Walters, discloses who will understand start Friday' s game against the Chicago Cubs. I see him fitting in very, very well " Bryant was supposed to play in Athens, but withdrew because of his sexual assault trial in Colorado. We played against each other so many times " Love said " He' s a great player. To me, that would have been disrespectful toward the Cardinals ". He' s got a little bit of a dilemma right now " Wade has made no decisions on when, or if, to have either surgery. It' s just unfortunate that it occurred " Witnesses told officers that Reyes, who turned 38 on Thursday, appeared to be intoxicated when he exchanged words with Mora, who punched the 6- foot- 1, 240- pound pitcher in the face at the Hyde Park Cafe around 2: 30 a m. American " I' m speechless " Rachel Robinson said " Jack was actually a very humble man.

We look forward to working with USC on future telecasts as we continue to cover[ its] great program " Asked about Musburger' s on- air revelations, USC coach Pete Carroll said with a laugh " Just wondering what they' re going to tell us next I' m not worried about it . In December 2006 alone, former UConn assistant coach Tom Moore made 27 calls to Miles' guardian and a person Miles referred to as an uncle, as well as three calls to Miles . I didn' t let the game come to me and I didn' t help make my team better . A year ago at this time, Arkansas was preparing to play for the SEC title game In fact, the Razorbacks started 10- 1 in 2006 . They have a lot of heart and soul over there " Yeley understands he' ll be subjected to the same random drug tests Mayfield took once he steps into the car. Houston got just 12 points and four rebounds from Yao, who averages 18 7 points. Arizona Diamondbacks- Robert Anderson, RHP, Oklahoma 277 Los Angeles Dodgers- Bryant Hernandez, SS, Oklahoma 278 Florida Marlins- Jobduan Morales, C, Jose S Alegria HS, Dorado, Puerto Rico 279 St.

Bennett led the Cougars to 26 wins again this season and advanced to the Sweet 16, losing to top- seeded North Carolina Thursday night in Charlotte . He has been on the disabled list since July 28( retroactive to July 25) with inflammation in his right elbow . All- Star forward Grant Hill scored 18 points Sunday after missing four games with a groin injury, but was in visible pain after the game . East Carolina' s latest big win was its third straight against a ranked opponent, dating to last season' s Hawaii Bowl victory against Boise State " I think it went a long way to help build confidence in this team " coach Skip Holtz, the son of Hall Fame coach Lou Holtz, said Sunday during a conference call " Two years ago the main goal the team wanted to accomplish was to get to a bowl game . He said since proper procedure was not used and because the " B " sample was compromised when opened that the entire test should be thrown out. Percival Percival strained his left hamstring in the Rays' 5- 3 victory over Texas on May 28 and went on the DL one day later He is 1- 0 with 14 saves in 16 chances and a 2. He had 13 stolen bases after swiping 33 in 2007 and 38 last season " I knew going into the season it was going to be a tough year " Sizemore said " You' d like to be injury- free.

Updated: October 15, 2005, 5: 09 PM ET Henderson sets NCAA receptions mark for running backs Email Print Share Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas- Texas Tech running back Taurean Henderson broke the NCAA record for career receptions by a running back, catching his 263rd pass during the first quarter Saturday against Kansas State . The Mariners are faced with a decision whether to offer Bedard salary arbitration, which could result in a contract for 2010 near the$ 7 75 million one he got for this season . Duncan missed three games in late February with what was called a right quad injury . We didn' t lose anybody, he chose to go off to a new opportunity at Tulsa " He took an opportunity to better himself and I don' t disparage that " he said . According to the Atlanta Journal- Constitution, authorities said that Aminu and two Norcross High School teammates that were also charged- Prince Kent and Quintin Square- were released from jail Sunday night after posting bond. Because when Young puts his mind to accomplishing something, he usually can' t be stopped. I went down the chicane really good the first run, and then I got so excited I forgot the rest of the track and nearly flipped But this is so much fun.

Encarnacion has been bothered by the wrist since spring training, when he also was slowed by a sore right shoulder on his throwing side . I didn' t relax, I knew the same thing could happen to us " But Edwards has been on a tear in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series . It' s tough to plan for but I still want to keep their minutes down, even in a time of crisis I want to keep their minutes down . Updated: February 7, 2006, 3: 29 PM ET Deadline extended again on Hornets' trade for Hunter Email Print Share Associated Press PHILADELPHIA- The New Orleans Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers extended the deadline for a trade involving Sixers backup center Steven Hunter until Wednesday . Gabbard was placed on the 15- day disabled list with left elbow inflammation Saturday, a day after pitching only 3 1/ 3 innings in his latest start. But gimme a couple of days to get ready, and we' d be ready to play them " The Sooners have a clear path to San Antonio for the Big 12 championship game on Dec 1 They need to win either Saturday in Lubbock or Nov. Hafner Carmona is not the first pitcher to be handed such a dramatic demotion.

