Willingham has surveys said he displays hasn' t ruled out coaching somewhere next season, and he wants to make it easier for him and others to get hired " I want to make it a natural platform " he said " I think that benefits all of us. After blowing double- digit leads in their last two games, the Heat never allowed the Bucks to get any closer than 85- 81 after Bobby Simmons' 3- pointer with 9: 14 remaining in the fourth. Johnson had surgery on Tuesday on his right wrist and is expected to miss the rest of the season Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. Every baseball prognosticator projected the Pirates would fail to reach.

Tempers flared with 9: 15 to play when Harrington fouled Lynch near the Pacers' bench . The desert has been watching, if from afar, ASU athletic director Lisa Love says " They' ve been waiting, I think, for it to really take off " In late November last year, Love fired Dirk Koetter, who took the Sun Devils to three straight bowl games and " put us on a wonderful stage " she said at the time . He is a finesse- oriented face- up 4- man that can knock down the shot at the elbow or take defenders off the bounce, but he needs strength and toughness to compete in the Pac- 10 . Center Erick Dampier scored 16 points in his return to the starting lineup and sixth man Jerry Stackhouse added 17, helping the Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 114- 105 Tuesday night to secure their fifth straight 50- win season " It looked good getting everybody back in the flow of things and having Damp clogging up the middle " Stackhouse said The news wasn' t all good for Dallas. He' s in some very exclusive company " He said' What do you want to be remembered as, the great dunker who won the slam dunk contest with a Superman outfit on, or do you want to do something better than that " Howard recalled Tuesday " I said' I want to be one of the greatest players' And he said it starts with defense " Mission accomplished. Boston Red Sox- William Wilkerson, OF, Augusta State 259 .

Louis Cardinals voided the contract of a 16- year- old outfielder from the Dominican Republic after he failed a physical . He acknowledged in Tuesday' s interview that it was " sobering this year for me to go through the playoffs without[ longtime assistant] Tex Winter there " and that he is giving more thought to his own health since Winter suffered a stroke in April . Updated: October 3, 2006, 10: 32 PM ET Vagabond charged with grand larceny in Auburn case Email Print Share Associated Press COLUMBIA, S. Wood was booked into the Athens- Clarke County jail at 3: 42 a m and released at 9: 16 a . He expects the injury to take about three to four weeks to heal Paul is a member of the U S.

3 blocks in 26- plus minutes " Jason is a tough, physical player on the front line who continues to grow and mature within our system " Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said in a statement " We look forward to the contributions he will bring this season and beyond " Fitch played in Europe last season after being cut by the Washington Wizards . Updated: June 28, 2009, 11: 05 PM ET Phillies confirm confrontation in Tampa Comment Email Print Share ESPN news services TORONTO- The Philadelphia Phillies confirmed Saturday that one of their players was involved in a confrontation with a fan following Thursday' s game at the Tampa Bay Rays The Phillies did not identify the player in their statement