Monday's Sports In Brief

PRO BASKETBALL

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The San Antonio Spurs' huge fourth-quarter rally helped Gregg Popovich reach the 1,000-win milestone.

Marco Belinelli's baseline jumper with 2.1 seconds left capped San Antonio's 95-93 victory at Indiana.

Popovich became the ninth coach with 1,000 regular-season wins and became the third-fastest to achieve the feat. He also joined former Utah coach Jerry Sloan as the only coaches in league history to win 1,000 games with one team. Only Phil Jackson and Pat Riley reached 1,000 wins faster than Popovich, who is 1,000-462 in 19 NBA seasons, all with San Antonio.

Tony Parker led the Spurs with 19 points. Rodney Stuckey scored 18 for Indiana, which had its season-best winning streak end at three.

NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA will not punish Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan for his email to a Knicks fan in which he speculates that the man may be an alcoholic.

Spokesman Mike Bass says that Dolan would not be fined. Commissioner Adam Silver defended Dolan in an interview with the New York Post, calling him a "consummate New Yorker" who "got an unkind email and responded with an unkind email."

Dolan's email was written Jan. 23 and appeared Sunday on Deadspin.com.

DALLAS (AP) - Blake Griffin will miss three to four weeks after the Los Angeles Clippers' All-Star forward underwent surgery for a staph infection in his right elbow.

Clippers coach Doc Rivers said the timetable offered after the procedure in Los Angeles was about what the team expected. Griffin sat out his second game Monday night in Dallas after the Clippers were blown out 131-108 by Oklahoma City on Sunday in their first game without Griffin this season.

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PRO FOOTBALL

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Prosecutors dismissed domestic violence charges against Panthers defensive end and soon-to-be free agent Greg Hardy after they said the accuser in the case couldn't be found.

The dismissal happened just as Hardy's appeal in the case was set to begin. Mecklenburg County district attorney Andrew Murray told the judge that officials attempted many times to contact the woman, but failed. Murray said the woman had settled her civil suit against Hardy.

Hardy, whose NFL future is uncertain, left with his attorney and did not answer questions.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Richie Incognito is getting another chance in the NFL.

The Buffalo Bills signed the nine-year veteran guard, providing a second opportunity after his career was derailed by the Miami Dolphins' bullying scandal in 2013. It will be Incognito's second stint with Buffalo; he started three games with the Bills in 2009.

The 6-foot-3, 319-pound Incognito was a free agent and had been out of football since being suspended and missing the final eight games of 2013.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has established an internal committee to review stadium options in Los Angeles and coordinate any possible move to Southern California, according to a league memo obtained by The Associated Press.

Goodell's action comes about a month after a development group that includes a company controlled by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke announced plans to build an 80,000-seat stadium in the Los Angeles suburbs. The proposal that envisions a stadium rising on the site of a former horse track in Inglewood once again raises the possibility that Los Angeles could get another NFL team after a two-decade drought.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Kentucky is the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' men's Top 25 for the second straight week.

The Wildcats (23-0) were the unanimous pick last week after Virginia lost and received all 65 votes from a media panel again. The Cavaliers were back up to No. 2, moving past Gonzaga after beating No. 12 North Carolina and No. 9 Louisville last week. Texas and Georgetown dropped out.

In women's college basketball, South Florida made its first appearance in The Associated Press poll Monday, entering at No. 25.

While South Florida entered the poll for the first time, there wasn't much change up top. South Carolina was No. 1 for the 12th straight week - but lost to No. 2 UConn 87-62 on Monday night.

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OBITS

NEW YORK (AP) - Dave Goldberg, one of the nation's top football writers and an award-winning veteran of 41 years at The Associated Press, has died. He was 73.

His family said he died Sunday at Northern Westchester Hospital from complications following hip surgery late last month.

Goldberg retired from the AP in 2009 after a quarter-century as its lead NFL writer. He was one of the lead voices on the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee.

NEW YORK (AP) - Ed Sabol, the NFL Films founder who revolutionized sports broadcasting and transformed pro football from an up-and-coming sport to must-watch theater, has died. He was 98.

Sabol died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, the league said.

Sabol was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011. During his tenure at NFL Films from 1964-1995, the organization won 52 Emmy Awards.

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BASEBALL

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Right-hander James Shields, who helped Kansas City reach the World Series last season, agreed to a $75 million, four-year contract with the San Diego Padres.

The deal includes an option for 2019 and is subject to the successful completion of a physical, likely to take place Tuesday. Shields is the latest addition by first-year general manager A.J. Preller, who in December added sluggers Matt Kemp, Justin Upton and Wil Myers, as well as Derek Norris and Will Middlebrooks.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) - New York Mets ace Matt Harvey arrived at spring training, nearly two weeks ahead of the team's first official workout, and said he's willing to accept whatever innings limits the team chooses as he returns from elbow ligament-replacement surgery.

Harvey participated in fielding practice Monday but didn't throw off a mound. He hasn't pitched in a game since Aug. 24, 2013, and is recovering from Tommy John surgery that Oct. 22. ___

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt was appointed to the College Football Playoff selection committee. Hocutt will replace Oliver Luck, the former West Virginia athletic director who has moved to a position with the NCAA.

Luck was the Big 12's pick for the selection committee last season. Each of the five power conferences in FBS has one current athletic director on the 13-member committee responsible for choosing the participants for the four-team playoff that determines major college football's national champion.

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SOCCER

LONDON (AP) - David Beckham marked his 10th year as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF by setting up a new personal fund, saying he wants to "raise millions" to help protect the world's most vulnerable children.

Named after Beckham's jersey number during his career with Manchester United and England, "7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund" was launched in London on Monday and is encouraging world leaders to create lasting positive change for children.