Without Morgan surveys anchoring the retells middle of the defense, the Falcons rushed for 252 yards, the second most allowed by Carolina in its 12- year history. Let' s see how all those non- divas do up in Cleveland this year ". The Courant reports that the real estate firm of Colliers, Dow& Condon, which is helping Alevizos, claims that the four sites being considered do not infringe on the territory of other major league teams " I think Connecticut is the perfect location " said Alevizos, a Red Sox vice president in 1969- 74 and former Boston University business administration professor " If[ baseball] does their homework, they' ll agree " Bids of various degrees of seriousness also have been launched from Washington, Northern Virginia, Portland, Ore, Las Vegas and New Jersey. Mike Lowell hit his 15th homer with two outs in the Boston sixth, finishing Baek.

Texas took two of three from the A' s last month at home, and the Rangers won the season series in 2006 for the first time in five seasons . I wanted to beat Webb to make it easier for Timmy " Pablo Sandoval went 2- for- 4 and drove in a run for San Francisco Bengie Molina had an RBI single in the first Drew went 4- for- 5 and scored two runs for Arizona Game notes Webb is 4- 0 against San Francisco this season Upton has three homers in his last five games . Updated: July 7, 2006, 2: 41 PM ET 2006 NBA Teams Under Cap Email Print Share# 8226; Check out ESPN' s complete list of 2006 free agents Free agents can negotiate with teams from July 1- 11, but can' t sign contracts until July 12 . They had no luck either against Matt Guerrier, who retired the side in the eighth before Nathan worked a tense ninth for his 15th save in 17 chances . PITTSBURGH- Pittsburgh Steelers All- Pro safety Troy Polamalu sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee late in the first half of their 13- 10 overtime victory against Tennessee on Thursday night. The pitching award went to Texas Rangers right- hander Kenny Rogers, who turns 40 on Nov 10. Wood hit 97 mph on the radar gun a couple of times, but most of his pitches were in the low 90s.

After Manny Corpas intentionally walked Thorman, third baseman Garrett Atkins misplayed Brayan Pena' s grounder, allowing Francoeur to score from third and give the Braves a 6- 5 lead . He had left Monday' s game in Boston with when a pitch by Josh Beckett struck him . Valentin followed with his 11th homer of the season, hitting a 3- 2 pitch from Taylor Buchholz( 6- 8) to give the Mets a 4- 0 lead . The Angels' Kendry Morales hit his second homer of the spring, a solo shot in the second off Rangers starter Kason Gabbard .

When you get a lead like that, you need to bear down and keep it on our side . What is the truth? ALEX RODRIGUEZ: When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure . Game notes Cubs 1B Derrek Lee played for the first time since last Monday and went 1- for- 2 He was nursing a sore right quadriceps . To me, early in the season, with cold weather, wet fields, you can get some injuries That' s my biggest concern " Piniella said The Cubs and Cardinals meet for a three- game series in St Louis beginning Friday . 13, 2008, at Washington " You put together an inning like that, you keep the pitcher out there 20 to 30 minutes, it gets tough for him to make certain pitches " Sheffield said.

Updated: July 10, 2008, 1: 57 PM ET Sixers strengthen low post play, sign Brand to five- year deal Comment Email Print Share Associated Press PHILADELPHIA- Elton Brand believed his career would end as an L A Story . He said the best part of his day was the win " It was a good day for Udrih, as well, after a strange string of events led him to Sacramento . Known mostly as a power blocker, Rosenthal, a fifth- round choice of the Giants in the 1999 draft, was also sought by the Tampa Bay Bucs after Minnesota released him His contract for 2007 includes a$ 40, 000 signing bonus . He has appeared in 15 games for the Yankees this season, all in relief .

