SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Tom Martinez, the longtime personal coach to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has died at 67.

His wife, Olivia, told the San Mateo Daily Journal that he died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack while receiving dialysis treatment. The San Francisco Chronicle reported he died in Redwood City.

Tom Martinez worked with Brady when he was a teenager growing up in San Mateo, where Martinez coached at College of San Mateo. Their relationship continued during Brady’s NFL career.

Martinez told the San Francisco Chronicle before the Patriots’ Super Bowl matchup against the New York Giants this year that he always enjoyed working with Brady and watching him play.

Brady was equally complimentary, telling reporters before the Super Bowl that Martinez taught him how to throw a football, and he was “forever indebted” to him.

“He’s been a great friend of mine for a long time,” Brady said, adding that Martinez had been seeking a kidney for some time.

“A lot of people are looking for kidneys or some different type of transplants, but he’s very deserving,” Brady said. “He’s a great man.”

A spokesman for the Patriots said early Wednesday that Brady could not immediately be reached for comment. The team posted to Twitter late Tuesday, “Our sincere condolences go out to the Martinez family & all those he mentored throughout his incredible career.”

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman also tweeted, “RIP coach Tom Martinez. He was such a great mentor to many in the bay area. His legacy will always live on.”

Olivia Martinez told the Daily Journal in an email that Martinez “leaves three children . their spouses . six grandchildren and hundreds of young athletes in the Bay Area and around the country.”

Doctors told Martinez last spring that he had months or less to live due to a combination of kidney and heart problems, the Daily Journal reported. His prognosis was, at least temporarily, debunked when specialists discovered that it was his pacemaker that was killing him. The pacemaker was turned off in June and he had been fighting to get stronger while awaiting a kidney transplant.

Martinez was hired at College of San Mateo to coach football and teach physical education but added softball and women’s basketball to his coaching load.

His teams won 32 championships. He had 400 career wins in football, a state record 565 wins in basketball and 800 wins in softball over 32 years, the Daily Journal reported.

“He really was the representation of Bulldog athletics,” said College of San Mateo athletic director Gary Dilley. “It’s great (Martinez) made such a great contribution to Tom Brady, but really the mark he made was in the hearts he trained and coached at CSM.”

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Heat 120, Kings 108

(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 30 points and added 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points and the NBA-leading Miami Heat stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 120-108 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

LeBron James scored 18 points, Norris Cole had 12 and Udonis Haslem added 10 for Miami (26-7), which has won each of its games during this streak by at least 12 points. Wade shot 11 for 16, the 11th straight game he’s shot at least 50 per cent, matching his career best in that department. He also had a run of 11 such games in his rookie season.

Isaiah Thomas scored 20 of his 24 points in the third quarter for Sacramento, which dropped its sixth straight. Marcus Thornton scored 23, and Tyreke Evans finished with 21 points and 10 assists.

Cavaliers 101, Pistons 100

CLEVELAND — Antawn Jamison scored 32 points and rookie Kyrie Irving led Cleveland’s comeback from a 17-point deficit with 17 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Cavaliers to a 101-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.

Alonzo Gee, who scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, put the Cavaliers ahead for good, 97-95, by rebounding his own miss with a dunk with 25.4 seconds left. Irving, who scored 25 points, and Gee combined for 30 of Cleveland’s 35 points in the fourth quarter.

Cleveland, which trailed 72-55 late in the third quarter, ended Detroit’s three-game winning streak. Brandon Knight led the Pistons with 24 points while Greg Monroe scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds.

Pacers 117, Hornets 108

INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert had a career-high 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 117-108 overtime win over the New Orleans Hornets on Tuesday night.

Paul George scored 20 points and Darren Collison had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers, winners of three straight.

Trevor Ariza scored 21 points to lead the Hornets, who have lost 10 of their last 13. New Orleans, which snapped a three-game winning streak Monday at Oklahoma City, concludes a stretch of three games in three days — all on the road — Wednesday at Cleveland.

The Pacers went on a 10-0 run in overtime. Hibbert and Collison combined for eight points and West scored to take a 113-102 lead.

The Hornets scored back-to-back baskets and only scored once more.

Grizzlies 89, 76ers 76

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Marc Gasol had 15 points and 14 rebounds, Rudy Gay scored 14 points and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Philadelphia 76ers 89-76 on Tuesday night.

O.J. Mayo added 13 points and Marreese Speights had 12 to help the Grizzlies (19-15) move a season high-tying four games above .500. Gasol, who’s headed to this weekend’s All-Star Game in Orlando, finished three assists shy of a triple double.

Jrue Holiday scored 22 points — none in the fourth — for the Atlantic Division-leading Sixers, who shot just 37 per cent while losing their fourth straight and sixth in their last eight. Rookie Lavoy Allen had 14 points for Philadelphia, and Andre Iguodala added 11 on 5-of-14 shooting.

