DAVIE, Fla. (AP)
-- A man faces hate crime charges stemming from an alleged assault on Miami Dolphins linebacker Jason Taylor that left the NFL player with a minor injury to one forearm, police said Monday.
Redmond Charles Burns, 24, allegedly used racial epithets and yelled obscenities at Taylor, who is black, during an alleged highway confrontation Sunday night. Taylor told police that Burns grabbed his shirt, ripping it in several places, and suffered a "minor laceration" from a metal object Burns allegedly used to attack him.
Taylor, who played in a charity golf tournament Monday in Tampa, said in a statement issued by the Dolphins that his injury was minor.
"My wife and I were the victims in an unfortunate incident last night, but we are both fine," Taylor said.
Burns, who is white, faces charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, which police have also classified as a hate crime that would permit tougher penalties. Burns also is charged with obstruction for allegedly resisting arrest after the incident involving Taylor.
Burns was being held Monday on $10,600 bond at the Broward County jail. It wasn't immediately clear Monday if he had a lawyer to represent him.
Taylor, 31, has played nine seasons with the Dolphins and emerged as one of the team's best defensive players. Last season Taylor had 12 quarterback sacks among his 52 tackles. For his career, Taylor has 540 tackles and 92� sacks.
According to Davie police, Taylor and his wife, Katina, were on their way home from church Sunday evening when Taylor saw a red pickup truck backing up at an intersection in the path of his car. Katina Taylor is the sister of Zach Thomas, another starting Dolphins linebacker.
As Taylor attempted to pass, the driver of the pickup "intentionally swerved directly at Taylor" and caused him to run off the road.
The passenger in the truck, who wasn't charged, allegedly got out and started to bang on the hood of Taylor's trunk. The 6-foot-6, 255-pound Taylor then got out of his car and was confronted by the 5-foot-11, 168-pound Burns, who was allegedly yelling racial insults and threatening to kill Taylor, according to a police report.
After grabbing Taylor's shirt, Burns allegedly went back to his truck, got an "unknown metal object" and tried to stab Taylor with it. Taylor suffered a minor wound to his left forearm but declined medical treatment.
Both men then jumped back in the truck and took off, with Taylor following and dialing 911. He lost the truck in a trailer park but was able to identify Burns from a photo lineup that police provided.
Police located the truck and tried to arrest Burns as he walked out of a trailer home, but he resisted violently and then tried to kick out the rear window of a police car. Burns was eventually subdued using pepper spray and taken to jail.
Taylor has a home in Davie, which is also the location of the Dolphins' training facility.

NEW YORK (AP) -- John Daly says he has lost between $50 million and $60 million during 12 years of heavy gambling, and that it has become a problem that could "flat-out ruin me" if he doesn't bring it under control.
Daly discussed his addiction to gambling in the final chapter of his autobiography, John Daly: My Life In and Out of the Rough, to be released next Monday.
He told one story of earning $750,000 when he lost in a playoff to Tiger Woods last fall in San Francisco at a World Golf Championship. Instead of going home, he drove to Las Vegas and says he lost $1.65 million in five hours playing mostly $5,000 slot machines.
"If I don't get control of my gambling, it's going to flat-out ruin me," he says in the book, co-written with Glen Waggoner and published by HarperCollins.
The book got the attention of PGA Tour headquarters, and commissioner Tim Finchem met with Daly on Monday at the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, N.C.
Finchem said the book does not violate PGA Tour regulations, although "it is clear that he continues to be concerned about and grapple with significant personal challenges."
"I have expressed to John the tour's concern for his well-being, as well as his ongoing need to uphold the image and standards of the PGA Tour," Finchem said. "While we will continue to enforce the regulations and policies of the PGA Tour, I have advised John of the tour's willingness to support him in his efforts to deal with his personal issues."
The two-time major champion wrote that he has spent the last 10 years paying off gambling debts with his sponsorship income, hustling appearance money and "running myself ragged doing corporate outings instead of spending time with my family and working on my game."
