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Published: October 19, 2009

Celtics’ Allen still having ankle soreness

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers deemed guard Tony Allen "day to day” with ankle soreness after he missed Friday’s open practice.

But according to ESPN.com, after once again sitting out Saturday’s session, Allen didn’t seem so keen on the timetable for his return.

The former Oklahoma State standout, who is rehabbing from arthroscopic right ankle surgery and posterior tibial tendon repair during the offseason, talked about recent setbacks Saturday, pointing to inflammation and scar tissue in the ankle.

Allen also noted he might have been a bit too enthusiastic about trying to get back on the court. Allen played eight minutes in an exhibition game against the New York Knicks on Oct. 9, and he says the ankle hasn’t responded well since.

Cook wins Houston Champions Tour event

John Cook won his third career Champions Tour title and first of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday to hold off Jay Haas and Bob Tway by two strokes in the Administaff Small Business Classic.

Cook, an 11-time winner on the regular PGA Tour, finished at 11-under 205 on The Woodlands Country Club’s Tournament Course.

Tway, from Edmond, started the rounds two shots off the lead and got close but never could catch the leaders. He had one bogey and three birdies, and closed with four straight pars.

UCONN FOOTBALL PLAYER KILLED IN STABBING

A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a homecoming victory.

Jasper Howard, 20, of Miami, and another student were stabbed during a fight after a fire alarm was pulled during a university sanctioned dance at the UConn Student Union just after 12:30 a.m., police said.

Police had not identified a suspect or released the name of the other victim.

"As Jazz looks down on us, I can promise him and his family, that son or daughter will have 105 uncles,” punter Desi Cullen, a team captain, said at an afternoon news conference. "And we will do what it takes to not get through this, but to grow from it.”

Howard, a junior and starting cornerback for the Huskies, had a career-high 11 tackles Saturday against Louisville and made perhaps the game’s biggest play, forcing a fumble just as Louisville was about to score with UConn up 21-13 in the third period. UConn won 38-25.

FROM WIRE REPORTS