All this infers is a gathers shame because the Pirates play in perhaps the best ballpark in baseball. You don' t think Bonds would be worth at least$ 18 million to those teams? If he loses 10 or 15 pounds, he easily could play three or four more years- not just games I don' t love the guy. La Russa quickly left the office, springing from his chair, and didn' t return for several minutes " I told Brad and Todd last night that I was thinking about it, so they were clued in " La Russa said " When the game was over I' d have told Kip but I didn' t see him " I' d have told him about the possibility and that I wanted to think about it " Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. However, the incident last night is not something that Wake Forest condones, and neither does Chris Paul It is an incident for which he is extremely sorry. Three- pointers by Crouch and guard Andrew Warren sparked a 13- 4 burst and a 50- 41 lead with 10: 40 left. Associated PressNEW YORK- Jeremy Goode scored 19 points to lead Mount St Mary' s, Md, past St Francis 74- 62 on Saturday. Preston Brown led all scorers in the game with 22 points for the Sam Houston State( 6- 8, 0- 1.

I wasn' t there when he broke the record but I was there when he was approaching and stuff started happening- hate letters and yelling- and there wasn' t speculation about him " Bonds is batting . He became the talk of the town soon after the Marlins forced the decisive seventh game Angry broadcasters castigated him . Associated PressYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- Nate Linhart had 15 points, nine rebounds and four steals to lead Akron in a 67- 53 win at Youngstown State on Monday night . USC outscored Arizona 23- 11 the rest of the half, finishing with an 11- 2 run that cut the Wildcats' lead to 41- 38 at the break . The Cowboys are 115th of 117 teams in rushing defense, giving up 264 yards per game, and 112th in total defense, allowing 478 5 yards Wyoming ranks 101st in scoring defense, yielding 33 75 points per contest. He' s knocking people around, knocking people off the ball, and it appears we don' t know the full range of possibilities for Jeff. That caused him to miss a game at Alabama, though he was cleared of wrongdoing Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.

West Virginia missed its first five 3- point attempts in the second half, allowing Gentry to lead the Bearcats on another run . And Pennington, letting fly a soft, deep ball to Jonathan Carter in the first quarter against Cincinnati, like it was a Faberge egg, like he was placing it delicately in his receiver' s hands so as not to break it, was truly something to behold Time was, I' d be completely connected to these guys I' d mimic them in the street outside my house . He certainly has enough returning talent and key newcomers to make a run at the conference title after Utah went 11- 19 last season and posted consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 1983- 84 . COLUMBUS, Ohio- Iowa- Ohio State comes a year too late . 2, one day after the team finished its second straight losing season. The loss dropped Chaminade' s record in the tournament to 4- 64, with its last win a first- round victory over an undermanned Villanova in 2003 " This loss is over and we have to prepare for the next two games " Mahar said. Reid was once supposed to be Vince Young, but now he was practicing under goalposts that needed a paint job.

QUESTIONABLE: RB Dan Curley( calf; CB Travis Fisher( shoulder; CB Kevin Garrett( wrist; WR Shaun McDonald( thumb; DT Ryan Pickett( tendonitis . LOUIS- Reggie Sanders homered twice, the second a grand slam, in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 10- run fifth inning against the St Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night . A Peyton interview was even being shown on the TV screens inside But apparently I looked like just another Pacers fan wearing an orange hat The second half went pretty much the same . Show me Jack' s 18 Majors, Jordan dominating six straight Finals, Marino' s 48 touchdowns, Hershiser' s 59 consecutive scoreless innings, Cael Sanderson going 159- 0 on the mat or Carl Lewis owning the long jump four Olympics in a row Show me somebody doing something . How many highlights have we seen on TV of Reggie with a pack of players chasing after him or of him somersaulting neatly into the end zone. In other news, there is no timetable for when Kris Benson, who is coming back from rotator cuff surgery, will throw off a mound The right- hander has been playing catch Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. The Vols led by 21 or more the rest of the game, and Pearl took out his starters in the closing minutes.

Think about Kwame Brown, the high- schooler taken first overall in the 2001 NBA draft . As a rookie on the field, I could be a tiny, half step out of alignment and coach Lewis would jump down my throat . Auburn looks to knock off a notable SEC foe on Saturday when it visits No 9 Arkansas( 4- 0 . He cut starting linebackers Darren Hambrick, Earl Holmes and Dwayne Rudd as well as cornerback Corey Fuller . Updated: October 26, 2006, 2: 28 PM ET Colorado State guard to miss two games for pot charge Email Print Share Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo- Colorado State junior guard Tyler Smith, who was cited last summer for marijuana possession when he was pulled over in a car belonging to Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony, will miss two upcoming exhibition games as punishment " This was a very unfortunate incident that brought negative attention to the basketball program. He led the majors last season with five shutouts and pitched four games this year before being sidelined " I think he was just happy to get out there and throw a ball " manager Jack McKeon said. As Dick Vitale noted after Saturday' s game, Tech' s style of play changed without Elder in the lineup and the team didn' t attack the basket as effectively.