He recalled former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson telling him at a Tucson, Ariz., rehab center in 1993 that Daly would find something he loves as much as drinking, and that he would have to be careful.
"The people around me ... were hoping, of course, that the 'something' would be practicing golf. No such luck," Daly wrote. "What I found was gambling."
He said he owed $4 million to casinos in two years of gambling until he won the 1995 British Open at St. Andrews, his second major. That victory and the ability to get handsome appearance fees, enabled him to pay off the debt.
But the gambling continued.
Daly three-putted from 15 feet on the second playoff hole against Woods at Harding Park. He headed to Las Vegas and lost $600,000 within 30 minutes. He said he took out another $600,000 line of credit and lost that in two hours.
"And here's how my sick mind analyzed the situation," Daly wrote. "My sponsorship payments would be coming through in January, so I'd be able to pay everything off and get back to even by the beginning of the new year. Everything's fine. Everything's OK. No problema. Hell, yes, there's a problema."
Daly says he has taken more control of his life in the last six years.
"I'm off those ... medications. I don't drink JD [Jack Daniels] anymore. I don't beat up on hotel rooms and cars as much. Only gambling remains a problem," he wrote.
He said he plans to start at the $25 slots in the casinos and set a "walkout loss number," which would tell him it's time to leave.
"If I make a little bit, then maybe I move up to the $100 slots or the $500 slots, or maybe I take it to the blackjack table," he wrote. "It's their money. Why not give it a shot, try to double it? And if I make a lot, I can ...
"Well, that's my plan."
Daly has been one of the most popular figures on the PGA Tour since he won the 1991 PGA Championship as the ninth alternate. He has five PGA Tour victories and career earnings of $8.7 million.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP)
-- A Duke University committee recommended Monday that the school's lacrosse team resume play next season, but said the team needs strict monitoring because of a history of problems tied to alcohol. "Although the pattern of misconduct in recent years by the lacrosse team is alarming, the evidence reviewed ... does not warrant suspension of the sport," a committee of seven faculty members wrote in a report. Duke canceled the highly ranked lacrosse team's season last month, following allegations that a black woman was raped and beaten by three white men at a team party where she had been hired to strip. A grand jury has indicted two players on charges of rape, kidnapping and sexual assault, and District Attorney Mike Nifong has said he hopes to charge a third person. The report released Monday night did not consider the rape allegations, but instead focused on the behavior of the team during the past five years. It found that while the team performed well academically and athletically, "a large number of the members of the team have been socially irresponsible when under the influence of alcohol." "We looked closely but found no compelling evidence to support claims that these players are racist or have a record of sexual violence," said Duke law professor James E. Coleman Jr., who led the committee. The rape allegations led Duke to accept the resignation of coach Mike Pressler and begin several internal investigations, including the examination of the lacrosse program. The two players charged -- sophomores Reade Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin Finnerty, of Garden City, N.Y. -- have been released on $400,000 bond and are scheduled to appear in court May 15. A third of current team members have been cited in recent years for offenses ranging from underage drinking to public urination. Neither Seligmann nor Finnerty was among them, although Finnerty was charged last year with simple assault in Washington, D.C. The report was released the same day Seligmann's attorney, Kirk Osborn, demanded Nifong's removal from the case, accusing him of using it to help his election prospects. Nifong faces a primary election Tuesday that could decide whether he remains in office. "They don't want to go up against me," Nifong said when asked outside court Monday about the defense request for his removal. He has denied any political motivation behind his investigation. In a statement released with the report, Duke President Richard Brodhead did not offer an opinion on the panel's recommendation, saying only that the report will "give us useful information as we consider the future of men's lacrosse at Duke in the weeks ahead." "The picture that emerges is complex, with players praised as respectful to employees who worked near the team, and criticized for their inability to learn from multiple citations