Wie has received and accepted a sponsor's exemption to play in January's Sony Open in Honolulu, the first full-field PGA Tour event of the year, tournament officials said yesterday.

It will be Wie's third straight Sony Open, where she made her PGA Tour debut in 2004 as a 14-year-old and missed the cut by a stroke. Her 68 in the second round was the lowest score by a female competing against men.

Granik will remain the league's main representative to USA Basketball and board chairman of the Basketball Hall of Fame as well as an aide to the commissioner. . . .

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett didn't sustain structural damage to his sprained left ankle, X-rays showed. Garnett sprained his ankle in practice Monday.. . .

UConn point guard A.J. Price made a brief appearance in criminal court in Vernon, Conn., on charges related to the theft of laptop computers from dorm rooms, applying for a special form of probation that would allow him to avoid a criminal record. . . .

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