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Sports in Brief: Tebow has shoulder surgery
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow had surgery on his right shoulder yesterday but was expected to be ready for spring practice in April.
The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, who throws lefthanded, had surgery at Shands Florida Surgical Center to remove a bone spur and reduce chronic inflammation.
Tebow hurt his shoulder in a game against Kentucky in October 2007 and aggravated the injury earlier this season.
Defensive lineman Chris Palmer, a graduate of Neumann-Goretti High, has enrolled at West Virginia and will join the Mountaineers for the spring semester.
The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Palmer played on both sides of the line in high school and had 64 tackles and three sacks as a senior in the fall of 2007. He signed with WVU in February.
Elsewhere: Missouri forward Leo Lyons has been suspended indefinitely after his arrest in Columbia, Mo., on traffic charges and for failing to pay a traffic fine from 2006. . . . Miami sophomore point guard Eddie Rios was suspended indefinitely for violating team rules. . . . Pittsburgh junior point guard Jania Sims will miss the rest of the basketball season after stress fractures were detected in both legs. . . . Former Auburn all-American Tracy Rocker, an Outland Trophy winner, is returning to his alma mater as defensive line coach, head coach Gene Chizik announced.
Utah defensive end Paul Kruger and defensive back Sean Smith say they plan to enter the NFL draft. . . . Southern Mississippi gave first-year football coach Larry Fedora a contract extension after a 7-6 season. . . . Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle says he will return to the Longhorns for his senior season in 2009.
Former horse of the year Azeri was not sold at the Keeneland horses of all ages sale in Lexington, Ky., when bids fell short of the $4.4 million reserve price set by owner Michael Paulson.
Defensive lineman Chris Palmer, a graduate of Neumann-Goretti High, has enrolled at West Virginia and will join the Mountaineers for the spring semester.
The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Palmer played on both sides of the line in high school and had 64 tackles and three sacks as a senior in the fall of 2007. He signed with WVU in February.
Elsewhere: Missouri forward Leo Lyons has been suspended indefinitely after his arrest in Columbia, Mo., on traffic charges and for failing to pay a traffic fine from 2006. . . . Miami sophomore point guard Eddie Rios was suspended indefinitely for violating team rules. . . . Pittsburgh junior point guard Jania Sims will miss the rest of the basketball season after stress fractures were detected in both legs. . . . Former Auburn all-American Tracy Rocker, an Outland Trophy winner, is returning to his alma mater as defensive line coach, head coach Gene Chizik announced.
Utah defensive end Paul Kruger and defensive back Sean Smith say they plan to enter the NFL draft. . . . Southern Mississippi gave first-year football coach Larry Fedora a contract extension after a 7-6 season. . . . Texas linebacker Sergio Kindle says he will return to the Longhorns for his senior season in 2009.
Hockey
The Winter Classic drew the biggest television audience for a regular-season NHL game in nearly 34 years. The Detroit Red Wings' 6-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at Wrigley Field on New Year's Day attracted an average of 4.4 million U.S. viewers on NBC, the network said. That's the most since a Flyers-New York Rangers game Feb. 23, 1975, according to Nielsen Media Research.Soccer
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA world player-of-the-year award to complete a sweep of soccer's top individual honors for 2008. Brazil's Marta won the women's award for the third year in a row. She earlier announced she was joining the Los Angeles Sol in the Women's Professional Soccer League. Elsewhere: The Kansas City Wizards re-signed forward Claudio Lopez. Terms were not disclosed.Noteworthy
Ian Poulter has pulled out of this week's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship to undergo corrective eye surgery.
Former horse of the year Azeri was not sold at the Keeneland horses of all ages sale in Lexington, Ky., when bids fell short of the $4.4 million reserve price set by owner Michael Paulson.
