In brief: Whitney tops 1,000 points

Hockey: Ray Whitney keeps getting better with age.

One month shy of turning 40, the former Spokane Chiefs star and Phoenix Coyotes forward became the 79th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points.

Whitney, who won a Memorial Cup with Spokane in 1991 and a Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006, set up Phoenix linemate Radim Vrbata for a second-period goal in a 4-0 win over Anaheim on Saturday night to reach the 1,000-point mark.

Whitney has played in 1,126 NHL games, with seven different teams, since his debut during the 1991-92 season. He has scored 365 goals and recorded 636 assists.

“It hasn’t been overly easy, I’ve had to earn what I’ve done,” Whitney told NHL.com. “There’s been a couple of times where it didn’t look like it was going to go on any further so this is something I’m very proud of.”

Huskies’ Ross will enter NBA draft

Basketball: Washington guard Terrence Ross has decided to enter the NBA draft and hire an agent.

Ross averaged a team-high 16.4 points this season as Washington won the Pac-12 regular-season title and made it to the NIT semifinals.

Ross averaged 25 points in four games in the NIT before a 68-67 overtime loss to Minnesota ended the Huskies’ season.

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UK’s Davis wins Naismith Trophy

Basketball: Kentucky star Anthony Davis has won the Naismith Trophy for men’s college player of the year.

Davis is the first player from Kentucky to win the award and the second freshman, joining Texas’ Kevin Durant in 2007. He is the first Naismith Trophy winner from the Southeastern Conference since LSU’s Pete Maravich in 1970.

Associated Press