Updated: gleans September 8, displays 2008, 11: 46 AM ET Penn State corner got traffic citation before dismissal from team Comment Email Print Share Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa- Police cited Penn State cornerback Willie Harriott with driving with a suspended license the morning before the backup was kicked off the team. At the rate he' s going, only Barry Sanders' 2, 628 yards in 1989 will stand ahead of Smith' s total this season. I' m not coming back this year " But he reappeared during the first half of the game, wearing a tan sport coat as he took his seat on the bench " It' s still about the team " Arenas told an ESPN courtside reporter during the game " Even though I wasn' t going to play, I still have to come back and support them " Arenas said his surgically repaired left knee feels fine " I was ready " Arenas said " But they went out there with a fishing pole and yanked me back " Coach Eddie Jordan said the three- time All- Star point guard' s return probably won' t come for another week at the earliest " He wants to test his whole body in an NBA game, and the doctors said he' s not ready and it' s good for all parties to wait and see once another week has gone by to see where he is " Jordan said. While Fox' s availability for the Duke game isn' t known, Beason is expected to miss at least three weeks with a torn ACL, ESPN' s Joe Schad reports. We' ll continue to monitor it " Ramirez said he plans to get his next haircut before spring training " He haunts me with this " Torre said " He says every time he gets a hit, it' s the hair I say it' s the ability. Allmendinger, Greg Biffle, Dave Blaney, Patrick Carpentier, David Gilliland, Denny Hamlin, Sam Hornish Jr, Kasey Kahne, Travis Kvapil, Bobby Labonte, Jason Leffler, Michael McDowell, Paul Menard, Juan Pablo Montoya, David Ragan, Tony Raines, David Reutimann, Scott Riggs, Johnny Sauter, Regan Smith, Martin Truex Jr. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Flint was Calipari' s assistant for seven seasons at Massachusetts . Oregon State retained possession, however, when Brandon Massey was stripped of the ball by Ruben Jackson with 10: 44 to go in the third . The conference will surely issue refunds for the final two days, but is likely trying to decide how to handle Friday' s evening session . In Orlando, he quickly grew tired of looking inside and seeing has- beens( Patrick Ewing, Shawn Kemp) and role players( Andrew DeClercq, Michael Doleac " Our guys battled him, but he' s 9 inches taller, or whatever it is, and shot over the top of them " Orlando coach Johnny Davis said " But they did compete against him . Lasorda managed the Dodgers for 20 seasons, leading them to eight division titles, four National League pennants and World Series titles in 1981 and' 88 Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. Updated: April 7, 2007, 7: 40 PM ET Ex- Bulls center, family safe following Friday night' s fire Comment Email Print Share Associated Press PERTH, Australia- Former Chicago Bulls center Luc Longley and his family barely escaped a fire that destroyed their home and possibly some basketball memorabilia. If it goes well tomorrow, maybe I can go to one of our farm teams this weekend and play " The Tigers miss the speedy Granderson' s presence atop their batting order Detroit came in 11th in the AL with a.

The restraining order was first reported Friday by The Atlanta Journal- Constitution . Kuba, who would have become an unrestricted free agent July 1, had said he wanted to remain with the Senators Kuba, 32, was making$ 3 million this season . Beverley had dislocated his jaw in the middle of the game " Mashed potatoes and soup " Beverley said Monday, a day after leading the Razorbacks to a 71- 67 overtime win over Alabama . Story The women' s team, meanwhile, was to visit Central Michigan on Tuesday and Toledo on Saturday, Feb 23 . Speed will take over the car that has been driven by AJ Allmendinger most of the year for the final five races, beginning with the Oct. Denver reserve Earl Boykins scored 14 points, and Andre Miller and Camby each scored 10. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center last Thursday, when the Yankees were in Chicago completing a series against the White Sox.

