Major League Baseball

CUBS TRADE HEILMAN TO D'BACKS: Reliever Aaron Heilman was acquired Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Cubs for two minor league prospects.

Chicago gets 24-year-old left-hander Scott Maine and 23-year-old infielder Ryne White. Maine, a sixth-round draft pick in 2007, was a combined 4-5 with seven saves and a 2.90 ERA with Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Reno last season. White, a fourth-round draft pick in 2008, hit .266 with 58 RBIs for Class A Visalia.

College football

SWARBRICK PLANS TO HAVE QUICK DECISION ON WEIS: Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick plans to make a decision on the future of coach Charlie Weis within days of the season's end.

Swarbrick said Thursday that how he made his decision last fall, when he met with Weis three days after the season ended and told him he would be back, would be "fairly representative of the timing" of what he does this year.

Swarbrick said the student-athletes are his primary concern because he knows the scrutiny of Weis is difficult for the team.

INJURIES HAVE HAMPERED ND'S ALDRIDGE: This year's seniors won't leave Notre Dame with the same accolades bestowed when they signed with the school and coach Charlie Weis predicted they would lay the foundation for the Fighting Irish to remain among the elite teams for years to come.

Weis, who had been hampered in recruiting the season before because he was finishing his job as offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots, signed what recruiting analysts described as the school's best in recent years.

The two highest-rated players in that class were tackle Sam Young and running back James Aldridge, a Merrillville grad.

Aldridge's career has been hampered by injuries. He led the team in rushing as a sophomore with 463 yards on 121 carries, his most productive year. As a fullback this season, just five carries for 15 yards in four games.

"You come in as a highly touted class with a bunch of studs, it is what you think it would be. Then reality hits," Aldridge said.

College basketball

IU FALLS IN PUERTO RICO: Murphy Holloway had 26 points and nine rebounds, leading Mississippi (3-0) to a 89-71 victory over Indiana on Thursday in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Maurice Creek scored 18 points, Verdell Jones had 17 and Jeremiah Rivers scored 14 but committed six of Indiana's 21 turnovers. The Hoosiers (2-1) had 13 assists.

ND MEN, WOMEN WIN: Andrean grad Luke Harangody scored 29 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as he led Notre Dame to an 82-62 victory over Long Beach State on Thursday. Tory Jackson added 13 points for the Irish (3-0).

Ashley Barlow scored 18 points and hit a tiebreaking free throw with 10 seconds left, lifting the No. 5 Notre Dame women's team to a 68-67 victory over No. 21 Michigan State. Wheeler grad Becca Bruszewski had five points for the Irish (2-0).

College baseball

LAPORTE DUO PART OF VU'S RECRUITING CLASS: LaPorte's Jake McMahan and Kevin Upp are part of the 2010-11 recruiting class for Valparaiso University's baseball team.

McMahan plays third base for the Slicers, while teammate Upp is a right-handed starting pitcher.

The Crusaders also signed four other players.

Brad Benbow is a left-handed hitting first baseman from Delta, while Ryan Scarpetta is a right-handed pitcher and corner infielder at Rockton Hononegah (Ill.). The other two players hail from Rockford. Michael Morman is a right-handed hitting outfielder from Boylan High School, while Cyrus Wimberly is a right-handed pitcher from Guiliford.

Boys basketball

YERGLER TRANSFER CASE MOVED TO STARKE COUNTY: The lawyer for North Judson sophomore Winston Yergler said that the case against the IHSAA to permit Yergler to play basketball for the Bluejays this season has been moved from LaPorte County to Starke County.

Nick Otis said that the injunction hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon ended with the LaPorte judge saying that the injunction was filed in the wrong county, therefore halting Yergler's chance to play in Thursday's scrimmage against Valparaiso.

Otis said he will walk into the court in Starke County on Friday to request the earliest hearing possible.

Yergler and his family moved from Kouts to North Judson during the summer, but while his transfer was approved by Kouts, it wasn't accepted by North Judson. The IHSAA ruled Yergler ineligible until next season.

Around the horn

The First Tee of Hammond's Holiday Gala scheduled for Dec. 11 has been canceled. ... Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second consecutive season to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson. Lincecum, who went 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA, led the NL with 261 strikeouts and tied for the league lead with four complete games and two shutouts.