GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The NBA fined the New York Knicks $200,000 and team scout Rodney Heard $20,000 for conducting illegal draft workouts.

The league ruled Thursday that Heard, the Knicks' director of East scouting, violated rules restricting contact between teams and players eligible for the draft in May 2007 and May 2010.

Under the rules at that time, players were not eligible to be worked out for teams before the NBA's pre-draft camp in May.

The Knicks said in a statement they will abide by the decision and have no further comment.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Future Sabres owner Terry Pegula can never move the team from Buffalo under terms of his $189 million deal to buy the NHL franchise.Majority owner B. Thomas Golisano revealed Thursday he turned down an earlier purchase offer that would have involved shifting the team he bought out of bankruptcy to another city, even though it was for $70 million more.While Pegula, a self-described die-hard Sabres fan with ties to western New York, has never indicated he'd want to leave, the no-move provision was a must, said Golisano.The sale is expected to close in about 30 days, pending NHL and government approval, Golisano said at HSBC Arena, where he met with players and employees to say goodbye.

NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte is going ahead with his decision to retire, leaving the New York Yankees.The team scheduled news conference at Yankee Stadium this morning for Pettitte to announce the choice he had been leaning toward making since the end of last season.A five-time World Series champion, Pettitte became the third-winningest pitcher in team history.Pettitte finished 240-138 with a 3.88 ERA in 16 major league seasons. He excelled in the postseason, setting a major league record for wins by going 19-10 with a 3.83 ERA.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mark Sanchez won’t need surgery on his injured right shoulder.The New York Jets quarterback said Thursday doctors told him rest and mild rehabilitation would be enough to return the shoulder to full strength.Sanchez was injured when the Jets won at Pittsburgh on Dec. 19, but the shoulder wasn’t a factor in New York’s run to the AFC championship game.