Giants mix it up in minicamp

Coach Pat Shurmur’s first minicamp with the Giants nearly had an ugly ending when high- priced left tackle Nate Solder tweaked a knee after being bumped during a helmet- swinging scuffle Thursday between defensive tackle Damon

Harrison and rookie guard Will Hernandez.

Solder, who signed a fouryear, $ 62 million contract in March, walked away from the fight on the final day of the minicamp and sat on the grass after Harrison and Hernandez were separated. Head trainer Ronnie Barnes examined Solder, and Solder got up and tested the knee. He and Shurmur later said it was OK.

Harrison and Hernandez were taken out of the drills,

and Shurmur talked with Harrison after the incident.

† ESPN reported the Texans signed inside linebacker

Benardrick McKinney to a five- year, $ 50 million contract extension. The deal reportedly includes $ 21 million in guaranteed money. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Mitchell to assist Penny

Penny Hardaway finalized his coaching staff at Memphis by hiring veteran NBA coach Sam Mitchell. Mitchell, who coached the Raptors and Timberwolves and was an assistant on several NBA teams, joins Mike

Miller and Tony Madlock as assistants with the Tigers. † Former Indiana coach

Mike Davis was hired as the coach at Detroit after spending the last six seasons as the coach at Texas Southern. He has compiled a 352- 241 record in stops at Indiana, UAB and Texas Southern.

JURISPRUDENCE Winslow Jr. arrested

The San Diego Union- Tribune reported former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. was arrested on charges of rape and other sex crimes in suburban Encinitas.

Winslow was charged with two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping with intent to commit rape and single counts of forcible sodomy, oral copulation and indecent exposure. He was free on $ 50,000 bail.