He finally discloses got his evaluates chance with a franchise in the middle of one of the worst eras of futility in NFL history " I can' t say he' s a bad coach " quarterback Dan Orlovsky said " I just think he was put in a really difficult situation " The Vietnam veteran' s relentless ways helped him make a deliberate rise through life and the coaching ranks. NFL Video The Jets make an aggressive trade with the Browns to draft USC QB Mark Sanchez. Williamson: No one jumps out for me, but a few names I would certainly feel comfortable with are Clinton Portis( Redskins, Jacobs, Marion Barber( Cowboys, LenDale White( Titans, Tomlinson and Steven Jackson( Rams. It all starts up front in the NFL, and this team can run the ball, stop the run, get pressure from the front four, and play maximum coverage on the backend.

LHP Heath Phillips started for Chicago and allowed one run on three hits in two innings in his Cactus League debut . Bryant scored 23 points and the Lakers overcame the loss of Lamar Odom and the Rockets' near- historic comeback to beat Houston 102- 94 Tuesday night The Lakers led by 27 points- 93- 66- with 9: 45 left . Francisco Garcia and John Salmons scored 21 points apiece, and Sacramento snapped an eight- game losing streak with a surprising 113- 101 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night . Orlando Cabrera greeted reliever Todd Williams( 1- 2) with a leadoff single in the eighth . I' m going to keep riding it " Justin Germano( 6- 5) gave up six runs and seven hits in five innings He has lost five of his last six decisions. They have 42 players left in camp, including injured SS Alex Gonzalez and LHP Bobby Livingston.

Instead, they made their biggest collapse in a season full of them- and gave the top- seeded Minnesota Timberwolves ample reason to believe they' re still in charge of this series " Confidence is fuel " MVP Kevin Garnett said Sunday " Without confidence, we can' t survive in this league, much less this series " The Timberwolves made a 16- 1 run to a 94- 89 victory in Game 2, tying the series- which now heads to Sacramento for two games in three days, starting Monday night . But he measured 6- foot- 1- two inches shorter than his listed height at Texas Tech, creating a potential concern for teams that thought he fit the mold of a taller receiver such as Randy Moss or Larry Fitzgerald There could be additional questions about his durability . As Jackson walked off the field and neared the dugout, several Red Sox players had to be restrained after having words with hecklers in the stands . So when he sat down with Kennedy during the homestand against the Royals, he asked Kennedy, who has a natural uppercut swing, what he noticed in the tape as his average slid below 250 . Castillo singled and scored on a double by his former Florida teammate, Redmond. Street is the first A' s pitcher to save five straight games since Billy Koch did it from June 16- 21, 2002. The Pittsburgh Pirates' reliever escaped a bases- loaded, one- out jam in the eighth inning then got Albert Pujols to ground out with a man on for the final out in a 1- 0 victory over the St Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.

Florida scored in the eighth when Hanley Ramirez tripled and came home on Dan Uggla' s groundout . The star pitcher gave a sworn deposition for about five hours to congressional lawyers behind closed doors Tuesday, addressing his former personal trainer' s allegations . The USA Basketball selection committee plans to meet in the next several weeks to begin the process of finalizing a roster that already includes Bryant, Jason Kidd, Karl Malone, Jermaine O' Neal, Tim Duncan, Mike Bibby, Tracy McGrady, Allen Iverson and Ray Allen . Eaton, who didn' t issue a walk over 7 1/ 3 innings in his previous start, gave up two in the third . Mo Williams scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half to lead Milwaukee.

You can tell his natural skills " coach Wade Phillips said " It' s up to him obviously, we all know that and he knows that . On the other end of the court, the Big Green opened 3- for- 22 from the floor in falling behind 22- 7 . He had not homered in his first 31 at- bats this spring before going on his current streak . The Rockies recorded their seventh shutout, one behind San Diego' s National League- leading total " It' s definitely the best I' ve felt out there " said Fogg, 36- 31 in his career " Hopefully, I' ll get a chance to pitch in the postseason in my career, but right now this ranks right at the top " The Rockies improved their NL- best interleague record to 10- 3 with their third straight victory . Girardi said he was frustrated but not angry and didn' t raise his voice.

He beat out Jim Fregosi, John McLaren, Manny Acta and Joel Skinner for the chance to succeed Jim Tracy, who parted ways with the Dodgers on Oct . Briggs, 26, has averaged nearly 90 percent of the defensive snaps the past three years . Giambi and new New York teammate Gary Sheffield both testified Dec . Hirsh settled down to go a spring training- high five innings, giving up just one run and three hits while striking out three and walking three " That first inning was kind of weird " Hirsh said " I was kind of tight I had a lot of tension in my shoulders . After Correia was pulled for a pinch hitter, Tyler Walker, Brian Wilson and Brad Hennessey shut out the Nationals over the final three innings. Matt Kemp had a pair of singles to extend his career- best hitting streak to 14 games. It is surprising to me because we have played so well defensively " New York loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth but managed only one run.

Nick Hundley' s infield single to short brought in the tying run and Gwynn followed with a sacrifice fly to put San Diego ahead 4- 3 . Yao, the world' s most recognizable Chinese athlete, is far and away China' s most popular sporting star . Boston pulled within three games of Philadelphia for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference " It' s the same old same old . We believed it " said Pierce, who scored 30 or more points for the third time in four games " Things that were beating us up before- lack of defense, lack of execution- is what' s winning it for us now . Monday will mark six days since several Spanish media outlets reported an agreement was in place for Joventut to trade Rubio' s rights to FC Barcelona for 3 7 million Euros$ 5. 1 guy night in and night out, and Elly' s been that for us lately.

Hill' s hit was so strong, Hilliard immediately crumpled to the turf and Tatupu suffered a concussion Tatupu' s return was questionable . You have to tip your cap to him " Glavine also pitched well, giving up only five hits and two runs in six innings for the Mets, who were denied their sixth straight series win " It' s tough to swallow, but you have to put it behind you " Glavine said " When you pitch well and things don' t go your way, it' s hard to put it behind you " he said Bob Wickman pitched out of trouble in the ninth . That' s the Zambrano everyone is used to seeing " Houston' s Lance Berkman said " It seems like whenever he pitches against us, he doesn' t have any problems finding his' A' game " Zambrano was 3- 0 against the Astros last season and is 9- 5 against them in his career . The Tigers set their 25- man roster by assigning INF Mike Hessman and OF Brent Clevlen outright to Triple- A Toledo .

Ryan Sweeney added two RBIs as the A' s improved to 12- 2 in their last 14 games " My first two at bats weren' t very pretty " said Kennedy " But sort of figured it out after that . He has 155 career receptions for 1, 669 yards and nine touchdowns- The Associated PressKick returner Rock Cartwright and the Washington Redskins agreed to a$ 3 million, three- year contract Friday . He played in Europe " Notes The Rams placed CB Tye Hill on injured reserve . 7 million in player costs, an increase of almost 11 percent from the previous year . Martinez opened the sixth with a double and scored on Broussard' s line single to right to restore Cleveland' s three- run lead.