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Green, Thompson selections give Warriors 3 All-Stars

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NEW YORK — Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were picked Thursday for the Western Conference team, giving the NBA champion Golden State Warriors three All-Stars for the first time in 40 years.

Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins, Houston’s James Harden, San Antonio’s LaMarcus Aldridge, the Clippers’ Chris Paul and New Orleans’ Anthony Davis were also chosen for the West squad for the Feb. 14 game in Toronto.

The Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan will represent the home team and is joined by fellow East reserves Chicago’s Jimmy Butler, Detroit’s Andre Drummond, Miami’s Chris Bosh, Washington’s John Wall, Atlanta’s Paul Millsap and Boston’s Isaiah Thomas.

The reserves were selected by the head coaches in each conference, who had to vote for seven players: two guards, three frontcourt players and two additional players at any position. They were not allowed to vote for players from their own team.

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency part helping in Peytongate

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. —The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is helping in the investigation of Peyton Manning’s alleged link to a clinic that deals in human growth hormone.

Earlier this week, the NFL said it was conducting a comprehensive review into the case.

Asked about the case, USADA CEO Travis Tygart told The Associated Press he could not comment on it specifically because his agency, best known for overseeing U.S. Olympic sports, is assisting the NFL.

Al Jazeera reported last month that an intern at an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic was secretly recorded suggesting Manning’s wife received deliveries of HGH, which is banned by the league, while Manning was recovering from neck surgeries.

The intern, Charles Sly, later recanted his story.

On Thursday, Manning said he welcomed the review. He said the report was, quote, “garbage from the first day it came out, and it’s still garbage today.”

Wie stung by bee in LPGA Tour opener

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Michelle Wie was stung by a bee Thursday in the season-opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, and second-ranked Inbee Park withdrew because of back pain after the second-worst round of her LPGA Tour career.

Wie was stung on the hand on the 16th hole, her seventh of the day at the Ocean Club. She had three bogeys on her back nine and finished with a 3-over 76 to fall eight strokes behind leaders Paula Creamer, Charley Hull, Alison Lee, Ashlan Ramsey, Catriona Matthew, Mika Miyazato and Haru Nomura.

Park shot an 80, playing her final four holes in 5 over with a double bogey on the par-5 15th and three bogeys. She will sit out the Coates Golf Championship next week in Florida.

Jennifer Johnson and Min Seo Kwak were a stroke back at 69.

Brown shares early lead at Torrey Pines

SAN DIEGO — Scott Brown and Phil Mickelson both had reason to believe it could be a long day on the South Course at Torrey Pines. It turned out just fine Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open, especially for Brown.

Brown hit into a hazard and made bogey on the first par 5 he faced and was 2 over through six holes. He finished with eight birdies over his last 11 holes for a 6-under 66, giving him a share of the lead with Andrew Loupe.

Only it felt much better for Brown because it was on the South, which played 2 shots harder than the North Course where Loupe shot his 66.

“Extremely hard,” Brown said of the South, which already hosted one U.S. Open and has another coming in five years. “But it’s fair. It’s just tough. If you’re out of position, you just have to play for par or bogey and you can’t make any big numbers out there because as soon as you get behind the 8-ball, you can’t press and try to make birdies.”

He did, anyway, including a 30 on the front nine.

Brown and Loupe had a one-shot lead over five players, including Billy Horschel, who all played the North Course.

Defending champion Jason Day, who missed the pro-am because of the flu, made his tee time but not a lot of birdies. He shot 72 on the North Course. That was one shot better than Rickie Fowler, who won Sunday in Abu Dhabi and couldn’t buy a putt on the North Course in his round of 73.

“Couldn’t get anything going,” Fowler said. “Couldn’t make a putt. So looking forward to getting on the South greens, that’s for sure.”

Sumter JV/B team tournament Saturday


The Sumter JV/B Team Invitational boys basketball tournament will begin on Saturday at the Sumter High School gymnasiums.

There will be six games played in each of the two gymnasiums based on the pool-play format. The first games are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with the final contests set for a 4:15 p.m. start.

Those games will set the seeding for a single-elimination tournament on Saturday, Feb. 6, that will again at Sumter High.

Local teams that will compete in the tournament are the junior varsity squads from Sumter, Crestwood, Lakewood, Manning and Lee Central and the Sumter B team. Tickets are $7 per person.

Schedule

Saturday

SHS Main Gym


10 a.m. -- Lakewood vs. Lower Richland

11:15 a.m. -- Richland Northeasts vs. Lee Central

12:30 p.m. -- Sumter B vs. Ridge View B

1:45 p.m. -- Sumter vs. Manning

3 p.m. -- Sumter B vs. Westwood B

4:15 p.m. -- Sumter vs. Westwood

SHS Auxilliary Gym

10 a.m. -- Crestwood vs. Manning

11:15 a.m. -- Lower Richland B vs. Westwood B

12:30 p.m. -- Lower Richland vs. Westwood

1:45 p.m. -- Lee Central vs. Crestwood

3 p.m. -- Richland Northeast vs. Lakewood

4:15 p.m. -- Ridge View B vs. Lower Richland B

Staff and wire reports