Clips’ Crawford wins NBA Sixth Man award

May 9, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

LOS ANGELES

Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers has won the NBA Sixth Man Award as the league’s best player off the bench.

The 34-year-old guard is the oldest recipient and the first to win it for two different teams. Crawford won it while with Atlanta in 2009-10. The award was announced Thursday.

Crawford led the league’s reserve players in scoring this season, averaging 18.6 points. He came off the bench in 45 of 69 games he played in, helping the Clippers to a 57-25 record, their best regular-season mark in franchise history. He set the single-season franchise record for 3-pointers made with 161.

Shelly Sterling wants to keep Clippers

An attorney representing the estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says she will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team.

Attorney Pierce O’Donnell also told The Associated Press that Mrs. Sterling has been separated from her husband for the last year and is considering divorce.

Last week, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling from the NBA for life and urged league owners to force him to sell the team. The move came after a recording surfaced in which Sterling made racist comments.

O’Donnell said Mrs. Sterling “abhors” the comments. He said he spoke with NBA officials Thursday morning but declined to elaborate. O’Donnell said Mrs. Sterling is an ardent Clippers fan and plans to attend Friday’s playoff game against Oklahoma City.

Yankees to retire Joe Torre’s No. 6

NEW YORK

The Yankees will retire former Joe Torre’s No. 6, leaving Derek Jeter’s No. 2 as the last single digit in New York’s pinstripes.

The team also said Thursday that Torre, Rich Gossage, Tino Martinez and Paul O’Neill will be honored with plaques in Monument Park,

Torre managed the Yankees to World Series titles in 1996 and from 1998 to 2000 and six AL pennants during 12 seasons as manager that ended in 2007. Currently, Major League Baseball’s executive vice president for baseball operations, he is being inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame this summer. Torre’s number will be retired during a ceremony in Monument Park on Aug. 23.

T-Mac set to make first start for Skeeters

SUGAR LAND, Texas

Former NBA star Tracy McGrady is set to make his first start for the Sugar Land Skeeters on Saturday night in an Atlantic League game against the Somerset Patriots.

The Skeeters said Thursday that the 34-year-old McGrady will be on a limited pitch count. He last pitched in an exhibition game last month, allowing three hits in an inning against Alvin Community College.

The 6-foot-8 right-hander played baseball until his senior year in high school when he transferred to a school without a baseball program. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star and won two scoring titles.

Arenado’s 28-game hit streak a Rockies record

ARLINGTON, Texas

Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado has broken the team record with a 28-game hitting streak.

Arenado had a two-out single in the third inning Thursday night against the Texas Rangers. The streak is one game longer than teammate Michael Cuddyer’s 27-gamer last season.

Arenado’s streak is the longest for anyone 23 or younger since Albert Pujols had a 30-game run in 2003 when he was 23.

US women’s soccer team ties Canada 1-1

WINNIPEG, Manitoba

Sydney Leroux scored in the 78th minute to help the U.S. women’s soccer team tie Canada 1-1 on Thursday night in an exhibition game.

Leroux kicked Canadian Rebecca Quinn’s crossing header into the corner past goalkeeper Erin McLeod.

Wire reports