While the Lady Vols are 10- 2 against the Scarlet Knights- including a 64- 54 win in a national semifinal game in Philadelphia in 2000- Rutgers was a 65- 51 winner on Dec 29 at the Rutgers Athletic Center Rutgers not only won, it embarrassed Tennessee( 29- 4 . He originally was a 36th round draft choice of the Mariners in June 1992 and made his major league debut with the team in 1996 He has a career batting average of 283 with 105 homers and 456 RBI in 10 major league seasons . Quite nicely, thank you " I was so down on myself " Pryor said " I needed this two- week break " Pryor was sacked once, but never came close to a turnover . But we' re going to have to continue to get better and be much more improved than how we played if we expect to move up the charts " TIGER TALES: The players of the week were Carnell Williams( offense, Karlos Dansby and Spencer Johnson( defense) and Justin Fetsko( special teams . He escaped defenders and ran right, buying time until lofting a high pass to Jeff Postell with 11: 39 to play. Associated PressNEW ROCHELLE, N. He fought through several double- teams and held his own against a quality offensive line.

Patton caught 43 passes for 812 yards and 12 touchdowns and helped Murphy to the Class 6A quarterfinals . Hamlin has shone under Rhodes' aggressive approach to playing defense, forcing six of the Seahawks' 13 takeaways . He had excellent power, intense ambition, good range, and was a threat on the basepaths . When a section of fans decked in true blue started chanting " UC- LA " right before tipoff, a much louder group of Rams fans drowned them out with " VCU " cheers Well, UCLA was a long way from home . Updated: October 31, 2004, 8: 07 PM ET UNC, Georgia Tech, N C. The Vikings' revamped secondary hasn' t gotten a chance to play together because of injuries, and cornerback Ken Irvin, an expected starter, is likely out until the Sept 14 home opener against Chicago with a dislocated toe. He ranked first in the nation in double- doubles and led the Mountain West Conference in scoring, rebounding and field- goal percentage The other finalists were guards J J.

Poor shooting hurt Winston- Salem all night as the Rams shot 31 8 percent in the first half and 32 7 percent for the game . Bethune- Cookman made just seven of its 17 second- half shots from the floor, and were outscored 34- 21 in the second half . AP PhotoTed Turner didn' t worry about political correctness or driving up baseball' s salary structure during his early days as owner of the Braves . Imagine if Saddam, Carrot Top and Barry Bonds all took paycuts to play for the same team . Associated PressNEW YORK- Louisville had a tough day at Madison Square Garden on Sunday The Cardinals( No 7 ESPN/ USA Today, No 5 AP) still managed a 60- 47 victory over St John' s because of their defense. Montana answered with Carpenter' s 25- yard field goal and a 9- yard touchdown pass from Cole Bergquist to Dan Beaudin to take a 13- 10 lead with 24 seconds left in the half. SEATTLE( AP- Last spring, Brandon Roy decided to delay potential NBA millions and return to Washington for his senior season Nice call.

