AMHERST, Mass. – Travis Ford was hired as the basketball coach at Massachusetts on Friday after guiding Eastern Kentucky to a 22-9 record this season and giving Kentucky a scare in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The former star point guard at Kentucky succeeds Steve Lappas, who was fired last week after compiling a 50-65 record during four seasons. The five-year deal calls for a $200,000 annual base salary with additional incentives and bonuses. Ford coached Eastern Kentucky to the most wins in a season in school history and its first NCAA bid in 26 years.

Injured Roddick upset at Key Biscayne

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. – Defending champion Andy Roddick lost his opening match Friday at the Nasdaq-100 Open when a sprained right wrist forced him to retire while trailing Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (9), 4-3 when the No. 2-seed Roddick called it quits.

Clippers request waivers on guard Anderson

LOS ANGELES – Kenny Anderson was waived Friday by the Los Angeles Clippers, who had claimed the veteran guard four weeks earlier.

Anderson played four games with the Clippers, averaging 2.0 points and 1.3 assists.

-By The Associated Press