Former New probes York Giants spells out linebacker Harry Carson and former Giants general manager George Young are automatic finalists because they finished in the top- six in the voting last year. 1 seed five times and LSU has been selected atop the bracket three times. 2 Texas Tech' s run toward perfection in a 65- 21 blowout Saturday night " I can' t remember a game where I even had near as much fun " Bradford said. And it doesn' t look much better this weekend in Detroit, with a forecast of rain and cold.

The 50- year- old pleaded no contest, was fined$ 350 and given a suspended six- month jail sentence that required him to attend a three- day education course Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press . Then the addition of deep- play threat Peerless Price gave defenses another reason to fear Vick' s arm as much as his feet Now the focus is on backup quarterback Doug Johnson . His stats aren' t eye- popping, but he has made several clutch returns and is bound to break one for a score . According to the official Game Book, Williams ran the ball 37 yards in three seconds That' s the equivalent of a 3 2 time in the 40- yard dash . They make my job easy " Dunning, who has scored 267 points in his career, knows the miss at Notre Dame won' t matter in the long run " If that' s the worst thing I ever do in life, then I' m going to live a pretty good life " he said " I messed up, gee, darn I can' t do anything about it. Oregon leads the series between the two teams 4- 1, beating the Wolf Pack 37- 7 three seasons ago in Eugene, the last time they met.

The JetHawks, whose pitching coach is former major leaguer Bob Kipper, used five pitchers before a crowd of 2, 363 . Gordon accounted for all of Maine' s scoring in the second quarter, hauling in 30- yard and 73- yard passes from Whitcomb . Updated: June 7, 2007, 8: 19 PM ET Hamstring injury lands Chavez on DL; Valentin activated Comment Email Print Share Associated Press NEW YORK- The banged- up Mets placed outfielder Endy Chavez on the disabled list Thursday with a pulled left hamstring and activated second baseman Jose Valentin, who had been out since April with a knee injury . Hartwick College' s Jason Boltus connected with Stanford' s Anthony Kimble on an 8- yard touchdown pass that put the Nation ahead for good at 13- 7 in the second quarter . John Avery, who lost the kick returner' s job to either Onterrio Smith or Doug Chapman, is the likely candidate.

Arizona spokesperson Tom Duddleston said Thursday morning that Olson hasn' t informed the administration that he is resigning . Spending time to work on it makes a huge difference " he said Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press . 7 scholarships each year to baseball players, and they can be divided in any way Exceeding that number is a violation of NCAA rules . The Rams( 13- 3, 5- 0 Colonial Athletic Association) led 39- 29 at halftime and saw the Tribe get within 61- 58 with 7: 25 to play .

It deals with love, recalling youth, loyalty, reconciliation " Gazzara says " It' s about coming home " It was his wife, Gazzara said, who convinced him that the role was worth doing . Liberty( 10- 4, 1- 1) battled back to tie the score at 55- 55 when Kyle Ohman hit a jumper with 2: 13 remaining before Winthrop regained the lead on Cameron Stanley' s jump shot . 09 ERA in the postseason and was the Game 1 starter in each of Chicago' s three series, against Boston, the Los Angeles Angels and Houston . Clemens gave up a sharply hit single in the second and a ground single in the sixth, and never allowed more than one runner in an inning .

Kennedy, or Elvis Presley, Gibbons said " Bonds' pursuit really has enabled us over the course of the last three weeks or month to reflect on what it is about Ruth that put him in that arena " Gibbons said " He was bigger than life, a Baltimore street urchin who lived the rags to riches story, who came to be this guy who we are all focused on 71 years later " Money raised by the club will be used, among other things, to install fire sprinklers and make the house accessible to the handicapped, museum spokesman Gregg Wilhelm said . They lost four league games in a row because of mistakes, not because they were outmanned " Penn State, which is off to its worst start since 1931, had a chance to win but Dave Kimball missed a 60- yard field goal as time expired . The Braves have won eight of 11 since the All- Star break and even though they remain 6 1/ 2 games behind Philadelphia in the NL East . Updated: March 31, 2008, 7: 25 AM ET Report: BALCO founder Conte plans tell- all book on drug world Comment Email Print Share ESPN news services Victor Conte will amp up the sports world once again- in a much different way, however . He also threw a 63- yard touchdown pass to quarterback Eric Crouch against Oklahoma. If Andrews recommends surgery, Garcia said he would have to strongly consider it, even though it probably would cost him millions on the free- agent market after the season " It' s for my own good " he said " I don' t want to pitch the way I' ve been pitching If I was 100 percent, I' d be pitching good I got to think about me.