6/ 18 for a four- game sweep by the Boston Red Sox over the Colorado Rockies last year . Cox said he isn' t expected to play Monday when the Braves open a series against Milwaukee . Hopefully we' ll have one of those breakout games soon " That' s a scary thought, since the Kings lead 1- 0 . 8 points includes games with 32 and 27 points and clunkers with three and eight Ginobili averaged 20 . We got stuck in the mud in the first quarter " Despite an offensive flurry from Swift in the third, the Kings maintained an 81- 70 lead entering the final period Memphis never got it under double digits down the stretch.

Stoudemire was caught on replays well off the bench but he said he was on his way to the scorer' s table to check in when the incident happened . However, the 49ers were called for illegal contact downfield on the play and Denver kept the football . Police expressed frustration with the NFL and Giants officials, saying they were promised that Pierce would appear at a police precinct Monday where Burress went before heading to court But Pierce didn' t show . At the same time it' s real frustrating to let that one slip away " A' s starter Greg Smith gave up German Duran' s first major- league home run leading off the third and then retired 12 of the final 14 hitters he faced Smith gave up one run and three hits . 32 during a halftime ceremony and unveiled a bronze statue of the " Mailman " before the game, never recovered after falling behind by 16 in the fourth quarter. Updated: June 10, 2008, 5: 37 PM ET Gibson has ankle surgery, expected to be ready for training camp Comment Email Print Share Associated Press CLEVELAND- Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle Tuesday and is expected to be ready for training camp. Jason Terry scored 28 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 23 and Josh Howard led a 15- 2 run in the third quarter that sent the Mavericks to a 112- 99 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, evening their first- round series.

On the subject of military service, it was discussed a little, but in a situation like that, we didn' t expect the documentation issue to be resolved and it wasn' t " Zherdev, 19, flew to Toronto on Sunday and gained permission to enter the United States at the U S Consulate in Ottawa on Monday . The families of Russell and Michael Bastianelli sued the agency after the two lost control of their vehicle in 2005 and crashed into a parked MTA bus, killing them . The next inning, Yost motioned with his finger for Estrada to come talk with him, and they disappeared out of sight down the tunnel . Juan Cruz got out of a bases- loaded jam in the Dodgers' seventh, striking out Matt Kemp and retiring pinch- hitter Mark Sweeney on a flyout after hitting his first batter, Andre Ethier .

Skip Schumaker added his third homer, all in a span of 30 at- bats, in the third . Detroit has eliminated O' Neal- led teams the past two years: Miami last year, and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals . Lincecum( 6- 1, who also drove in his third run of the year, struck out eight and walked one to win his sixth straight decision dating to his only loss of 2009 on April 12 at San Diego " He did it all tonight . They fell behind 1- 0 when Felipe Lopez tripled to lead off the game- extending his hitting streak to 12 games- and Craig Counsell followed with an RBI single Pittsburgh homered in the next two innings . One week earlier, he threw three interceptions and lost a fumble in an overtime tie with Cincinnati.

Brown asks for a response from the assistant coaches, who are caught off- guard . But to put the kind of expectations on him that we are depending upon him to have the kind of year he' s had the last two years- the last 12 years with us- I don' t think we have to expect that' Magowan knows Bonds will face criticism from fans in a lot of ballparks this season, but expects " overwhelming support' for Bonds at home " I think he' s going to run into trouble on the road, but I don' t think this going to upset him in any way' Magowan said " He' s shown he can live with that kind of adversity . Edwin Encarnacion added two RBIs for Cincinnati as well as three sparkling defensive plays that helped keep the Pirates off the scoreboard " I know I can play down there " said Encarnacion, who was sent down to Triple- A Louisville on May 10, in part because of poor defense " I never lost my confidence " Lohse( 2- 6, who was ill during his last start and said he still hasn' t regained the 8- 9 pounds he lost, got past the fifth inning for the first time in his last four starts while shutting down a team that had scored 33 runs and won the first three games of the series . Scott Olsen pitched five innings for Florida, allowing four runs and six hits He struck out six . Baker blamed it on miscommunication, though neither he nor Cueto said it was a factor in the right- hander' s pitching " I was warming up good but then they stopped me because of the rain, but I' m not going to blame that " Cueto said through an interpreter.