Lincecum wins 2nd straight Cy Young

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Tim Lincecum has been so dominant in his first two full major league seasons that even his top bosses don’t know how he can get much better.

Two NL Cy Young Awards, a pair of All-Star selections—all at age 25.

Lincecum has a couple of ideas in that area: Grow up and make better decisions personally, and pitch the San Francisco Giants into the playoffs at last.

The hard-throwing right-hander figured the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter was set to win this year’s NL Cy Young award, but Lincecum captured the honor Thursday for the second straight year by the slimmest of margins.

MILWAUKEE (AP)—Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut (BOH’-gut) will be out for two to four weeks with a left leg injury.

General manager John Hammond said late Thursday that Bogut suffered a leg strain and contusion in Wednesday’s 99-85 win against New Jersey. Bogut scored 21 points and 11 rebounds before leaving the game in late in the fourth quarter.

An MRI revealed the injury on Thursday.

The 24-year-old Bogut, now in his fifth season, is averaging 16.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. The Bucks hope to get shooting guard Michael Redd(notes) back in the starting lineup soon.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP)—Champions Tour players John Cook and Olin Browne shot 6-under 66s at Del Monte Golf Course on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

Cook, coming off a victory Nov. 1 in the Champions Tour’s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, had six birdies in his bogey-free round.