for inappropriate behavior," Brodhead said. The report concluded that the disciplinary record of the lacrosse team was "noticeably worse" than other athletic teams at Duke, with a larger percentage of lacrosse players involved in alcohol-related incidents. But, Coleman said, "the conduct of lacrosse players did not differ from the misconduct of other Duke students who drink too much and unfairly impose upon their neighbors." The report also found that university administrators learned of the team's "extensive disciplinary record" in 2004, but except for the coach and the school's dean of judicial affairs, no one else at Duke "appears to have treated the lacrosse team's disciplinary record as a matter of serious concern." The coach's attorney said he would have no comment on the report. Defense attorneys have strongly proclaimed the players' innocence, often citing DNA tests they said failed to connect the accuser and the lacrosse players tested. Also Monday, Osborn asked the court to throw out the photo identifications made by the accuser, calling the police photo lineup "unnecessarily suggestive" because she was shown only photos of lacrosse players. He alleged that Nifong was improperly involved in the lineup and led police to violate their own policies. Osborn's filings also included evidence and affidavits supporting a timeline the defense says proves Seligmann was not at the party long enough to have committed the assault described by the 27-year-old woman, who attends a nearby university. In recent days, the defense has also attacked the accuser's credibility. Osborn's motions mentioned a 1996 rape allegation made by the woman, which did not lead to any charges, and a report she made in 1998, in which she accused her then-husband of threatening to kill her. Osborn's motion said she later failed to appear at a court hearing on the complaint, which was dismissed.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)
-- Anaheim defenseman Scott Niedermayer scored the go-ahead goal on a brilliant play after Ilya Bryzgalov had kept the Mighty Ducks in the game.
Niedermayer's power-play goal with 5:37 remaining lifted Anaheim to a 2-1 victory Monday night over the Calgary Flames and forced Game 7 in their Western Conference playoffs.
"We played well tonight, but we had to. We had no choice," Niedermayer said. "Now all we've got is another chance to go back out there and play hard again."
Bryzgalov, who found out just before the game he would start in goal over Jean-Sebastien Giguere, stopped 21 shots, allowing only Stephane Yelle's first-period goal.
"I wasn't nervous. Definitely not. It's hockey," Bryzgalov said. "Why am I supposed to be nervous? It's a game."
His teammates noticed his attitude.
"Bryzgalov was very solid and he really played calmly," said Teemu Selanne, who scored the Ducks' other goal. "That really settled everyone on the team in front of him."
Even Calgary goalie Miikka Kiprusoff complimented Bryzgalov.
"We had our chances to win, but their goalie did a very good job in making the stops that he had to," said Kiprusoff, who faced 30 shots.
Niedermayer picked up a rebound of a shot by Corey Perry and, rather than try a quick shot, sliced to his left behind the net. After circling the back of the goal, he slid the puck toward the crease, where it hit Rhett Warrener and skittered past the sprawling Kiprusoff.
"I knew their goalie was caught way out of the net, and I knew we'd have guys there," Niedermayer said. "I was just trying to get it out front and I got a little bit of luck there."
The final game of the series is Wednesday night in Calgary. In the first six games, each time a team lost, it bounced back to win the next contest.
 I wasn't nervous. Definitely not. It's hockey. -- Ducks' Ilya Bryzgalov
"It didn't happen tonight and now we go to Game 7," Flames captain Jarome Iginla said. "It's been back and forth the whole series. We go home and we're willing to do whatever it takes."
Selanne tied it 1-1 in the second period with his second goal of the series. Skating into the left circle, Selanne took a pass from Andy McDonald and beat Kiprusoff with a slap shot to the stick side.
Giguere sat out the first playoff game, a 2-1 overtime loss by the Ducks in Calgary, because of a lower body injury. He said before Game 2 he had recovered from the injury.
But he gave up three goals on 18 shots before being pulled for Bryzgalov early in the second period of a 3-2 loss at Calgary in Game 5, and has allowed an average of 3.87 goals a game during the series.
Bryzgalov stopped all 19 shots he faced in that game.
Yelle got his first goal of the series midway in the opening period, scoring on a rebound.
Anaheim appeared to even it shortly afterward when Selanne backhanded a shot into the net, but the Ducks' Joffrey Lupul was called for goaltender interference, so the score didn't count.
