We' ve expresses got two conclude guys[ Brown and Mihm] who were injured and one guy[ Bynum] who was a novice " Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy says the forward went through all the drills during the team' s shootaround Friday morning but is not fit enough to play It' s the second consecutive game Turkoglu is sitting out He was hurt during Orlando' s loss to Detroit on Monday. He got " sucker- punched " according to Novak " I feel like I owe my teammates " Wolfe said after returning to practice, a protective visor covering his face. To suspend him for going to Steve Nash, for looking and curiosity, that' s a little harsh " The Frenchman Diaw said he could not remember being in a fight, even as a kid " I' ve been in the NBA for four years and I haven' t got even one technical foul " Diaw said " I was just looking to see that Steve was all right " But he agreed he should have known better than to walk toward Nash " You fight against your instincts, but you' ve got to overcome that " Diaw said " That was my mistake to walk a few feet toward Steve " Stoudemire abandoned his excuse that he was trying to check in to the game " I know you can' t step on the court and at that time it was a natural reaction " he said " I was more concerned about Steve' s health, and I got penalized for it " Stoudemire said he would watch the game from his restaurant " Stoudemire' s Downtown " across the street from US Airways Center. Doba said he wanted to spend time with his children and grandchildren, and do something besides coach football in the fall " I want to take a couple of years off and do nothing " Doba said " I want to play golf in the fall " His fondest memories at WSU were winning the 1997 Apple Cup game with Washington that sent the Cougars to the Rose Bowl, beating Texas in the Holiday Bowl, and last Saturday' s thrilling Apple Cup win in Seattle. 7- mile street circuit- including 31 in a row when rain moved in for the second year in a row. The Yankees sent two minor leaguers to the Pirates: right- hander Casey Erickson and outfielder Eric Fryer New York also received cash from the Pirates in the deal Hinske' s contract pays him$ 1 5 million this season.

Colangelo added he is giving coach Mike Krzyzewski time to decide if he wants to return and expects to have a coach in place in the fall New York Knicks coach Mike D' Antoni, a U S . They restarted with four laps to go and Almirola right on Skinner' s tail But Skinner pulled away to win by 1 370 seconds . He' s done a great job " Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press . 1 seconds left, and Jameer Nelson added 13 points and seven assists for the Magic . Beset by injuries, New York began the week 10½ games behind Philadelphia in the NL East. The Mavericks are 4- 1 with Johnson filling in for coach Don Nelson, who had surgery on his right shoulder last Thursday. New Jersey coach Lawrence Frank opted to stick with the same starting lineup from the first two games, keeping Jefferson in a reserve role.

Edwards is believed to want out, but he may consider himself in a difficult spot and must decide if he wants a contract extension to remain with a team expected to go through a rebuilding process . He remains absent from the team and it is still unclear whether the suspension is with or without pay . Also, click here to send a question for possible use on ESPNEWS . Standing near the corner edge of the midcourt line, Delk threw up a moonbeam shot at the buzzer that fell, giving the Hawks a 15- point lead " I always take shots like that " Delk said " Most guys don' t, because they don' t want to mess up their percentage It felt good . When he arrived at USF in 2000, the Bulls' coaching staff still was working out of trailers, which begged a question: How does one sell recruits on such a place " Well, when they come on their official visit, you don' t go by the trailers " Burnham said " That' s the truth That' s what we did. Updated: September 18, 2008, 4: 53 PM ET Manny says he doesn' t deserve to be NL MVP, as Schilling calls him out Comment Email Print Share ESPN news services The media called Manny Ramirez' s quirks " Manny being Manny " Curt Schilling sees it differently. Arrington sustained the injury in the first half of Saturday' s 48- 26 win against Purdue.

Bill Richardson promised Saturday to spend$ 15 million on improvements for University of New Mexico athletic facilities, highlighted by$ 8 million to renovate, modernize and expand The Pit . His take was considerably different after a 114- 104 loss to the Spurs on Thursday night# 8220; We' re still the greatest little- man, big- man 1- 2 punch ever created in the history of the game# 8221- Shaquille O' Neal, on his Lakers past with Kobe Bryant " He' s the greatest coach ever " O' Neal said " And he' s done a lot for me Phil' s my guy . Fowler said the school would continue to monitor the storm through Friday to determine if it will come further inland . Kmic, who scored four touchdowns, has 7, 449 yards, surpassing the 7, 353 yards set by R J . It doesn' t seem like Milton Bradley has done the same thing in his life " The oft- injured Bradley has a history of losing his temper. But it' s a process " For the most part, Garnett has kept quiet, preferring not to criticize teammates or the organization in public. The NCAA uses that control to maximize revenues and minimize costs " The lawsuit seeks an end to the NCAA limit on Division I- A scholarships, plus damages for football walk- ons who were harmed by the policy.