Updated: January 20, 2004, 12: 49 AM ET Walker has surgery to remove bone spurs Email Print Share Associated Press MIAMI- Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade had the cast removed from his right wrist Monday, the first step in returning to the lineup . Even after Russell rolled right, reversed direction and threw an against- the- grain floater that Doucet grabbed and came down with his right foot in, the defense had its work cut out . The Cavaliers improved to 15- 3 when James, whose previous season low was 16, tries under 25 shots " They were running two guys at him, and he still made plays " Cavs coach Mike Brown said With Artest elsewhere, Carlisle assigned Jackson to James . Western Michigan has been paying tribute, too, wearing NIU ribbons on its jerseys And, of course, there will be tributes on Tuesday . Updated: March 29, 2008, 1: 35 PM ET Source: Indiana' s coaching search picking up steam Comment Email Print Share By Andy KatzESPNArchive Indiana is hoping to name a men' s basketball coach by next Thursday, on the eve of the Final Four, according to a source with first- hand knowledge of the school' s search process. Often- injured Jonathan Bender played seven minutes in the second quarter but did not play in the second half because of a sore right knee. The road' s just beginning " Mexico 101, Venezuela 91Anthony Pedroza scored 27 points and Mexico snapped a six- game losing streak by defeating Venezuela on Thursday in the teams' final game at the FIBA Americas tournament.

You don' t even want to think about doing without him again " Ramirez made a running catch to end the second and his triple in the first scored two runs to give the Dodgers a 2- 0 lead . With their third win in four games, the Sonics improved to 8- 6 in January after losing just six games in the first two months of the season . According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Lisfranc joint is on the top of the foot . 1 minutes and was clearly the school' s best player, earning ACC first- team honors . The ruling is only a minor setback for Bryant because the victim' s advocate probably didn' t write anything that would reflect badly on the accuser, said Craig Silverman, a Denver attorney and former prosecutor. The council did leave open the possibility of an April vote that would allow athletes to take up to 50 percent of their courses online at their own school " There are perception concerns " D' Antonio said " that if you have an individual who is a high- profile student- athlete who' s taking nothing but nontraditional courses and never setting foot on campus, how is that going to be looked at by the general public " The council defeated a proposal to increase the number of scholarships for baseball, but left open for comment proposals that would change the length of the season and reduce the number of games. Dogged by defensive struggles and injuries, the Aggies haven' t fulfilled the promise that led many observers to peg them as a potential Big 12 South Division title contender and a dark horse in the national championship race before the season " I don' t know if there' s anything that anybody wants to listen to " Franchione said when asked about his team' s unexpected struggles " If I say one thing, it' s an excuse If I say something else, it' s this.

The university appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court after an appeals court upheld the award . The Suns used a 19- 6 second- quarter run to take a 68- 49 halftime lead " We' re going to go on runs because we have so much firepower " Nash said . Tried to hang with[ Burton] and get by him, damn near threw it away a couple of times . Updated: January 20, 2006, 5: 22 PM ET Glory Road team to watch movie at White House Email Print Share Associated Press EL PASO, Texas- Forty years after etching their place in history, members of the 1966 NCAA men' s basketball national championship team from Texas Western have been invited to the White House The Miners will meet with President Bush on Feb . Especially, after Artest committed a flagrant foul against Hamilton by striking him in the face with a forearm, apparently in retaliation after Artest was hit below the belt " It wasn' t intentional He just ran into me " Artest said. Kirk Hinrich finished with 26 points and seven assists after missing Wednesday' s victory at Orlando with a concussion, which he sustained two nights earlier against Dallas when a driving Dirk Nowitzki elbowed him in the face. So before the second game of a four- game series Tuesday, manager Tony La Russa planned to give the hard- throwing right- hander a day off.

It' s something we do " outfielder Brad Hawpe said " He' s not a Rockie right now . The 25- year- old pitcher was previously with the club from July 25- 28 and Aug . Updated: March 15, 2009, 3: 24 PM ET Granger returns from foot injury Comment Email Print Share ESPN news services TORONTO- Pacers All- Star swingman Danny Granger returned from an 11- game absence on Sunday, coming off the bench in Indiana' s game against the Toronto Raptors . Our athletics program at CSU continues its commitment to the academic, athletic, spiritual and character development of our student athletes " Charleston Southern coach Jay Mills said in a statement Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press . Minnesota and the Detroit Tigers were snowed out for the second straight day Sunday, an unexpected but welcome respite for the Twins' trio of star relievers Juan Rincon, J C. USC has won its past seven meetings against Big Ten teams by an average margin of 27. 10 " The 10 guys that have been playing for me, I appreciate all they' ve done " Philadelphia team policy does not require injured players to travel, and Iverson has not been on the road with the team since March 20 in Miami.

