Off the wire

BASEBALL

Haren’s option declined

Dan Haren became a free agent late Friday night after the Los Angeles Angels failed to work out a trade and then declined the pitcher’s 2013 option. Haren, a three-time All-Star from 2007-09, gets a $3.5 million buyout under the deal, which included a $15.5 million club option for 2013. The 32-year-old right-hander went 12-13 with a career-worst 4.33 ERA in 30 starts this year and was on the disabled list for the first time. The Angels’ decision came after a proposed trade to the Chicago Cubs for closer Carlos Marmol fell apart.

Suspended pitcher Bartolo Colon is getting a second chance with the Oakland Athletics, agreeing to terms on a $3 million, one-year contract that includes potential performance bonuses. The AL West champions made the announcement Saturday. The 39-year-old Colon was suspended for 50 games Aug. 22 after testing positive for testosterone. The ban will run five games into the 2013 season. The former Cy Young winner went 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA in 24 starts for Oakland last season, his 15th in the majors.

The Cleveland Indians have traded right-hander Esmil Rogers to the Toronto Blue Jays for infielders Mike Aviles and Yan Gomes. The deal was announced Saturday. Rogers split time last season with Cleveland and Colorado, going 3-3 with a 4.69 ERA in 67 combined games. The 27-year-old is 11-12 lifetime in the majors with a 5.95 ERA. Aviles never played for Toronto. He was acquired oOct. 21 in a deal that sent reliever David Carpenter to the Red Sox and allowed John Farrell to become Boston’s new manager. The 31-year-old Aviles played in 136 games for Boston last season, batting .250 with 13 home runs and 60 RBI. Gomes played 43 games with Toronto last season, his first in the majors. He hit .204 with 4 home

runs and 13 RBI.

FOOTBALL

Petrus cut by Giants

The New York Giants waived former Arkansas Razorback Mitch Petrus (Carlisle) for the second time this season Tuesday to activate tight end Travis Beckum. A third-year pro, Petrus was waived by the Giants on Sept. 1, but was resigned the following day. The offensive lineman played in three games this season, primarily on special teams. Beckum, a fourth-year pro, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Giants’ victory over New England in Super Bowl XLVI. He was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list and missed all of training camp before returning to the practice field Oct. 24. Beckum has played in 44 regular-season games. He has 26 receptions for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns.

BASKETBALL

Rush has torn ACL

The Golden State Warriors announced Saturday that a magnetic resonance imaging on the team’s top reserve, Brandon Rush, revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Rush’s left knee. He will have season-ending surgery in the coming days. The typical rehabilitation time is at least nine months. Rush was hurt went up for a dunk when Zach Randolph fouled him from behind with 4:09 left in the first quarter of the Warriors’ 104-94 loss to Memphis on Friday night. Rush landed awkwardly, and his knee bent badly as he tumbled to the court. Rush signed an $8 million, two-year deal in July — with a player option for the 2013-14 season — after coming over in a trade from Indiana for Lou Amundson last year. The 27-year-old averaged 9.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 26 minutes per game last season. He shot 45.2 percent from three-point range — sixth-best in the NBA — and was Golden State’s best option off the bench.

Steve Nash has a small fracture in his left leg and will be out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ lineup for at least another week. The Lakers announced the results of their point guard’s magnetic resonance imaging Saturday. Nash got hurt in a collision with Damian Lillard on Wednesday night, bumping legs with the Portland rookie in the second quarter. The 38-year-old joined the Lakers last July for his 17th NBA season, agreeing to a three-year, $27 million contract before his trade from Phoenix.

GOLF

Lehman leads finale

Tom Lehman took the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz., and moved closer to becoming the first player to win the Champions Tour season points title two consecutive years. Lehman birdied the final hole for an 8-under-par 62 and a one-stroke lead over Fred Couples on Saturday in the season-ending event. Couples also shot a 62, making two eagles. Lehman was 17 under after three days on Desert Mountain’s Cochise Course. He entered the week second behind Bernhard Langer in the points competition for a $1 million annuity. Langer was tied for 10th at 6 under after a 70.

Lee Westwood shot an 11-underpar 61 Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Louis Oosthuizen in the HSBC Champions in Shenzhen, China. Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, came into the weekend with a fivestroke lead over the field, but struggled with his putting and had a 70. Westwood and Oosthuizen were at 18-under 198. Phil Mickelson was three strokes back after a 66.

South Korea’s Lee Bo-mee shot an 8-under-par 64 to take a fourstroke lead after the second round of the Mizuno Classic in Shima, Japan. Lee, a regular on the Korean tour, had a 10-under 134 total at Kintetsu Kashikojima. Japan’s Rikako Morita was second after a 68. American Angela Stanford shot a 71 and was tied for third at 4 under with South Korea’s Na Yeon Choi, France’s Karine Icher and Japan’s Ayako Uehara. Top-ranked Yani Tseng was 3 under after a 70, along with former Arkansas Razorback Stacy Lewis, in the event sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and Japan LPGA. Lewis had two birdies in her bogey-free 70.

TENNIS

Wozniacki in final

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki reached the Tournament of Champions final in Sofia, Bulgaria, after beating Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-1 Saturday. In today’s final, Wozniacki will play second-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia, who defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-4.

Jerzy Janowicz beat Gilles Simon 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to become the first qualifier in eight years to reach the Paris Masters final. David Ferrer, the only seed in the semifinals at No. 4, outlasted Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-3 and will be seeking his tour-best seventh title of the year today.

The Czech Republic is one victory away from retaining the Fed Cup after Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova won the opening singles in straight sets against firsttime finalist Serbia on Saturday in Prague. Safarova gave the Czechs a solid start on the indoor hardcourt at the O2 Arena by defeating Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-3 and Kvitova stopped Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-1. Kvitova could clinch the title today in the first reverse against Ivanovic. The Serb leads their matchups 3-1, but Kvitova won their last meeting in the Australian Open.