Shane Victorino' updates s infield devises single loaded the bases and Chase Utley' s two- run single made it 8- 6 before Howard came up " The 27th out is always the toughest to get " Howard said " Utley gave him a great battle, but I swung horrible. Updated: July 16, 2009, 12: 29 PM ET Lakers, LeBron among ESPY winners Comment Email Print Share Learn More# 187; Report a bug# 187; Feedback# 187; Big Night At The ESPYS 2009 ESPY Winners Special Awards Arthur Ashe Courage Award: President Nelson Mandela Jimmy V Award For Perseverance: Don Meyer, Northern State University coach Best Comeback: Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer. The Sonics made their first 11 shots, capped by Vladimir Radmanovic' s 3- pointer to put Seattle up 26- 14 less than 6 minutes in. He played in nine games with seven starts for the Redskins in 2008, before an injury ended his season. Michael is going to have to demonstrate to the public and the fans.

One day when I' m a head coach or I' m a GM, I' ll be making decisions . Delgado, who has a history of knee problems, was called out at second base on a fielder' s choice in the third Dave Berg replaced him at first to start the fourth . Koronka was perfect over the first four innings, getting nine outs on fly balls over that span before Shea Hillenbrand collected Toronto' s first hit with a one- out single in the fifth . Ramirez' s line- drive homer was the only hard- hit ball for Florida, which broke bats and popped up bloopers against the fast- working Garza . Nate McLouth had two hits and scored two runs for Pittsburgh.

David DeJesus homered and finished with four RBIs for Kansas City, which also got home runs from Mike Jacobs and Ryan Shealy Willie Bloomquist went 3- for- 3 . Caron Butler missed a jumper for the Lakers, then Arenas missed one at the buzzer . At this point, we have to take anything that we can get " Sacramento coach Reggie Theus said his team did a lot of good things, but " They' re a great basketball team and down the stretch, we made a couple of mistakes and they capitalized on them " Salmons' steal off Bryant and fast- break layup with 7 seconds left in the first half drew the Kings even at 52 That was the third and last time the score was tied . DeMaurice Smith, the new executive director of the NFLPA, reiterated Tuesday that there will be no deal until the players are able to examine the league' s books " We can certainly talk " said Smith, who made a brief presentation to NFL owners during a morning session here at the league' s two- day spring meetings " But there will be no negotiation until we see[ the books " In his previous comments, Smith had described the upcoming negotiations as a " war " Lately, however, he had softened his tone, and allowed he was optimistic about hammering out an extension . No idea how four of a team' s top six run producers can hit a combined 117 in a given week.

We can go every day and try to win some games " Garcia said Widger, starting in place of catcher A J Pierzynski, drove in three runs and had three hits . Reds catcher David Ross( lower back spasms) saw his first action in spring training . He' s playing Little League baseball in the big leagues where everything' s a hit . Strickland raised the possibility that Houston could pull a Roger Clemens and make an in- season return, but Strickland said Houston prefers to start the season with his new team Last season, Houston was an NBA analyst for ESPN . The most points he had scored in his first season with Phoenix was 33 points. AFC East blog ESPN' s Tim Graham writes about all things AFC East in his division blog# 8226& nbsp; Blog network: NFL Nation The NFL' s sacks leader would not leave the game as Dolphins first- year coach Tony Sparano had instructed during Miami' s 48- 28 loss to the Patriots. He helped lead Seattle to the AL championship series three times, but never reached the World Series.

You can see it on his face " Seattle had taken a 1- 0 lead in the third when Yuniesky Betancourt singled and scored on Beltre' s bloop double to right . Corey Koskie' s double gave Milwaukee a 5- 4 victory in San Diego May 9 " You don' t do that very often, but we' ve done it twice " Brewers manager Ned Yost said . Kim, the Diamondbacks closer from 1999 through 2001, was acquired off waivers from Florida last week . He made an adjustment, then went 3- for- 8 in the Milwaukee series over the weekend before his three- RBI night Monday " I saw some things I was doing with my hands that are a little different than I' m doing now " he said " Kind of went back and tried it a little bit and it' s obviously working out " Tim Byrdak, Geoff Geary and Wesley Wright combined to pitch three innings of one- hit relief, paving the way for Valverde . Washington D Mike Green got a double minor for high- sticking and cutting Boston' s Milan Lucic in the third.

Though San Francisco couldn' t stay with the Giants, the quarterback thought Hostler concocted a game plan that was his most aggressive and inventive of the season " He is a superstar football coach " the 14- year veteran declared " I' ve been around this league, and . Here are our five favorites if the Super Bowl was ever awarded to one of them: 1 . The Mets originally planned to bring Erickson up from the minors to pitch Friday night against Philadelphia, but they would' ve needed to make a roster move to clear space for him . I' m walking around, taking too much time on the mound " Right- hander Chris Volstad, the Marlins' top pick in the 2005 draft, allowed four runs, two earned, in 2 2- 3 innings . According to the Mitchell report, Radomski said he made one sale to Justice, which occurred after the Yankees won the 2000 World Series. 70 ERA in those two starts " I gave up that first run and that was a problem right from the start. We had a chance to pick up a game " Giants manager Bruce Bochy said " We were one pitch from winning the game.