Now, I won' t say we' re panicking, but we' re a little anxious to carry the load " You can' t push the panic button " he added " We' ve just got to swing at better pitches . Milwaukee second baseman Rickie Weeks was also held out of the lineup with a sprained left thumb He did not play on Monday, either The Brewers lost 5- 2 . 05 ERA " I don' t want to be there[ in the bullpen " Billingsley said, according to the Los Angeles Times " I want to be a starting pitcher . FSU, which had lost multiple chances at national titles on missed FGs, gets a 22- yd FG from freshman Scott Bentley with 22 seconds left for the go- ahead points Nebraska wasn' t done, however It drove down the field before missing a 45- yd FG Sept . Hill was considering Schrempf and Tom Newell for the position " He' s familiar with the players, he understands my system because he played for me and I thought it made sense to give him half a season to see if this is what he wants to do " Hill said " I feel confident that he can help " Schrempf, who turns 43 on Saturday, worked as a volunteer during Seattle' s training camp, but didn' t carry that role over into the regular season because he couldn' t get a solid commitment. Now, the Idaho panhandle sees Erickson from its television sets, flip- flopping the Sun Devils to an 8- 0 record, crashing into the national championship hunt. Allow former Wildcats coach Rick Pitino a couple of suggestions for Kentucky: John Pelphrey and Travis Ford, guys with talent and deep Kentucky roots, if not lofty credentials.

But somebody like that, it doesn' t bother me " Bruney is 2- 0 with a 3 00 ERA in 10 appearances this season . Five outs from going to the World Series for the first time since 1945, the Cubs collapsed in the eighth inning of Game 6 of the NL Championship Series against the Florida Marlins in what became the most memorable frame of Baker' s tenure . The conference said in a news release that the play should not have been subject to review because " a runner' s forward progress may only be reviewed to determine whether or not the forward progress results in a first down " Further, the conference said the ruling on the field was correct . More than 100, 000 people are on the waiting list for season tickets " When you think about it, if I' m bringing clients there, it' s$ 30 to$ 50 a ticket, plus beer and food, so it' s really coming out to be the same thing " said Bill Olson, who bought four of the 12- game platinum packages and plans to use them for personal and business entertaining " Plus, just the atmosphere, being up on the roof, I think it' s more conducive to entertaining " Skybox has sold 20- 30 sets of the 12- game packages so far, Zasiebida said, and another 15- 20 of the 18- game packages . But what' s not debatable is that the Vols have grown stale in what they' ve tried to do in that system the last few years " We' re going to look around nationally and find the best person that fits what we want to do and brings the right things to the table " said Fulmer, who will never stray too far from what the Vols are doing on offense. He fell back at the start of the race, then didn' t change tires during a midrace pit stop to move up to second place. And they win " Instead of building and creating and winning, the Sonics may be on the eve of a complete tear down of their leadership.

A defense counted on to keep South Carolina in games has looked shoddy . Eduardo Najera, the Dallas fan favorite sent to Golden State in the Dampier deal, missed his only shot but had five rebounds in his 10 minutes The Mavs gave away Rolando Blackman bobblehead dolls . The list of invitees includes seven of the NBA' s eight leading scorers( Iverson is the exception) and two of the top three rebounders( the exception is Ben Wallace, who was interviewed by Colangelo but did not want to play) Billups will attend training camp but is not expected to compete at the 2006 World Championship in Japan because his wife, Piper, is due to give birth to their third child in late July or early August . I understand that, but that' s not an excuse " Gibbs was referring to a NASCAR rules change late last month that cut horsepower from the Toyotas in the Nationwide Series in an attempt to even the field after previous chassis dyno tests showed Toyotas producing more horsepower than the Chevrolets, Fords or Dodges . Just put some work into it " Looking at the big picture, we go faster at other racetracks than we do at Talladega. Halladay Toronto listened to offers for the ace right- hander, but didn' t find anything suitable General manager J P. The Nets overcame a slow start to take a 29- 21 lead after one period.

