Basketball
Tisdale, ex-player, musician, dead at 44 after cancer fight
Wayman Tisdale, a three-time All-American at Oklahoma who played 12 seasons in the NBA and later became an award-winning jazz musician, died Friday morning in Tulsa after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 44. After three years at Oklahoma, Tisdale played in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. The 6-foot-9 forward, with a soft left-handed touch on the court and a wide smile off it, averaged 15.3 points for his NBA career. He was on the U.S. team that won the gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.
NBA: : Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal series between the Lakers and Rockets was the most watched basketball game ever on ESPN. Houston's 95-80 victory Thursday drew 7.35 million viewers, topping the 6.6 million who watched the Heat beat the Pistons in Game 6 of the 2006 Eastern Conference finals. ... The 76ers interviewed former Wizards coach Eddie Jordan for their head coaching job.
MARYLAND WOMEN: : Assistant coach Erica Floyd decided to resign and will pursue noncoaching opportunities in Louisiana. Floyd was an assistant under coach Brenda Frese during all of Frese's seven seasons at Maryland, beginning in 2002-03. Floyd previously worked on Frese's staff at Minnesota in 2001-02, and both were assistants at Kent State in 1994.
Golf
Goydos leads Leonard by 3 shots at Texas Open
Paul Goydos followed his opening 7-under-par 63 with a 65 to reach 12-under 128 at La Cantera Golf Club course in San Antonio to take a three-shot lead over three-time champion Justin Leonard and four others at the PGA Texas Open. It's the biggest lead Goydos has had on tour.
LPGA SYBASE CLASSIC: : Brittany Lincicome followed an opening-round 64 with a 3-under 69 to take a two-shot lead over Suzann Pettersen and Ji Young Oh in Clifton, N.J. Lincicome's 11-under total was the lowest 36-hole total on a par-72 course on the tour this year.
CHAMPIONS REGIONS CHARITY CLASSIC: : Dan Forsman made three straight birdies on both the front and back nine, shooting 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round in Hoover, Ala.
OBITUARY: : Bob Rosburg, who won the 1959 PGA Championship and spent three decades with ABC Sports as the first reporter to call the shots from the golf course, died Thursday in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 82.
NFL
Redskins get trademark win; salary cap rising $12M a team
