*GOLF: Seve Ballesteros’ brain tumor is cancerous, and he will undergo another operation to relieve pressure caused by swelling and bleeding. The remaining parts of the tumor, located very deep in the brain, will be removed in Friday’s procedure. A hospital in LaPaz, Spain, said the surgery on the 51-year-old golfer was “of great complexity.” … Annika Sorenstam, 38, who announced in June that she was “stepping away” from golf, is hedging a bit more. “We’ll see if I will come back in a few years to play,” she said. “As of now, I’m leaving the door open. … That’s why I’m not using the ‘R’ word.” … John Mallinger and Doug LaBelle shot 7-under-par 63s to share the Frys.com Open lead in Scottsdale, Ariz.
*NHL: Canucks center Pavol Demitra will miss four weeks with a rib injury. … Defenseman John Erskine signed a two-year extension with the Capitals. … The Ducks signed defenseman Bret Hedican to a one-year contract. … Defenseman Marek Malik signed a one-year deal with the Lightning.
*COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Illinois-Chicago associate head coach Mark Coomes said he would retire at the end of the upcoming season. Coomes has served as Jimmy Collins’ chief assistant since 1996-97, when both came to UIC. Both were assistant coaches under Lou Henson at Illinois.
— Neil Milbert
… Cincinnati point guard Cashmere Wright tore a knee ligament and is out for the season. … Connecticut forward Maya Moore was picked by Big East coaches as women’s preseason player of the year, and the Huskies were predicted to win their third straight conference title. Notre Dame was picked for fourth, with Marquette seventh and DePaul eighth.
*COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Connecticut is unsure whether quarterback Zach Frazer (concussion) will play against Cincinnati. … Starting in 2009, the annual Army-Navy game will be played a week later — on the second Saturday in December — under an extended deal with CBS through 2018. The rivalry will become the last regular-season game each year.
*BASEBALL: Mets manager Jerry Manuel named Razor Shines as his third-base coach and Randy Niemann as bullpen coach. Shines was third-base coach of the White Sox in 2007.
*SOCCER: David Beckham’s deal with AC Milan is “at an advanced stage” but not yet done, a club vice president said. Milan wants to sign Beckham to a loan deal that would allow the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder and former England captain to play in Italy’s Serie A for a few months starting in January. … New York Red Bulls defender Carlos Mendes had surgery in Germany to repair a sports hernia. … FC Dallas midfielder Bobby Rhine, 32, will retire after the season. … The contest to win hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups starts Friday, when FIFA’s executive committee sets a timetable for candidates bidding to stage the world’s most popular sporting event. The candidates include Australia, China, England, Russia and the United States. … Polish prosecutors have filed corruption charges against former national team coach Janusz Wojcik as part of a wide-ranging match-fixing probe.
*TENNIS: Top-seeded Andy Roddick used 26 aces to beat fellow American Robby Ginepri 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) at the Lyon (France) Grand Prix. … Two-time defending champion Roger Federer endured a shaky start before defeating Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (6), 7-6 (1) at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. Fourth-seeded James Blake hit 18 aces as he came from behind to beat Oscar Hernandez of Spain 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4. … Defending champion Andy Murray advanced to the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Open, but eighth-seeded Marat Safin was upset by Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan. … Olympic champion Elena Dementieva beat Gisela Dulko of Argentina to reach the quarterfinals in Luxembourg. … Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic and No. 2 Vera Zvonareva adcvanced to Generali Ladies quarterfinals in Austria.
*WNBA: The Washington Mystics began their overhaul after a 10-24 season by hiring Angela Taylor as general manager. Her first job will be to find a new coach. As a kid, Taylor said, her dream job was to become GM of the Bulls. While her experience has been in business matters, she said: “I’ve always wanted to be involved on the basketball side. It’s been a passion of mine.”
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