Leiweke will remain in his role with the Seahawks " Putting the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks under a common management umbrella underscores my commitment to the future of both franchises " Allen said in a statement " Tod has done great things for the Seahawks, and I fully expect similar results for the Trail Blazers " Patterson said his contract was to expire soon " I think you get to the point you have a certain number of successes and you know it gets to the point that sometimes it' s better for somebody to take the ball the last 10 yards than somebody' s who' s taken it the first 90 yards " Patterson said . The former Ohio Valley Conference commissioner has been acting as commissioner since July, after Kevin Weiberg stepped down to take a job with the Big 10 Network Weiberg held the post for nine years . We' ve turned things around " Richard Jefferson had 21 points, and shot 11- of- 13 from the free- throw line for the Nets, whose streak is fourth- longest in franchise history and six short of the record set in 2003- 04 Jason Kidd also scored 21 points and added nine assists Al Harrington had 26 points for Atlanta . If an owner/ manufacturer does not have a past champion driver, the next highest eligible owner outside the top six in 2008 from each manufacturer becomes eligible That put in the No 38 from Yates Racing, the No . The loss ruined Mavs coach Don Nelson' s return to the bench after a 10- game absence while having his right shoulder surgically repaired. He started his major league career in 1997 with Cleveland and later played for Milwaukee and Arizona. Sund' s contract was set to expire on June 30 " Rick has done excellent work as our general manager over the past four years, and we' re very pleased he' ll be continuing in his role " said team president Wally Walker " Rick does a superb job of managing our day- to- day basketball operations, a little- recognized, but critical component of his job " McMillan, one of the hottest names in coaching, will become a free agent on July 1 when his contract expires.

to run for Hendrick Motorsports competitively, I think it' s important for the sport . Tomo Ohka( 1- 2) will start in Sowers' place against Detroit on Sunday . When Melhuse' s agent told him earlier in the week to guess which club had called, Melhuse couldn' t believe it was Oakland . That was when Putz retired Red Sox outfielder Jason Bay with a runner on second and Canada down a run . D' Antoni has held both titles since Bryan Colangelo resigned as president and general manager in February 2006 to take a similar post with the Toronto Raptors. North Carolina State fired Chuck Amato over the weekend, Alabama dismissed Mike Shula on Monday and Mark Dantonio left the University of Cincinnati for Michigan State " I knew from speaking with[ Texas athletic director DeLoss] Dodds that there were other schools that had contacted him to say' If we make a change, would he be interested " Pollard said " I' m ecstatic. 252 batting average, a career- high 16 doubles and 28 RBIs in 110 games His.

That was bad judgment on my part " Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press . He coached Boston to the conference finals in 2001- 02 " This is all about winning " he said " We would all be disappointed if we' re not in the playoffs next year " Team president Larry Bird said O' Brien will help shape the roster . I didn' t want to let my emotions get too high one way or another " The race was called after 152 of 200 laps . McQuarters, in his third season as a starter, was demoted " I was a little surprised . What' s more, the team has not been given permission to talk to Vandeweghe about the GM opening, Cleveland and Denver newspapers reported Wednesday. The senior stayed on the field for four more plays, then limped off and was attended to by trainers. Molinari took over as interim head coach of the Gophers after Dan Monson resigned on Thursday and is charged with trying to salvage something from a season that is off to a disastrous start " I think the hardest thing in these situations is where do you draw the line between still staying sensitive to the past, but moving on " Molinari said on Friday " I don' t know if anyone knows where to draw that line " Molinari, who served as an assistant under Monson the last three seasons, inherits a Gophers team that is reeling from five straight losses, the school' s longest nonconference skid in more than 40 years " I think it is a challenge " athletics director Joel Maturi said bluntly.

The Catholics and the Baptists and the Jews and the Jehovah' s Witnesses and the Hare Krishnas- even the nondenominationalists were counting on me . Bailey got a chance to win a spot in the rotation this spring, but struggled with his control and wound up in the minors . Micah, Delanie( and her 1- year- old son, Collin) and Lily all live in Tennessee, but they went to Brownwood last weekend to visit their grandmother, my mom, Pat, and to see our game against Howard Payne We won in two overtimes, but I didn' t play . Think of them as Cuba' s version of Notre Dame' s green jerseys, except unlike Notre Dame, Cuba actually wins most of its games in crimson Christophe Elise/ Icon SMIFrederich Cepeda, who' s hitting 600 in the WBC, drove in four of Cuba' s seven runs . At some point, if you want respect, you have to earn it " Added freshman RB DeMyron Martin " Why wouldn' t you look over a team that' s been talked bad about for so long? After they beat Oklahoma they just talked about who they were playing after us They didn' t even mention SMU being on their schedule. Stoops received undisclosed treatment at University Medical Center in Tucson and was released just after noon. Davis' last job was as head coach of the NFL' s Cleveland Browns, which ended in 2004 with his firing.

