NBA: Heat deal Marion to Raptors

Hours after Shawn Marion‘s last-second dunk lifted the Heat past the Bulls, he was traded yesterday to the Raptors in exchange for Jermaine O’Neal, ending a weeks-long saga involving the expected deal. Toronto also gets guard Marcus Banks and cash considerations, and Miami will receive forward Jamario Moon and a lottery-protected first-round draft pick, to come sometime between 2010 and 2015.

* Michael Jordan, John Stockton and David Robinson were among the 16 announced finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

NCAA: W. Virginia stuns ‘Nova

In Morgantown, W.Va., Da’Sean Butler scored a career-high 43 points to lead West Virginia to a 93-72 victory over No. 13 Villanova.

Butler scored 24 in the first half as the Mountaineers built a 20-point lead en route to their first win this season against a team in the top half of the conference standings.

Devin Ebanks added 16 for West Virginia, which led 52-34 at halftime.

* In Indianapolis, Matt Howard had 19 points and eight rebounds, Gordon Hayward finished with 18 points and No. 15 Butler hit 13 3-pointers in an 80-61 victory over Illinois-Chicago. . . . In Manhattan, Noruwa Agho scored 20 points and Jason Miller added 19 points and Columbia defeated Dartmouth 65-52 for the Lions’ fourth win in five games. . . . In New Haven, Conn., Alex Zampier scored 13 points to lead three players in double figures as Yale defeated Princeton 60-48. . . . In Baltimore, Devon Clarke scored 15 points and Iona beat Loyola of Maryland 77-65. . . . In Trenton, N.J., Nick Leon scored a driving layup with 4.5 seconds left to give St. Peter’s a 65-64 win over Rider.

GOLF: Goosen charges to front

In Pebble Beach, Calif., Retief Goosen, seeking his first PGA Tour title in more than three years, fired a sizzling eight-under-par 64 to take a two-shot lead over Dustin Johnson during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

* In Kahuka, Hawaii, Michelle Wie put herself into contention for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a 2-under 70 in difficult conditions in the second round of the season-opening SBS Open.

* Golf fans, you can still get tickets for the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black.

The USGA yesterday announced that a limited number of grounds and trophy club tickets for the 2009 U.S. Open, to be held June 15-21, are being sold online at http://www.usga.org/tickets while supplies last. – Mark Cannizzaro

SOCCER: Beckham to stay in L.A.

David Beckham is coming back to the L.A. Galaxy.

The English midfielder will return to the MLS team next month as scheduled after his two-month loan agreement with AC Milan ends despite his wish to stay in Italy.

Tim Leiweke, president of Galaxy parent AEG, said the Italian club didn’t make a second offer to the Galaxy to keep Beckham so the team will adhere to MLS commissioner Don Garber‘s deadline, set for last night, to resolve the situation.