The Astros unveils have several states young catchers in camp who need time to develop Houston used Ausmus, J R Towles and Humberto Quintero at the position last season. It doesn' t make sense " The Teixeira- Red Sox discord dates back to 1998 when Teixeira declined to sign with Boston out of high school. Biffle said he realizes Edwards wasn' t acting impulsively " It wasn' t sporadic " Biffle said " Carl thought it out. I just thank God that I did that " Ruiz suffered no broken bones or damaged teeth, had no vision problems and did not suffer a concussion " I took all the precautions " Ruiz said " The doctors came over and checked me out, I went to the dentist today and checked to see that my jaw was all right.

The 1985 AL MVP during a New York Yankees career that lasted from 1982- 95, Mattingly had spent the past four seasons as a coach under Torre with the Yankees . But the Celtics have won three straight since adding Walker' s inside presence to the lineup, including a 104- 101 victory over the archrival Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night . Saturday' s schedule on the half- mile Toyota Speedway at Irwindale will include the 150- lap Super Late Model, 75- Lap Late Model and the both the NASCAR Camping World Series qualifying and main races Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press . Fausto Carmona, who' s scheduled to pitch Wednesday night, is appealing the six- game suspension handed out when he hit Gary Sheffield with a pitch . He' s arguing the deal is unconstitutional because of the way it is financed. He has picked up those numbers batting second in the Yankees' order.

Beltran likely will be out through the All- Star break while waiting for the bruise to subside . 2 " I wish we could tell you when Shaq will play " Lakers coach Phil Jackson said after practice Monday " We' re hopeful he can practice tomorrow He was out on the court today He' s anxious to practice . Olivo chose to serve the suspension on Wednesday, which left the Royals without an experienced backup catcher for their game against the Minnesota Twins John Buck, the other catcher, is rehabbing a back injury . The Orioles have a series of aluminum monuments depicting retired uniform numbers outside one entrance to the downtown ballpark . A middle- aged woman yelled " You' re a loser, Callahan " And then there were those who couldn' t move, even when the score was 38- 0 at halftime, even when the red balloons prematurely filled the sky when the Cornhuskers finally registered a first down. Speaking of McMillan, Seattle plays its first regular- season game against its former coach Friday night in Portland Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Still, the Mets expect big things from Martinez in the future- and Manuel thinks he could help the team later this year " What I saw in Fernando was a young player that I really believe can handle this situation " the manager said " I really believe he' s going to be a part of us doing well and doing what we need to do at some point this season " Evans was brought up from Double- A Binghamton, where he was hitting.

Fifty- one percent approved of the way Calhoun answered the question, while 43 percent disapproved . After rivals Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon said during the week they thought he was slipping following two straight lackluster finishes, Busch answered by making NASCAR history on Sunday . But Boston took off from there, making 10 of its next 16 shots in the first quarter Okafor missed his first six shots . Illinois had planned to decide whether to rebuild or replace the on- campus arena by the end of 2008, but athletic director Ron Guenther put those plans on hold indefinitely after meeting with university chancellor Richard Herman " In talking with the chancellor[ Guenther] feels it' s not very prudent to go forward in the current economic climate " Illinois spokesman Kent Brown told The Associated Press on Tuesday . Updated: December 18, 2006, 9: 15 PM ET Rasheed Wallace expected to miss two games Email Print Share Associated Press AUBURN HILLS, Mich- Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace will miss the next two games with an ankle injury. Chauncey Billups' 3- pointer and Rasheed Wallace' s long jumper put Detroit ahead 95- 93 " This is probably the best win for us all year because we did gut it out " Brown said " They could have packed it in " After Prince' s floater over two Sixers, Korver missed a 3- pointer that would' ve put the Sixers ahead and Kenny Thomas missed a jumper in the final seconds.

Known then as Memphis State under coach Dana Kirk, the Tigers were No 1 in the The Associated Press Top 25 on Jan . Kentucky acknowledged Monday that it had asked for, and received, permission from Memphis to speak to Calipari . He said his knee feels better than a month ago, even though his most recent MRI showed the bruise has not improved " Being able to come back 100 percent[ this season] is something that' s not going to happen " Beltran said " I want to get back as soon as I can " In other news, John Maine saw noted orthopedist Dr James Andrews about his injured pitching shoulder The Mets were waiting for results, Horwitz said . 1 deadline still stands for a nonprofit group seeking to raise enough money to save part of the stadium Messages were left with MCM Management Corp .

Coleman, a 6- foot- 4, 190- pound right- hander, began his junior season without a clear role in the pitching rotation after getting lost in the shuffle in 2007 . is in the economic best interest of the franchise " the judge wrote " Sometimes the cost is just too great " The five- year contract the Hawks offered Johnson- worth about$ 70 million, including$ 20 million for the first year- would have made him the team' s highest- paid player . Dalembert' s basket tied it at 70 with 2: 05 remaining before Romero made one free throw to give Venezuela its last lead . Updated: November 8, 2007, 4: 01 PM ET Seminoles extend coach Hamilton' s contract two years Comment Email Print Share Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla- Florida State gave basketball coach Leonard Hamilton a two- year contract extension Thursday through 2012 . Jeremy has been working for over a year on a wrongful death suit against Lisa and, according to Shana, plans to file soon.

He' s not fully comfortable with his role as a backup " I just know I have to do it " he said " It' s what the coach wants me to do . The fastest and most efficient operation in the system is the 4th Circuit Court, located in Richmond, Va, and home of the notorious " rocket docket " that handled the Michael Vick dogfighting case in 2007 . The Cubs sent him to Iowa to begin this season to groom him as a starter but Piniella wanted another power arm in the bullpen Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press . My understanding is that his ankles are incapable of carrying him on the court " Earlier this season, Robinson was upset that Philadelphia didn' t trade him He averaged 16 .

Coach Mike Shula, then the Tide' s coach, seemed to have no faith in Leigh . Duchscherer took part in fielding drills and other activities with the other Oakland pitchers Friday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium . About 300 officers from four law enforcement agencies were planning to patrol the city into the early morning hours, said Chief Linda Stump, University Police Department . Updated: October 9, 2008, 5: 56 PM ET Not a candidate to replace Franklin, Ensminger to run offense for rest of' 08 Comment Email Print Share Associated Press AUBURN, Ala- Auburn assistant coach Steve Ensminger will run the offense the rest of the season . Florida purchased the contract of former Minnesota reliever Luis Ayala from Triple- A New Orleans. The suspects were in Williams' car and were attempting a robbery, according to an officer who answered the phone at the Douglasville Police Department. At the team' s media day Monday, Haywood spoke about moving past that, saying the fighting " makes us both look like idiots " Thomas wasn' t at the media day for what the team called personal reasons.

Wade apparently asked for the night off, understandable considering he is among the league leaders in minutes played . And joking aside, Sloan was glad to help the foundation set up in the name of Bobbye Sloan, who died of cancer in June 2004 . Updated: January 22, 2007, 2: 39 AM ET Nix leaving Georgia Tech to run Miami' s offense Email Print Share By Joe SchadESPNArchive Miami has chosen Patrick Nix of Georgia Tech as its new offensive coordinator, a source close to Nix said Friday . Bernard ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns against the Utes . That came less than two months after Ainge traded Antoine Walker to Dallas on Oct. The 49- year- old Nutt played at Oklahoma State( 1977- 81) and began his college coaching career there as an assistant.