Selanne predictably protested, and the replay did seem to show his shot already had gone in before Lupul made contact with Kiprusoff.
Notes: At No. 3, the Flames are the highest remaining seed in the Western Conference since No. 1 Detroit and No. 2 Dallas have been eliminated. ... Although Giguere has been a fan favorite, Bryzgalov received the loudest applause during the pregame introductions. ... Giguere was the playoffs MVP in 2003, when he was sensational for the Ducks as they made their first Stanley Cup finals. They lost to New Jersey in seven games.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Ales Hemsky led the Edmonton Oilers to a place they haven't visited in eight years -- and sent the Detroit Red Wings to an all-too-familiar position on the sidelines.
Hemsky scored twice, including the winning goal with 1:06 remaining, to help the Oilers beat the Red Wings 4-3 in Game 6 Monday night and advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs for the first time since 1998.
In the last two seasons, Detroit lost in either the first or second round. This year was supposed to be different for the Red Wings, who had the best record in the league with 124 points -- 11 more than the next closest, and 29 ahead of the Oilers.
"A wild, wild game," said Oilers coach Craig MacTavish as Edmonton clinched a playoff series at home for the first time in 14 years. "And now we move on."
Hemsky got the winner by working a give-and-go with Sergei Samsonov after skating in from center ice.
"I just told myself to stay with it," said Hemsky. `It's amazing, a great feeling."
Fernando Pisani also scored twice for the Oilers in their four-goal third period.
"I haven't seen anything like that," Edmonton goalie Dwayne Roloson said. "The place erupted. It was unbelievable."
Roloson, who was a trading deadline pickup from Minnesota, is now an Edmonton hero after finishing the series with 211 saves.
Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg and Robert Lang scored for the Red Wings.
The Oilers tied it 3-3 on a power play, when the puck deflected off Edmonton's Shawn Horcoff to Hemsky at the side of the net, where he whacked away. Detroit defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom pushed Hemsky into net, and the puck went in with it.
The play went under video review to determine if the puck was kicked in. After a lengthy delay, officials eventually awarded Hemsky the goal with 3:53 remaining. . "I literally thought the roof was going to blow off Rexall [Place]," said MacTavish. "My head is still ringing."
Franzen flicked in a rebound at 10:07 of the third to put the Red Wings ahead 3-2.
Pisani had deked Red Wings goalie Manny Legace and scored with a shot through the legs to tie the game 2-2 at 6:40 of the third.
"We're a good skating team," said Pisani. "We knew going into the third period our best hockey was yet to come."
Pisani also converted a rebound of Jarret Stoll's shot on a power-play at 2:56 of the third period as the sellout crowd began loud chants of "Manny" in an attempt to get Legace off his game.
 I literally thought the roof was going to blow off Rexall [Place] -- Oilers coach Craig MacTavish
Detoit becomes the seventh No. 1 playoff seed to be bounced by a No. 8 team since the NHL's current playoff format was instituted in 1994.
"I am shocked we're in this situation," said Detroit's first-year coach Mike Babcock, who added neither the forwards nor the goaltending of Legace was good enough. "They found a way to win and we're going home."
The Red Wings controlled the second period, outshooting the Oilers 17-2. Steve Yzerman set up Lang's power-play goal to make it 2-0. Red Wings captain Yzerman sat out the previous two games with a nagging back injury.
Yzerman's point moved him ahead of Bryan Trottier into eighth spot with 185 career playoff points.
It was another disappointing postseason for the Wings, who have lost in the first or second round of the last three playoffs.Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images
"He's been a courageous competitor," said Babcock. "He probably shouldn't have played tonight, but he perceives this as his team and he wanted to lead them."
Zetterberg got the Red Wings a 1-0 lead late in the first period, when the Oilers outshot Detroit 15-10. The forward scored on Roloson six times this series.
"We didn't play like the No. 1 seed," Red Wings defenseman Mathieu Schneider said. "We put ourselves in a position where it could all be over early."
And it is.
