POSEY, CELTICS STRIKE DEAL James Posey and the Celtics have agreed to terms of a deal that will bring the former Nuggets forward to Boston.

The 6-foot-8 Posey alternated with Antoine Walker as the sixth man when the Miami Heat won the NBA title in 2006.

FORD STOKES SHOCK Cheryl Ford scored 11 points, including a basket with 44 seconds remaining, and the Detroit Shock staved off elimination in the WNBA playoffs by beating the New York Liberty 76-73 on Sunday in Game 2 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.

"I told our players that at some point in this game, 'Your heart will be severely tested' - and it was," Shock coach Bill Laimbeer said. "We got down to a point where it was an even ballgame, last minute and our season was on the line. But we made the right plays when we had to make the right plays."

VENEZUELA ADVANCES Maryland sophomore Greivis Vasquez had 18 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to lead Venezuela to a 100-90 victory against the U.S. Virgin Islands, advancing to the second round of the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas.

HAMM, FOUDY INDUCTED Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy, who keyed the U.S. women's soccer teams that won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals from 1991 to 2004, were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y., along with former U.S. Soccer Federation president Alan Rothenberg and former New York Cosmos defender Bobby Smith.

Hamm, 35, brought her 5- month-old twin daughters Grace and Ava and her husband, Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Nomar Garciaparra, to the afternoon ceremony.

U.S. MOVES AHEAD Kirk Urso and Mykell Bates scored second-half goals to help the United States beat Belgium 2-0 to advance to the second round of the Under- 17 World Cup soccer tournament in South Korea.

DEFENDER "VERY SERIOUS" Sevilla defender Antonio Puerta was in "very serious" condition after two cardiac arrests during the team's victory Saturday against Madrid rival Getafe.

DEVILS FINALLY WIN Manchester United won its first game of the English Premier League soccer season, 1-0 against Tottenham.

OLYMPIC BERTHS Gary Russell Jr. dominated Roberto Marroquin, and Raynell Williams outlasted Hylon Williams in the final two matches of the U.S. Olympic boxing trials in Houston.

Russell beat Marroquin 18-14 to win the 119-pound (bantamweight) spot on the Olympic team, and Raynell Williams won 24-22 to take the 125-pound (featherweight) berth.

Fort Carson heavyweight Christopher Downs earlier had qualified for the U.S. Olympic team.

SULLIVAN OUT Nashville Predators forward Steve Sullivan will miss the first three months of the upcoming season because of ongoing back problems.

CANADA EARNS SWEEP Samantha Hunt scored in overtime to lead Canada to a 4-3 victory against the United States, giving Canada a three-game sweep in the under-22 women's hockey series in Lake Placid, N.Y.