On Thursday, Goodell and Smith will resume their discussions, with owners and players present. Those talks could last into the weekend if a new CBA appears imminent, the person with knowledge of the talks said. The sides did not get together on weekends during negotiations over the last month.

IndyCar returning to Fontana track

Miscellany: The IndyCar Series is returning to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., after a seven-year absence, track officials said at a news conference.

Speedway president Gillian Zucker along with IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard announced that the open-wheel series will hold a 400-mile night race at the 2-mile oval track in the fall of 2012.

Fontana is currently the site of just one stock car race, and it’s held at noon.

• ATP tour prize to reach $90 million: Prize money at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals will increase by 30 percent over the next three years, taking the overall total on the men’s professional tennis tour to about $90 million.

The ATP says that it is raising prize money across all its tournaments, with masters events going up by 9 percent by 2014.