The Warriors have re-signed restricted free agent guard C.J. Watson. The team did not announce the terms of the deal Wednesday. Watson appeared in 77 games last season, starting 18 for the Warriors . He averaged 9.5 points and 2.7 assists per game. Watson joined the Warriors in January 2008, called up from the NBA Development League. He enters this season as the team's third point guard, behind Monta Ellis and rookie Stephen Curry.
The Memphis Grizzlies confirmed they have agreed in principle to a contract with Allen Iverson, hours after the guard tweeted he was heading to Memphis. The team scheduled a news conference today.
The New Orleans Hornets agreed to trade reserve point guard Antonio Daniels and a 2014 second-round draft pick to Minnesota for forward Darius Songaila and guard Bobby Brown.
College football
Alabama coach Nick Saban received a three-year contract extension that will reward him richly if he sticks around for the next nine seasons. With three completion bonuses totaling $5 million if he is still the coach through 2011, 2014 and 2017, the contract would be worth $42.35 million, or about $4.7 million annually.
Mississippi running back Dexter McCluster spent Tuesday night in the hospital because of flu symptoms, and nearly two dozen other Rebels players missed practice Wednesday as the virus continued to sweep through the team.
Soccer
England qualified for the World Cup, outplaying Croatia 5-1 at Wembley as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard scored two goals each. ... European champion Spain breezed into the World Cup, clinching first place in its qualifying group, beating Estonia 3-0 in Merida, Spain.
Miscellany
Freshman setter Caitlin Andrade became the second setter in San Jose State volleyball history to record a triple-double, but the Spartans lost at St. Mary's.
Andrade recorded 32 assists, 12 digs and 10 kills in the 25-18, 25-22, 25-17 defeat.
She is the eighth San Jose State player overall to achieve the feat.
Former world and Olympic champion Stacy Dragila ended her 14-year pole-vaulting career with a second-place finish at the DecaNation athletics meet in Paris.
The American, 38, won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the first games in which women competed in the pole vault, and is a two-time world champion.
J.R. Celski, 19, keeps beating childhood idol Apolo Anton Ohno.
Celski easily won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. short track speedskating national championships i nMarquette, Mich. Celski was timed in 2:22.834.