Notes: The Oilers' last postseason victory was in seven games over Colorado ... Detroit finished the season with 124 points, 11 more than any other team. Edmonton had 95 ... The top two seeds in the Western Conference are now eliminated; Dallas previously fell to Colorado ... Hemsky had a game-high six shots on goal.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Clippers were a happy bunch after putting an end to a 30-year drought.
But there was a limit to their joy, since they believe there's a lot more they can accomplish.
Cuttino Mobley and Corey Maggette each scored 23 points, Elton Brand added 21 points and 13 rebounds, and the Clippers took command in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 101-83 Monday night and win the first-round best-of-seven Western Conference series 4-1.
Mobley pumped his fists repeatedly in the final minute, and his teammates waved at the Staples Center fans, who stood and cheered as the final seconds ticked off.
"We've got to keep winning," Mobley said afterward in a somewhat subdued locker room.
"I saw what we had in training camp," fellow newcomer Sam Cassell said. "This team was in a lot of games last year. They just didn't have guys to finish games."
They do now, in the veteran backcourt combo of Mobley and Cassell, but finishing wasn't an issue in the series finale.
The Clippers hadn't won a playoff series since 1976, when the team was playing in Buffalo and beat the Philadelphia 76ers in the opening round before losing to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The franchise moved to San Diego in 1978, then to Los Angeles in 1984. The Clippers are in the playoffs for just the seventh time in their 36-year history, only the fourth time since heading west, and the first time in nine years.
The four wins in these playoffs matched the total for the Clippers in their previous playoff appearances while playing in Los Angeles. The franchise was 13-22 in the postseason entering these playoffs, including 9-13 while playing in Buffalo.
"For the organization, it's a tremendous accomplishment," said third-year coach Mike Dunleavy. "It's been a long time since this has happened. But for me, it's the vision I had. My philosophy through it all is you have to defend to be good."
And defend the Clippers did, holding the Nuggets under 40 percent from the floor in four of the five games in this series.
"It's just a great feeling," said Brand, who played in 544 regular-season games before making his playoff debut April 22. "It's still kind of surreal. I might not appreciate it until we start the second round."
The Clippers meet the winner of the Lakers-Suns series. The Lakers take a 3-1 lead into Tuesday night's game in Phoenix.
Should the Clippers face the Lakers, it would be the first postseason meeting ever between Los Angeles teams in the NBA, NFL or major league baseball.
Cassell was one Clipper who made it clear who he'd like to face next.
"I was always a Laker fan -- Magic Johnson, James Worthy, my main man Norm Nixon," Cassell said. "Kobe Bryant's my favorite player. It would be the battle of Hollywood -- it would be great for the city."
Cassell and Chris Kaman scored 10 points apiece and Shaun Livingston had eight points and 14 assists for the Clippers. Maggette, Brand, Kaman and Livingston are making their postseason debuts this spring.
Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points, Greg Buckner added 20 and Andre Miller had 15 points, six rebounds and eight assists for the Nuggets, who went 1-16 this season when scoring less than 90 points.
"We definitely kept him in check," Brand said of Anthony, who shot 8-of-24 Monday night.
The Nuggets were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year.
"This one hurts worse than the other two," Anthony said. "We have issues. I saw guys who did not want to be here and play in this game. We did not play playoff basketball in this series.
"I don't want to be like Kevin Garnett and take eight years to get out of the first round."
The Nuggets haven't won a playoff series since 1994.
"It's definitely disappointing and frustrating not to get out of the first round," said Denver's Marcus Camby, who had six points and 11 rebounds. "We had dreams of winning the championship."
The Nuggets shot 6-of-9 to start the third quarter while outscoring the Clippers 14-9 to draw within one point.
But that's as close as the Nuggets would get.
Maggette and Brand each scored six points and Mobley added four in a 20-3 run to finish the third period and start the fourth, giving the Clippers a 75-57 lead. The Nuggets shot 1-of-12 during the spurt.
The Clippers led by as many as 25 points in the final period.
The Clippers outscored the Nuggets 17-8 to finish the second quarter for a 46-40 halftime lead, and they were on top the rest of the way.
