Sports briefs

Calling Curly Neal! State edges Harlem

EAST LANSING (AP) - Charlie Bell scored 21 points as defending national champion Michigan State held off a late rally for a 72-68 exhibition victory over the Harlem Globetrotters on last night, ending their 1,270-game winning streak.

The defeat was the first for the famed traveling team since they lost to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar All-Stars in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 12, 1995.

The Globetrotters, who led 35-29 at halftime, scored the first basket of the second half to take their biggest lead of the game.

Jason Richardson sparked an 8-0 run by Michigan State, including a spectacular dunk off a missed shot with 13:10 remaining that gave the Spartans a 43-39 lead.

Freshman Zach Randolph scored 17 points for Michigan State, while Richardson, Andre Hutson and Marcus Taylor added 10 each.

Pedro wins third AL Cy Young award

NEW YORK (AP) - Pedro Martinez became the first pitcher to win the American League Cy Young award unanimously in consecutive years. Martinez, who has won three Cy Youngs in the last four seasons, received all 28 votes for 140 points in voting released yesterday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Oakland's Tim Hudson finished second with 54 points, getting 16 seconds and six thirds. David Wells of Toronto was third with 46 points, followed by Andy Pettitte of the Yankees (seven) and Detroit's Todd Jones (three).

Martinez went 18-6 with a 1.74 ERA - nearly two runs better than Clemens' second-best AL mark of 3.70.