But McKie played the first nine minutes before coming out for good, and Parker started the second half . McGrady had seven points and three assists when he got hit in the face with an inadvertent elbow by teammate Dikembe Mutombo with 1: 13 left in the first quarter . Hornets centers Jamaal Magloire and Chris Andersen tried to defend O' Neal cleanly- sending him to the foul line only seven times- but posed few problems for the imposing center, who routinely spun by or muscled through them for dunks and easy layups " In this millennium that we live in, the' Hack- a- Shaq' has proven not to work " O' Neal said " It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn' t work- not at all " P J . My loyalty is to Michael Heisley, the Memphis Grizzlies organization and our fans . McNeese( 11- 1, the Southland Conference champion, was the second national seed to fall in the first round No 3 Montana lost at home to Wofford. The 76ers didn' t score again for four minutes while the Wizards ran off 11 straight points, mostly from the free throw line, to pull ahead 108- 98 with 1: 08 remaining. In other Mets' injury news, the team placed outfielder Angel Pagan on the 15- day disabled list with a strained right groin.

It was not only about a team, but he also created a lot of fans I can humbly say he changed the entire island of Hokkaido Baseball is now the biggest sport in Hokkaido . intended to deceive the public and Congress into falsely believing that McNamee is a liar " The lawsuit quotes Clemens saying in a YouTube video in 2007 that McNamee " did not inject steroids into my body either when I played in Toronto for the Blue Jays or the New York Yankees " It also cites an interview with ESPN in May in which Clemens, when asked about McNamee, responded that it was a case of " somebody out there that is really crawling up your back to make a buck " The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, claims Clemens' statements have " humiliated McNamee, destroyed his reputation, both personally and professionally, and caused him severe emotional distress " Information from The Associated Press was used in this report . The new players should be available Sunday against the Hornets, and they couldn' t show up soon enough . Martin fell at practice Friday and bruised his surgically repaired left knee " It was a pretty good one . Ellis Ellis was strapped onto a board to get him on a stretcher to be taken off the court, according to Bucher. Officials at both schools declined comment, but Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich is expected to fly to Tulsa Tuesday to meet with Kragthorpe. The sale must be approved by the NBA, and league president Joel Litvin said in a statement Tuesday the NBA hasn' t received all the information requested from Davis and can' t continue to review the purchase " Among other things, and despite numerous requests from the NBA, we have not been provided with important information about other potential investors, including the sources and amounts of funding that they would supply " according to Litvin' s statement " In addition, based on the limited information that we have received, it appears that certain elements of the transaction would not comply with NBA rules.

Jackson, who was traded to the Warriors in January, faces up to 30 days in jail on the probation violationCopyright 2007 by The Associated Press . Atlanta had already given Sugar Bowl officials the OK to use the Georgia Dome, which hosts the Southeastern Conference championship game in December . Ash said the Brewers would not rush Sheets back and they' ve also been patient with Yovani Gallardo, who has been on the DL since May 2 with a torn ligament in his right knee " These guys have futures It' s not our job to just win ballgames " Ash said . Details were to be released Wednesday on Picard' s Web site, madofftrustee . The Wolverines were also off last weekend " Their record in Big Ten play is zero- zero and that' s what we' re concentrating on " he said. More Podcasts# 187; To make room for Hamilton, the Rangers will send struggling first baseman Chris Davis to Triple- A Oklahoma City to get his swing untracked Davis is batting 202 and leads the majors with 114 strikeouts. I think the reaction part of the thing- if that' s going to be fined, the inciter should also be fined.

The 14- time All- Star catcher who started his career with the Rangers at age 19 was acquired in a trade Tuesday with the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Matt Nevarez and two players to be named " It' s been a long time " said Rodriguez, who was with the Rangers from 1991- 2002 " I' m glad that I' m back " Going Home Pudge Rodriguez is back where he started . Updated: April 30, 2008, 3: 11 PM ET Kerr refutes report saying D' Antoni, Suns might part ways Comment Email Print Share Learn More# 187; Report a bug# 187; Feedback# 187; Mike D' Antoni' s Future In Doubt In Phoenix Despite averaging 58 regular- season wins the past four seasons, Mike D' Antoni might be out as Phoenix Suns coach . If he were to rule in the union' s favor, he would then hear arguments on whether the commissioner had just cause to levy some of the longest fight- related suspensions in league history . He was cleared to practice in October, but there is no timetable for his return Jasper 27 games as a freshman, averaging 3 9 points and 3 . Game notesTim Thomas, traded by Milwaukee as part of a three- team deal with New York on Feb 14, 2004, was booed before each of his free throws It was his second trip back to the Bradley Center. Joining his staff will be first base coach Dwayne Murphy, third base coach Nick Leyva and hitting coach Gene Tenace. took the lead on a restart with 42 laps to go and was out front most of the way en route to a victory Saturday in the Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway] EnlargeTodd Warshaw/ Getty ImagesRon Hornaday celebrates his second straight win He now has a record 38 career Truck wins.