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Nets top Pistons

Anthony Morrow led a key second-half run in his first game since mid-December to lead the Nets to an 89-74 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night in Newark.

The victory was the Nets' 12th, tying the total they had last season (12-70) when they were the NBA's worst team.

Brook Lopez had 15 points, Devin Harris added 12 and nine assists, and Kris Humphries had 11 points and 12 rebounds in helping the Nets win their second straight since owner Mikhail Prokhorov ordered the team to end its trade talks with Denver and Detroit on a megadeal that would have landed Carmelo Anthony in New Jersey.

HORSE RACING

Miesque euthanized

Two-time Eclipse Award winner Miesque has been euthanized because of medical problems from advanced age. She was 27. She was one of the top female runners and was put down Thursday at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Ky.

Miesque (pronounced MEE-esk) won the Breeders' Cup Mile in 1987 and 1988 for trainer Francois Boutin and jockey Freddie Head. Owned by Stavros Niarchos, Miesque won 12 of 16 lifetime starts and earned more than $2 million in purses.

She retired after the 1988 season and became a highly successful broodmare. Miesque was buried in the cemetery at Land's End Farm.

GOLFWoodland, Vegas tied

Gary Woodland shot an 8-under 64 Friday to join Jhonattan Vegas in the lead after three rounds at the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, Calif. Vegas maintained his steady play in his fifth PGA Tour event with a 67 at the Silver Rock course. Australia's Greg Chalmers (65) was a stroke back at 17-under 199.

In the United Arab Emirates, Padraig Harrington was disqualified from the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after he failed to replace a ball that moved a fraction of an inch when he picked up his marker during the opening round.

The three-time major winner was called in before the second round to review video replays and accepted his disqualification after acknowledging the ball moved ever so slightly on the seventh green. Harrington was in second place after a 65. A television viewer e-mailed European Tour officials to report an infraction.

Phil Mickelson followed his opening 71 with a 70, and top-ranked Lee Westwood was even par after a 75.

TRACK & FIELD

Murer in Millrose Games

Fabiana Murer, ranked No. 1 in women's pole vaulting worldwide, will compete in the 104th annual Millrose Games on Jan. 28 at Madison Square Garden. Murer won the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

- AP