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The Utah Jazz replaced injured forward Bryon Russell by activating rookie forward Jarron Collins. Russell pulled a groin muscle in the first half of Utah’s 101-92 victory over the Washington Wizards Friday....Charlotte Hornet Coach Paul Silas said forward Jamal Mashburn, injured when he tried to pivot during practice, will probably miss at least two games....The Memphis Grizzlies signed swingman Rodney Buford and put forward Antonis Fotsis on the injured list.

Miscellany

Legislation to provide money for a Newark arena for the New Jersey Nets and New Jersey Devils won’t come up for a vote before the state legislature’s session ends Jan. 7, after it failed again to make it out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

The committee’s decision Monday not to vote on the measure may test the threat of YankeeNets LLC, which owns the Nets and a stake in the Devils, to move the teams out of state.

Zhang Li, who won a bronze medal in the quadruple sculls last week in the Chinese national games, became the second female rower disqualified from competition for failing a doping test. Organizers determined her urine sample tested positive for enough testosterone to warrant a violation, the Xinhua News Agency said.

Eastern Michigan’s Boaz Cheboiywo overcame injuries to win the NCAA men’s cross-country title, and Arizona’s Tara Chaplin took the women’s race at Greenville, S.C. Colorado edged Stanford to win the men’s team title and Brigham Young won the women’s title.

Midfielder Claudio Reyna, selected Honda player of the year last year, was among finalists picked for this year’s honor. Defender Jeff Agoos and midfielder Earnie Stewart are the other finalists for the award, which goes to the best player on the U.S. national team.

The soccer associations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia submitted a preliminary joint bid to stage soccer’s 2008 European Championship.