Trail Blazers 137, Spurs 97

PORTLAND, Ore. — LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and the Portland Trail Blazers routed San Antonio 137-97 Tuesday night while the Spurs rested Tim Duncan and Tony Parker.

Jamal Crawford scored 20 points, shooting 5 for 7 on three-pointers, and had eight assists for the Blazers, who led by as many as 48 points and sat all of their starters for most of the fourth quarter. Gerald Wallace and Nicolas Batum each had 19 points.

Kawhi Leonard had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead San Antonio, which snapped an 11-game winning streak overall and an eight-game streak on the road.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said before the game that he was resting Parker and Duncan because the Spurs were playing three games in four nights. Parker is averaging 19.5 points per game, while Duncan’s averaging 19.9 points and 8.6 rebounds.

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(PhatzRadio / Golf.com) — MARANA, Ariz. – Perhaps Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano should have let a sleeping Tiger lie.

The Spaniard meets Tiger Woods in the first round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, which begins Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain with 32 matches between 64 of the best players in the game. On Monday, however, while praising the former world No. 1, Fernandez-Castano did add, “I think he’s beatable.”

“I’m the underdog. I have nothing to lose. At the same time I don’t think he’s at his best,” said Fernandez-Castano, who has five wins on the European Tour, including the 2011 Barclays Singapore Open, but is making his Accenture debut. “If I play well I can beat him.”

Woods smiled Tuesday when he was told of his opponent’s comments.

“I feel exactly the same way he does,” said Woods, who faces Fernandez-Castano at 12:35 p.m. ET Wednesday (Golf Channel). “I feel he’s beatable, too.”

Woods, the only three-time winner and four-time finalist in this event, holds the tournament record for most matches (40) and most matches won (32). But in his last two starts since winning in 2008, he’s won just one match.

In his last event, Woods lost to playing partner and eventual winner Phil Mickelson by 11 shots in the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. But Woods said he got some good practice in between playing with his two kids during his one-week break.

As for Fernandez-Castano providing extra motivation?

“It used to (bother me) quite a bit when I was younger,” Woods said of remarks he deemed critical. “But as I’ve matured and gone beyond that. It’s their prerogative, it’s their opinion. What matters is how I go out and play and how I’m progressing in my game.”

We’ll take your word for that, Tiger.

In 2006, when Stephen Ames was asked about playing Woods, he said that anything could happen, adding with a big smile, “Especially where he’s hitting it.”

Woods beat him 9 and 8, the most lopsided score in tournament history.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Jeff Carter had three goals — two on the power play during Columbus’ four-goal first period — and the last-place Blue Jackets handed the San Jose Sharks their season-high fourth straight loss, 6-3 on Tuesday night.

R.J. Umberger and Rick Nash, who is the subject of trade rumors with the deadline less than a week away, had a goal and an assist. David Savard also scored for Columbus. Vinny Prospal added three assists while Derick Brassard had two.

Steve Mason made 38 saves to get the win and surpass Marc Denis as the Blue Jackets’ career wins leader.

Logan Couture scored twice and Joe Thornton also had a goal for San Jose. Starting goalie Antti Niemi was pulled after allowing three goals on 11 shots.

The Sharks fell to 1-4-1 on their season-long, nine-game road trip.

Carter scored his 15th goal of the season and the third of the game for his second hat trick of the season at 1:26 of the third to give Columbus a 6-2 lead.

Couture scored his team-leading 27th goal on a redirection on a power play to make it 6-3 at 8:35 of the third.

Then just 13 seconds later, the Sharks thought they pulled closer when Jamie McGinn batted in another high puck that went into the air behind Mason.

But the play went to video review and it was ruled the puck was hit when it was above the crossbar and the goal was disallowed.

Columbus started strong, scoring twice in the first seven minutes. The Blue Jackets then made it 3-0 that ended Niemi’s night and added one more with 30 seconds left in the period. Niemi was replaced by Thomas Greiss, who stopped 21 of 24 shots.

Umberger opened the scoring as he stuffed in his own rebound for his 10th of the season at 4:55.

Carter made it 2-0 at 6:51 on the power play with a shot from the high slot past Niemi after a nice give and go passing play with Prospal.

Then Nash curled out of the right corner, and scored on a wrister from between the circles for his 20th at 15:18, sending Niemi to the bench.

Flyers 5, Jets 4 (0T)

WINNIPEG (AP) — Jaromir Jagr scored at 4:16 of overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

Philadelphia’s Wayne Simmonds sent the game into the extra period with a goal with 10 seconds left in regulation.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves in the victory for Philadelphia (33-19-7). Claude Giroux had a goal and two assists, while Scott Hartnell added a goal and an assist. Maxime Talbot also scored for the Flyers.

Ondrej Pavelec made 50 saves for Winnipeg (29-26-7).

Evander Kane made it 4-3 for the Jets at 4:57 of the third period on the power play.

Andrew Ladd scored a pair of goals 64 seconds apart and Dustin Byfuglien had a goal and an assist for Winnipeg. Tim Stapleton added three assists and Bryan Little added two.