Hopefully in a few days I' ll feel better and then we' ll go from there " The team administered a cortisone shot on Tuesday along with other therapy . The players on the field didn' t produce like the Royals had hoped, either . Cuban said his point is that if he allows one blogger in, then out of fairness he would have to allow all of them, even if it' s just a suburban teenager who runs a fan site . Without a collapse that day, Northwestern would be the Big Ten' s lone unbeaten in conference play . Chris Petersen is not only maintaining momentum, but he' s spurring the Broncos toward a BCS bowl game. Former Knick Othella Harrington, part of the Crawford trade last summer, replaced Davis in the starting lineup. I just got thrown out for arguing balls and strikes, which is the rule.

Crawford was examined by medical staff following the game but said he felt no better Tuesday " It' s 50- 50 at best that he' ll be able to play tomorrow " Rays manager Joe Maddon said " I' m preparing mentally that he' s not going to play . So he kind of pushed himself to go one more year " Information from the Associated Press was used in this report . Baylor beat two- time defending North Division champion Colorado in Morriss' conference debut in 2003 . Courtney said Bob DuPuy, baseball' s chief operating officer, will rule on the protest A decision is expected this week . He becomes the most prominent black coach hired at Alabama and the first in the two major sports, football and men' s basketball. That didn' t sit well with Hernandez " I have great respect for Gary as a player " Hernandez said on Sunday' s Mets television broadcast " He' s a Hall of Famer. Mitchell stood and watched as medical personnel secured Ford to a stretcher Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press.

Jones has three flagrant- foul points in the playoffs; one more and he' s suspended for a game " We kind of laugh a little bit about how in a six- week period of time we' ve become the bad boys of the NBA " Denver coach George Karl said " They weren' t saying that in February We don' t play the game to intimidate . Game notesThe Raptors' previous high for shots in a quarter was 19 in the first quarter at New Jersey on Jan 11, 1997 Carter had the plug pulled on his iPod before the game . 25, doubling the league' s previous single- season record for pre- Christmas coaching changes Oklahoma City' s P J Carlesimo( 1- 12 on Nov 22, Washington' s Eddie Jordan( 1- 10 on Nov 24, Toronto' s Sam Mitchell( 8- 9 on Dec 3, Minnesota' s Randy Wittman( 4- 15 on Dec 8, Philadelphia' s Maurice Cheeks( 9- 14 on Dec 13) and Sacramento' s Reggie Theus( 6- 18 on Dec . The three- time All- Star outfielder gives the Cardinals a big bat for their pennant drive and provides protection in the lineup for slugger Albert Pujols If We Took A Holliday . That' s the whole thing with this hobby now- the limited editions are really where it' s at. The Mets know that even through history' s twists and turns, fans always remember winners. Trivia break! Ryan Newman, in the first race at Kansas in 2001, finished runner- up to Jeff Gordon while driving the No 02 car.

By 175, Biffle is pushing back out toward a comfortable four- second lead 9: 12 p m Martin Truex Jr . He' s 355- 400 in 10 seasons coaching the Clippers, Hornets and Cavaliers . 15 setting forth a schedule for completing the audit and implementing the necessary changes in the university' s aid and textbook systems Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press . Mayfield said Buric told him to conduct the meeting as planned, but then later called back and said to take the test immediately . Davis finished with 1, 134 yards and 17 touchdowns this year. Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg said that the next time he meets with his colleagues from other Division I- A leagues, he will bring up the issue " I haven' t drawn a final conclusion on it. The 6- foot- 4, 280- pound defensive lineman died at the scene.

They got close when Murphy dunked and completed a three- point play to make it 93- 88, but the Celtics scored 10 of the next 12 points to put away the game " We' re having to work so hard to stay in games " Fisher said " If we didn' t have to fight back from 10 down, 12 down . Updated: April 13, 2009, 3: 22 PM ET Teammates hit 300th HRs back- to- back Comment Email Print Share Associated Press DETROIT- Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox have hit back- to- back home runs- the 300th career homer for each player . He writes about his " long road back " Story And Vitale couldn' t believe the reception he received . But Brennan did not play the fourth quarter in seven games this season . Arizona rallied for a 96- 90 win in overtime " I want to apologize to Chase Budinger for what happened Saturday night. With red, white and blue confetti flickering and fluttering in the air after the game, Rasheed Wallace and Hamilton jumped atop the scorer' s table and celebrated with the fans They responded by chanting " Beat L A! Beat L. With Bryant sidelined by a sprained right ankle, Atkins scored 26 points and had 10 assists Friday night to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105- 101 victory over Golden State.

