Sports in brief

GOLF

Woods in contention with 68 at Arnie's tourney

Tiger Woods put himself in the hunt at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill with a second-round 68. Woods is at 3 under par for two rounds, trailing leader Martin Laird by six shots. Laird reached three of the par 5s in two shots, converted one of them into an eagle and wound up with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead over K.J. Choi and Spencer Levin. Charles Howell III had a 65 and was three shots behind with Hunter Mahan and Steve Marino.

Langer has surgery

Two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer had surgery on his left thumb and will miss the next two months, ending his streak of 27 consecutive appearances at Augusta National. Langer, who already has won on the Champions Tour this year, injured his thumb in a biking accident. He had surgery Wednesday in New York to repair ligaments. The surgery is commonly known as "skier's thumb repair." Langer, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, has won 15 times on the Champions Tour over the last three years.

TENNIS

Murray still in a slump

Andy Murray's post-Australian Open slump shows no sign of ending. The Scotsman was upset in his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., by American qualifier Alex Bogomolov Jr., 6-1, 7-5. Murray hasn't won a set in three matches since he was routed in the final of the Australian Open by Novak Djokovic. Against Bogomolov, ranked 118th, Murray held only three times in 10 service games.

Defending champion Kim Clijsters needed only 50 minutes to win her opening match, beating qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova, 6-1, 6-1. The No. 2-seeded Clijsters was playing for the first time since retiring two weeks ago in the fourth round at Indian Wells with a right shoulder injury.

NFL

Giants get two picks

The Giants received two compensatory draft picks in next month's NFL Draft, the league announced. Based mostly on the loss of veterans Fred Robbins and David Carr to free agency following the 2009 season, the Giants were awarded two sixth-rounders. They'll get the 198th and 202nd overall picks and are one of eight teams to receive multiple compensatory picks.

NBA

Hornets lose West

Hornets starting forward and leading scorer David West has a torn left knee ligament and is out for the season. General manager Dell Demps said an MRI revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament. West was injured Thursday night in the Hornets' 121-117 win at Utah. -- AP