Nashville 3, Vancouver 1

NASHVILLE — Mike Fisher scored a power-play goal and added two assists as the Nashville Predators beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Sergei Kostitsyn and David Legwand also scored for the Predators, who have won two straight. Dale Weise had the lone goal for the Canucks, whose four-game winning streak was snapped.

Fisher who sat out Sunday’s game in Dallas due to illness, broke the scoreless tie 5:42 into the second period.

Pekka Rinne made 32 saves for the win. Roberto Luongo stopped 25 shots in the loss.

Devils 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

TORONTO — Mark Fayne scored 1:18 into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Fayne’s weak shot from the point found its way through goalie Jonas Gustavsson.

Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist for New Jersey (34-20-4), and David Clarkson and former Maple Leafs forward Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored. The Devils have won four games in a row.

Phil Kessel’s 31st goal of the season forced overtime for Toronto (29-24-6) with 44 seconds left in the third period. Tim Connolly scored in the first period, and Clarke MacArthur added a goal in the second.

Martin Brodeur made 29 saves for the win. Gustavsson stopped 28 for the Leafs.

Phoenix 5, Los Angeles 4 (SO)

GLENDALE, Ariz. —Radim Vrbata scored his second goal late in regulation and the Phoenix Coyotes rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in a shootout Tuesday night.

Shane Doan also had two goals and Martin Hanzal matched his career high with three assists to extend Phoenix’s point streak to nine games.

Vrbata scored on a power play with 2:27 left after Kings winger Kyle Clifford received a game misconduct for a head shot on Coyotes center Gilbert Brule.

Ray Whitney and Mikkel Boedker scored for Phoenix in the shootout, which ended when Los Angeles defenseman Jack Johnson missed wide right.

Drew Doughty, Andrei Loktionov and Dustin Brown scored in the first period, and Justin Williams added his 12th goal in the second for the Kings.Lightning 3, Ducks 2

Lightning 3, Ducks 2

TAMPA — Steven Stamkos scored his league-leading 41st and 42nd goals of the season and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Stamkos put the Lightning up 1-0 when he poked a loose puck past goalie Jonas Hiller on a power play 28 seconds into the game. The center, who has five goals and eight points during a three-game point streak, made it 2-0 with an in-close rebound goal at 17:58 of the first.

Tampa Bay also got a goal and two assists from Teddy Purcell. The Lightning have won three in a row and are 10-3-2 in the last 15 games.

Saku Koivu and Bobby Ryan both had a goal and an assist for the Ducks.

Stars 3, Canadiens 0

MONTREAL (AP) — Ryan Garbutt scored his first NHL goal and Kari Lehtonen made 31 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Mike Ribeiro, in his regular-season return to Montreal, and Tom Wandell also scored for the Stars (30-26-4).

Carey Price stopped 33 shots for the Canadiens (24-27-10), who have lost four of five after a four-game winning streak.

The Stars took control in the first period, outshooting the Canadiens 15-6. The shots were 9-0 in favor of Dallas before Montreal recorded its first at 8:14.

For a fifth straight game, the Canadiens allowed their opponent to strike first when Garbutt, just called up from the minors, snapped a shot from the circle over a crouched Price.

Edmonton 6, Calgary 1

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Sam Gagner scored a goal and added two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers broke out with four unanswered goals in the second period in a 6-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.

Jordan Eberle, Ryan Smyth, Taylor Hall, Ales Hemsky and Eric Belanger also had goals for Edmonton (23-30-6).

Scott Hannan scored his second goal of the season and first in 52 games to provide the only offense for the Flames (28-23-10), who lost in regulation for the first time since Jan. 31.

Calgary, which fell to 5-1-3 in February, had won 10 straight at home against the Oilers and beaten them in 16 of 17 meetings.

Edmonton had won just one of six overall and one of nine on the road.

Sabres 2, Islanders 1

BUFFALO — Ryan Miller made 30 saves, including stopping Matt Moulson on the doorstep with 4:04 left, and led the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Tyler Myers and Thomas Vanek staked the Sabres to a 2-0 lead, and Buffalo won its second in a row since an 0-3-1 skid. Jason Pominville and Derek Roy had two assists for Buffalo (26-27-7), which jumped a point ahead of the Islanders (25-27-8) in the Eastern Conference standings.

Frans Nielsen scored with 5:08 left to snap the Islanders’ goal drought at 106 minutes, 51 seconds, a day after New York lost 6-0 at home to Ottawa. The inconsistent Islanders are 4-5-1 in their past 10 games.

With New York pressing for the tying goal, Moulson was set up at the right post but he was robbed by Miller, who made a sprawling save. Miller was also sharp 13 minutes into the second period, when he stopped Brian Rolston on a breakaway and then got his chest up to foil Josh Bailey on the rebound.

The loss to Buffalo came with former NHL star Doug Weight filling in behind the Islanders bench because head coach Jack Capuano was sick with the flu at the team hotel.

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