5 points Score: Western Michigan 57, Toledo 53 Toledo against the spread: Loss Feb 4, 2006: vs . Dating to last season, he has seven TD returns in 10 games Olympics 2010 Luge Tickets . Then, with Peerless Price standing all alone in the end zone and Brian Kozlowski open at the 15, Kittner split the difference, throwing the ball right to Eagles cornerback Lito Sheppard standing between them " It' s good to get out there and get another shot, but I need to make those throws I know I can make " Kittner said " Last week, I didn' t make those . On Monday, the Nuggets signed free agent guard Earl Boykins to a five- year$ 13 7 million contract The 5- foot- 5 Boykins averaged 8 8 points and 3 3 assists in 68 games with Golden State last year In five NBA seasons, Boykins has averaged 5 9 points and 2 5 assists per game . That reminds me, wouldn' t you have picked Salisbury in the " Guess who' s representing ESPN in' Dancing with the Stars " game well before Kenny Mayne? My list would have looked like this( 1) Stu Scott( 2) Salisbury( 3) Michael Irvin( 10) Kenny Mayne( 750) John Clayton. But throughout a career that has netted him an otherworldy seven MVP awards, Bonds has remained unapologetically uninterested in cultivating the affections of teammates, sportswriters or fans. I' ll come out here once every five years " While the Huskies are headed for Detroit, the wait goes on for Missouri, which remains one of the top programs never to reach a Final Four.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz felt he was fortunate to catch Paterno when he is down " With the history of coach Paterno and his program, I expect them to continue to improve " Ferentz said " He is one of the greatest coaches of all time and I would not underestimate him " Jason White threw three touchdown passes as Oklahoma faced a tougher- than- expected challenge before posting a 34- 20 victory . The blast came after Zimmermann fanned Milton Bradley on three pitches for the inning' s first out . During the interview with the Chronicle, Dotson defended former basketball coach David Bliss, who resigned Aug 8 after revelations of NCAA violations . Georgia Southern rallied from a 14- point deficit and came within one point at 85- 84 when Foreman hit a 3- pointer with 23 seconds left in the game . Heatley lost control of his 2002 Ferrari 360 Modena on a curve on a two- lane road Monday night in Atlanta, police said. His defensive coach, Marcus Sherman, a former grad assistant at BYU, started pitching Sylvester to various schools in the Mountain West " My defensive coach from high school, he knew I had the talent " Sylvester said " I really didn' t believe in myself as much as he believed in me " Utah was the best offer out of everything I only took one visit. Dick Vermeil knows something about high- powered offenses as he presided over one of the best with the St Louis Rams.

Associated PressHATTIESBURG, Miss( AP- Damion Fletcher ran for 156 yards and a touchdown as Southern Miss beat Tennessee- Martin 35- 13 on Saturday . If Culpepper doesn' t play, Frerotte will start and Shaun Hill will be his backup= MORE INJURIES: Tice said receiver D' Wayne Bates still hasn' t recovered from his sprained left foot and will miss a second straight game That means Kelly Campbell will start in Bates' place . Kennedy broke a bone in his hand when he was hit by a pitch from Texas' Colby Lewis in the third inning of the Rangers' 12- 3 win on Saturday Kennedy left the game in the fourth inning . A banner bearing his number was unveiled in the rafters at Cameron Indoor Stadium " I am just extremely humbled " Redick said " Every time now that I walk into Cameron, it' s going to mean something more . Pullen drilled two 3s late in the first half to push Kansas State' s lead to 42- 33 by halftime. Yesterday' s debacle aside, the Patriots are winners, and winning is as American as apple pie, mom and having your mom sleep with an NFL head coach. But Boston slumbered in the first 10 games of the postseason, never scoring more than five runs in a game and batting just 230 in all Bill Mueller, the AL batting champ, was hitting just 118 in the series, and Kevin Millar 158) and David Ortiz 188) hadn' t started hitting either.

VC insisted it wasn' t true and stood in gamely, and took his club within a single shot of the conference finals in 2001 . 8 points in the first nine games- and how they lost despite outgaining Arizona 356 yards to 262 " The whole game was like plays going their way " cornerback Daymeion Hughes said " I was like' Man, this can' t be real " The first one came midway through the first quarter, when a block- in- the- back penalty on receiver Lavelle Hawkins nullified tailback Marshawn Lynch' s 79- yard touchdown run . Giambi Giambi arrived at Yankee Stadium about 45 minutes before Friday night' s game against Oakland and said the boot that had been on his left foot since May 31 was removed Monday, when he saw Dr . Fleury, the top pick in the June entry draft, couldn' t have played much better in his first NHL game, stopping 46 of 48 shots . 3 million home in Tampa' s upscale Davis Island neighborhood. Nick Aldridge and Antonio Russell led Western Carolina with 18 points apiece, and Aldridge also had three steals. Powe was the Pac- 10 Freshman of the Year and the conference' s rebounding leader in 2004.

He also hit a solo shot in the game and homered from both sides of the plate at New York on July 4 . Here, from the company Web site " Mister Softee utilizes the latest automotive and equipment technologies to produce a complete ice cream stand on wheels . Sixers president Billy King has spent the offseason signing many of his players to long- term contracts . Colorado Rockies: Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was out of the lineup again against the White Sox with right knee inflammation . 98 ERA and 239 strikeouts- averaging nearly 11 strikeouts per nine innings " We gave him up to get what we feel is a very good major- league hitter who can be an important part of our lineup " Pirates general manager Dave Littlefield said " There were a number of teams interested in Oliver. He also has pitched for Pittsburgh, Boston and Kansas City Cruz is hitting. 25 Mississippi State on Wednesday night " This is the first game I hit nine 3s.