LeBron James scored 33 points in his only visit to Madison Square Garden this season, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.

Kellen Moore threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 5 Boise State survived a brief scare on the road with a 45-35 victory over upstart Louisiana Tech on Friday night.

Kobe Bryant scored 41 points while becoming the youngest player to reach 24,000, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.

The Dodgers said Friday that Manny Ramirez exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010. His agent Scott Boras informed general manager Ned Colletti of the decision, which Ramirez had until this month to make.

Phil Mickelson has taken the 54-hole lead in the HSBC Champions with a 5-under 67, setting up a Sunday matchup with Tiger Woods in the final World Golf Championship of the year.

Jason Richardson bounced back from his worst game of the season to score 34 points with 10 rebounds and the Suns rebounded from their only defeat to beat the Celtics 110-103.

A newspaper says San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge.

Cornerback Ty Law and the Broncos have reached agreement on a contract that will add another former Patriot to Josh McDaniels' stable of them in Denver.

Crowds roared and church bells pealed in lower Manhattan on Friday as the Yankees' World Series championship celebration revved up with a ticker-tape parade.

Life Is Sweet, who has taken a back seat to her more accomplished stablemate Zenyatta all year long, finally got her due after exploding to an easy 2 1/2-length victory over Mushka in the $2 million Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita.

Florida coach Urban Meyer has been fined $30,000 by the Southeastern Conference for public comments about a call he said officials missed during last week's game against Georgia, the conference announced Friday.

J.J. Hardy has been traded from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Carlos Gomez.

New Mexico women's soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely for rough play in the Lobos' 1-0 loss to No. 17 BYU in the Mountain West Conference semifinals.

Joey Porter, never shy with an opinion, thinks that Tom Brady has an extra advantage every week: his own special set of rules.

Jeff Gordon won his first pole of the season with a qualifying lap of 191.117 mph at the 1.5-mile, high-banked track where he got his only victory of the season in April. It was his first win in Texas.