Notes: Clippers C Zeljko Rebraca was inactive for the game after feeling chest pains during warmups. He missed 50 games while playing for Detroit in the 2002-03 season because of an irregular heartbeat, and 24 earlier this season for the same reason. He said he wasn't concerned, adding: "Everything is under control." ... Brand, who scored all but three of his points in the

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Chauncey Billups got sick of chasing T.J. Ford around the court. So he decided to make Ford do the chasing.
Billups scored 13 fourth-quarter points -- including a critical 3-pointer and six straight free throws down the stretch -- as the Detroit Pistons beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-99 to take a 3-1 lead in the first round of the NBA playoffs Monday night.
"For me, after chasing him around the court, I wanted to make him play defense, too," said Billups, who scored 34 points and was 16-for-16 from the free throw line.
Ford scored 16 third-quarter points as the Bucks took a 76-74 lead into the fourth quarter. Billups called him a "tough cover."
But the Bucks' enigmatic point guard also had six turnovers -- equaling the output of the entire Pistons team -- and struggled to guard Billups.
Michael Redd said Ford didn't get enough defensive help from his teammates.
"T.J.'s smaller than him, so he tried to take advantage of that," said Redd, who led the Bucks with 33 points.
Although the Bucks stayed close enough Monday night to make evening the series seem like a real possibility, the Pistons now can finish off the Bucks with a victory in Game 5 Wednesday night in Detroit.
"There's no question it helps when you've been there," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. "That's one of the reasons we didn't take many bad shots in the fourth quarter. We took some bad ones in the third, but when it came down to crunch time we moved the ball, got some open looks, got mismatches, got to the free throw line and did the things you need to do offensively."
Ford said the Pistons' experience came through when it counted.
"I think they know how to play with each other," Ford said. "They read each other. The big thing is with them, it doesn't matter who takes that shot."
Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter praised Billups' poise.
"We're always comfortable when Chauncey has the ball in his hands in any situation," Hunter said. "He's played in those situations."
The same can't be said for the ultra-quick but inconsistent Ford, who can unleash a thrilling drive to the basket on one possession, then throw a pass out of bounds the next time down the floor.
"That's what hurt us," Ford said. "We've got to protect the ball, go watch film and make adjustments."
The Bucks had taken an 86-85 lead on Joe Smith's jump shot with 5:52 remaining in the game. But the Pistons answered with an 8-0 run, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Billups and Richard Hamilton, to put Detroit ahead 93-86 with 3:47 remaining.
The Pistons led 95-90 when Antonio McDyess was whistled for a technical foul -- Detroit's second technical of the game -- with 2:42 remaining.
Redd thought it could have been a turning point.
"We've made a living on coming back on teams this season, so I'm thinking, 'Here we go again,"' Redd said.
Redd made the free throw and was fouled on the ensuing possession, hitting another two free throws to cut the Pistons' lead to 95-93 with 2:29 remaining.
"They fought," Billups said. "I give them a lot of credit. We had to grind it out."
Billups' free throws, combined with missed shots and mishandled balls by the Bucks, allowed the Pistons to put away the game. Milwaukee committed 16 turnovers.
"Two areas that were our biggest concerns going into the series were the free throw line and turnovers," Bucks coach Terry Stotts said. "This is the first game of the series where the turnover differential was substantial."
The Pistons led by as many as 15 in the first half, but the Bucks made a run as Rasheed Wallace was whistled for a technical foul, his second of the postseason, after complaining about a foul call in the second quarter.
Redd hit the free throw, and Toni Kukoc hit a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. A fast-break layup by Charlie Bell cut the Pistons' lead to 44-38.
Notes: Wallace led the league in technical fouls with 19 in the regular season. He also was called for a technical in Game 1. ... Hamilton was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Monday for elbowing Redd in the mouth during Saturday's game. The league upgraded the flagrant foul from a penalty one to a more severe level two. "Hopefully, I can talk to someone," Hamilton said. "$15,000? I don't understand that one." ... The Bucks had nine turnovers in the first half, including five by Ford.