Updated: June 20, 2008, 7: 29 PM ET Riggleman staying positive, ready to lead way for struggling Mariners Comment Email Print Share Associated Press ATLANTA- Jim Riggleman took over as Seattle' s manager on Friday with an upbeat attitude, urging players to ignore speculation about the impending dismantling of the team, relax and have fun " I don' t really need to be thinking in terms of there' s four or five things that have got to be done " Riggleman said before his debut Friday night against the Atlanta Braves " The less we have of that the better . But the playoffs are a two- month affair- Boston clinched the championship on June 17 last year- and the Celtics allowed themselves to hope " We were hoping " Rivers said . Updated: November 27, 2006, 2: 12 PM ET Appalachian St . But he said he struggled with knowing he will no longer work with Berrier, who first teamed with Harvick in the Nationwide Series . The 42- year- old Glavine, who has 303 career wins, was listed as day- to- day. 22, unless the Phoenix game is rescheduled between now and then Nuggets swingman J R. The 47- year- old Welsh arrived at Providence in 1998 after three seasons as the coach at Iona, where he compiled a 70- 22 record with one NCAA and two NIT appearances.

Mularkey said Losman was injured early in the first quarter of Buffalo' s 35- 7 loss to New England on Sunday " I don' t think it' s going to be real bad " Mularkey said " We just want to double check and make sure he is OK, and check on his status tomorrow " Losman' s left leg was also heavily wrapped Tuesday, from groin to ankle . When we resolve things, we' ll announce it " Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press . Eight of the top 12 drivers from the Sprint Series were entered Friday night, hoping to get a feel for the track under different circumstances Busch got pretty comfortable . General manager John Mozeliak said the Cardinals would go with 13 pitchers for at least the next few days and would demote a position player before beginning a three- game series against the New York Mets on Tuesday St . He retired from coaching after the 1997 season, winning or sharing national titles three of his last four years and going 60- 3 his final five. Updated: May 19, 2009, 7: 18 AM ET In honor of Tisdale, give Auerbach a try Comment Email Print Share By Paul ShirleySpecial to ESPNArchive My last column, which was about the common abstract nature of basketball and jazz music, provoked more e- mail than usual, which is probably thanks more to its exposure on Page 2 than to any authorly stroke of genius I had] EnlargeAndy Hayt/ Getty ImagesWayman Tisdale died too young at 44, but he lived the type of full life anyone would be proud of One e- mail, sent to me at 3: 50 p m Wednesday, was from a reader named Paul F. 19 race at Martinsville " I can' t describe how much it means to walk into Red Bull Racing and feel support from everyone on the team.

During a playoff series against San Diego, he went 6 for 13 He went 0 for 12 in three World Series games . Only six starters from Saturday' s game against Kansas State remain from the starting lineup last season against Texas . New Hampshire( 11- 1) plays at home in the quarterfinals next Saturday against Northern Iowa . But joining the struggling Detroit automaker on the prime advertising spot GM once paid handsomely to occupy are its two U S competitors: Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC . All those things, these guys came here and went right to the penthouse " Calathes and Lucas acknowledged that players felt a sense of entitlement during this season. Running back Mike Hart and receiver Steve Breaston knew what a 47- 21 victory over Notre Dame meant. Updated: May 1, 2009, 1: 57 AM ET Fluid drained from Valverde' s calf Comment Email Print Share Associated Press HOUSTON- Astros closer Jose Valverde has had fluid drained from his strained right calf.