An eighth- round selection in the 1993 draft, Brown has spent his entire career with the Patriots . He returned to television during the 2008 NFL playoffs, as a guest analyst on NBC' s pregame coverage of Super Bowl XLIII and during the wild- card round of the NFL playoffs " I am very excited about this opportunity and I look forward to working with ESPN and the great group of analysts, commentators and production staff who will be my new teammates " Millen said He is scheduled to start work in August . Had we done that a little bit earlier, we would have had a different outcome " Game notes Before the game, San Jose reassigned LW Lukas Kaspar to its top affiliate in Worcester( AHL . Hernandez was a late addition to the lineup after shortstop Yunel Escobar was scratched with a strained right hip flexor Hernandez made his first career start There was rain, but no delay, over the last six innings . After the Clippers beat the Suns 122- 97 in Game 2 to even the series, D' Antoni made two significant defensive adjustments, putting the 6- foot- 7 Marion on point guard Sam Cassell, and inserting the 6- 10 Tim Thomas into the starting lineup and assigning him to Clippers scoring leader Elton Brand No doubt that' s how the Suns will play it Sunday. 7 percent from 2, 937, 715 last year and the most since 3, 330, 200 in 1994, the highest since the commissioner' s office began keeping track.

He struck out six in his first win with the Diamondbacks after joining the team as a free agent from Florida Vargas battled Brad Halsey for the No . Manny Ramirez' s first homer of the spring was one of four the Red Sox hit off Philadelphia' s lefty in Boston' s 6- 5 win over the Phillies on Friday night " It was just another day that I' m glad didn' t count " Hamels said " It' s just a lot of testing the waters here and there, and I think I got burned a few times " Ramirez' s first homer of the spring was a solo shot to right in the second inning Dustin Pedroia and J D . The Yankees also made six errors " You know we' re capable " Yankees manager Joe Torre said " It' s always talking about the thumpers and all of the big things we can do " Same as in the ALCS collapse a year earlier, the Yankees didn' t do enough thumping . While the Twins pushed their starters back a day, the White Sox juggled their rotation a bit . I didn' t like it " Said Turkoglu " I knew it was bad at the time but I tried to get a little space and tried to take the best shot and it was kind of a bad shot " Minnesota' s Randy Foye had a game- high 25 points and reserve Rashad McCants added 19. Associated PressMONTREAL- The Montreal Canadiens are giving backup goalie Jaroslav Halak enough offensive support to keep up their winning ways at home.

Howard connected off Braves starter Tim Hudson for all three homers " The kid was locked in " Hudson said " I made some pretty good pitches to him on the first two homers . Gathright chased the ball at full speed and did a somersault into the stands, appearing to hit his head on a chair . Nobody' s been able to tell me how long it' s going to take " He' s averaging 28 9 points, 6 1 assists and 3 8 rebounds for the Atlantic Division- leading 76ers( 12- 12 He also is playing 43 . Associated PressATLANTA- Jamario Moon' s key miss for Toronto set up Joe Johnson' s clincher for Atlanta . In augmenting the football Bible for the Miami Dolphins every season, Shula created an encyclopedic playbook. Bueno' s husband, Craig Bueno, is a battalion chief with the Hayward Fire Department. Pitching in place of Mark Hendrickson, who is working on his mechanics while pitching in relief, Stults gave up a single up the middle to his second batter, Endy Chavez, and didn' t allow another hit until Jose Reyes homered to left- center with two outs in the sixth.

General manager Ed Wade said Matsui will likely bat second, behind speedy center fielder Michael Bourn, acquired last month from Philadelphia " Kaz is an ideal fit for our club " Wade said " Kaz runs extremely well He steals bases, moves runners and takes the extra base He plays the game the right way " Matsui gets a$ 1 . Due to Bryant' s legal troubles, the shoe pegged for Bryant- the Air Hurache 2K4- still was released last winter, but Bryant wasn' t part of the promotions plan . Pierzynski and a single by Carlos Quentin, Ramirez hit his 13th homer of the season off Aardsma( 3- 4, who suffered his third blown save of the season " No loss is easy but obviously when you give it up in the ninth it stings a little bit more " said Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu, who saw his club fall 5 1/ 2 games behind Boston in the AL wild card " It hurts quite a bit " The stunning turn made a deserving winner out of Danks, who tied his career high with eight innings pitched . Dallas got off to a fast start when Lehtinen tapped in Mike Ribeiro' s centering pass at 6: 16 of the opening period . O' Neal tied for the league lead with 10 interceptions and made the Pro Bowl in 2005, but slipped mightily last season due in part to injuries. Jose Mesa( 0- 2, pitching in his 1, 000th major league game, walked Austin Kearns with one out and Flores connected with two outs. Clemens has denied using performance- enhancing drugs since he was identified in former U S Sen George Mitchell' s report on drug use in baseball.