HOPES THE BIG KID FINDS A NEW SANDBOX
Pavlik tells the Associated Press that he doesn't remember being admitted to the hospital last month, but that doctors told him "it was pretty serious."
"It was the worst form of reaction you could have," he said.
Pavlik had been dealing with a staph infection on his left hand since February.
He was supposed to defend his titles against Paul Williams on Dec. 5 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, but the fight was canceled Wednesday when trainer Jack Loew realized Pavlik still could not make a fist with his injured hand.
The staph infection appeared after Pavlik defeated Marco Antonio Rubio.
He was playing basketball on a warm March day when the knuckle split open, with a colorless ooze where there should have been blood. A trip to the doctor confirmed the bacteria.
Antibiotics and surgery did not clear up the infection. Further tests revealed MRSA, a sometimes fatal strain of staph that resists broad-spectrum antibiotics.
* Kentucky freshman guard John Wall practiced with his teammates in front of students, a day after a report that the highly touted guard might not be eligible to play, because his AAU coach, Brian Clifton, reportedly was a certified agent from 2007-08, an NCAA violaton.
* Private donors are giving $75,000 to Bob Knight to settle a lawsuit he filed against Indiana University claiming it didn't properly defend him when he was sued after shoving former assistant coach Ron Felling in 1999.
* Robert Allenby and Martin Kaymer are tied for lead in the second round of the Castello Masters in Castellon, Spain, after darkness suspended play.
* Former Masters champion Trevor Immelman has had surgery on his left wrist.
* The Kixx will hold open tryouts today from 10 a.m. to noon at Tri-State Sports, 63 Concord Road, Aston, Pa. Participants must be at least 18 and will be judged on athletic ability, performance and skill. Cost is $75. For more information call team vice president Darceé Roberts at 215- 952-5438 or 267-688-4126.
* Russian Evgeni Plushenko won the men's short program event at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow. American Johnny Weir was third. Hungary's Julia Sebestyen was first in the women's short program. U.S. champion Alissa Czisny was second. Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White were first in ice dancing; teammates Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker were third in pairs.
* Ryan Newman won the pole position for tomorrow's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville, Va., with a lap of 96.795. *
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