Hamilton leads the majors with 49 RBIs( in 43 games) and was tied for the AL lead with 10 homers He is batting 320 with 13 doubles and three triples Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press . Their mentor leads them through a series of drills: foul- line jump shots, screen and curl plays and a series of dribbling exercises to improve ballhandling skills . The rally was capped by Royal Ivey' s three- point play with 9: 44 left to play, cutting the Spurs' lead to 12 points . Rain delayed the start of that game for 87 minutes and Pettitte pitched in wet, windy, messy conditions . Updated: March 2, 2005, 8: 45 PM ET Assists leader' s hamstring is healed Email Print Share Associated Press PHOENIX- Steve Nash will be back in the Phoenix Suns' lineup against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night after missing three games with a sore hamstring. He uses that speed to easily lose his defenders and it came in handy when he took the snap on a fake field goal 13 yards for his other touchdown against Texas State. Then, in 1998, the year Terry Bowden was fired during the season at Auburn, he was able to stand in the background and watch Tommy turn around Tulane, leading the Green Wave to an undefeated regular season " None of this makes a bit of difference in the Clemson situation, except to show you how close we are as brothers and how difficult it is for me to write about this " Terry Bowden said " I can honestly say that I thought Clemson would beat Wake Forest last week and climb back into the race for the ACC Championship Game " The Tigers still have as much talent as anyone in the conference, and I surmised that as soon as they had a little success on offense, the confidence would come back and they would get on a roll " But they didn' t have enough success and the confidence didn' t come back.

Actually, the last two laps I could have tried him on the inside of[ Turn] 3 . Stackhouse was called for a flagrant foul, but the NBA rescinded it Thursday after reviewing the play . Updated: November 1, 2007, 11: 16 PM ET USC QB Booty to start Saturday against Oregon State Comment Email Print Share Associated Press LOS ANGELES- John David Booty has his job back . Kenny Thomas and Andre Iguodala had 15 points apiece for Philadelphia( 6- 2, which opens the season at Boston on Wednesday . Pacers team president Larry Bird will take over many of Walsh' s duties. BIGGEST SHOT: The Buckeyes went ahead 20- 14 on Jamar Butler' s layup with 4: 51 to go, but then Georgetown' s Jessie Sapp drilled a 3- pointer from the left corner to make it 20- 17. I had surgery in' 99 and I was worried it was going to be the same, but it wasn' t The MRI results were sent to Yankees physician Dr Stuart Hershon and Dr.

They' re a good team that happens to be a tough matchup for the Celtics . He asked why the coach of a public university was making$ 1 . Discuss another team: Eastern Conference TOR| NJN| PHI| NYK| BOS DET| CLE| CHI| IND| MIL MIA| WAS| ORL| CHA| ATL Western Conference UTH| DEN| POR| MIN| SEA PHO| LAL| GSW| LAC| SAC DAL| SAS| HOU| NOR| MEM& nbsp; NBA draft index . We managed to do that this time around " Warkentien, who arrived in Denver in 2005 as director of player personnel, has orchestrated several big moves during his tenure, including the acquisition of Iverson in 2006 and the re- signings of star Carmelo Anthony, Nene and J R Smith . Wal- Mart gave 25, 000; Nine West, a women' s shoe company, offered another 5, 200. Marcus Fizer of the Bucks and Porter both picked up fourth- quarter technicals for arguing. He said assistant coaches Hugh Freeze and John Thompson will run the program and will continue to recruit.

There' s nothing that says we can' t make a big run here and try to get into the wildcard in some way, shape or form . Erokwu, a native of Nigeria who attended high school in Coppell, died from gunshot wounds after an argument at a Dallas gas station . If both Lindstrom and Proctor are unavailable, the closer' s job becomes wide open " It' s not where were hoping we' d be as we turn the corner heading into the start of the season " Beinfest said . Instead, the Hokies( 8- 4) won their fifth straight in the series and their ninth in the last 10 meetings and advanced to the ACC championship game for the third time in four years . The White Sox began Monday three games behind Detroit in the AL Central " It was great news " Guillen said " A lot of people are[ asking' How are we going to play all those guys' I' ve already had a meeting with some of those guys. Bickerstaff, who was not at Jordan' s press conference and not immediately available for comment, was one of owner Bob Johnson' s first hires when he was awarded the team. The charge, filed Thursday, accuses Mitchell Cozad of stabbing Rafael Mendoza on Sept 11 outside Mendoza' s apartment.