Marvin Lea led the Waves with 34 points, a career- high, on 11 of 18 shooting . Gannon, who led the NFL with 4, 689 yards passing last season, threw for seven touchdowns and 667 yards against the Titans . Nichole Drummond led Wisconsin- Milwaukee( 0- 2) with 18 points, and Molly O' Brien had 16 The Blue Demons led 52- 35 at the half Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press . Only the 6- 4 Harper is taller than Williams, the third- tallest player in Duke' s rotation, but it' s a quartet of quick, versatile players who together averaged nearly as many rebounds per game( 28 1 rpg) as the entire rosters of their opponents( 33 2 rpg .

Doba was in Seattle when the poll was released Sunday and said he was surprised at how high the Cougars had risen after a weekend of upsets " I thought maybe, with everybody getting beat, we might move up to 10 or 9 or something To jump to 6 was really a surprise " he said . He' d been entrusted with an array of responsibilities, from overseeing stadium construction to looking after the club' s interests at the YES Network, of which it is 36- percent owner He was a buffer between Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman . It' s a tremendous bench, and a tremendous team " Game notesBynum allowed seven hits and six runs in 4 2- 3 innings The Giants shared first place for just six days all season . Perhaps we' re going to leave behind the Browns, Lions, Saints, Jaguars, Cardinals and Texans on the short list of teams that have never reached the Super Bowl . Average age for Roger Clemens, David Wells, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield and John Burkett: 35 " You look at the young pitchers in this series, to me that' s the future of baseball " Marlins reliever Chad Fox said.

35 million over two years " I' m willing to dedicate myself for another couple of years' Kent said " It' s safe to say I' m proud to be able to retire a Dodger I' m 99 . I think that' s big " Ruoff said " In the first two games we matched up against them, we had stretches where they kind of out- manned us " Sam Young scored 15 points to lead the Panthers, whose chances of securing a No . 01( c) gave them to correct the game score when they did " The core of the Indians' dispute was that the run should not have been added retroactively " We sympathize with their challenge, however, obviously we' re very disappointed with the result " Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said " We felt, and still do feel, that we had a very strong, solid, well- presented case . PROBABLE: QB Jeff Blake( heel; WR Larry Foster( ankle; WR Bryan Gilmore( knee St .

Louis and Chavez, who' s great with the glove, very good with the bat, two- and- a- half years younger than Alex, and playing in his contract year, to give him a run for the title . Missouri was also 3- for- 4 from 3- point range in the opening eight minutes after the break to open a 48- 31 gap . On the first play of Lehigh' s next possession, Clark dropped back and found Yansane streaking down the right sideline for an 85- yard TD pass, the sixth- longest in school history . Carney threw a 7- yard pass to wide- open Sean Quintana in the end zone and an 8- yard TD pass to tight end Keith Madsen He then scored on a 1- yard run on third- and- goal Spencer Armstrong scored on an 8- yard run . Michigan State: C No ESPN 150 prospects Mark Dantonio' s first true class at Michigan State does not compare to in- state rivals Michigan' s or Big Ten power Ohio State' s, but it does have some positives. In particular, the NCAA is looking into some of the fundraising Brown accepted in high school to visit college campuses and what role Butler might have played " The NCAA continues to investigate[ Brown] and his whole history going back to when he was young, and I know that bothers him " Kiffin said " It’s pretty unfortunate " At one point, Butler was charging money for recruiting updates involving Brown and other players on his PotentialPlayers Web site He later stopped charging and made the information free.

The Trojans scored 21 points from the bench and 22 points in the paint during the game . Not just numb as if he' d spent a few too many minutes in the snow . Included on Panama' s 60- man provisional roster, the 36- year- old right- hander may not start his regular throwing program until next week . who could they get to coach there? Oh, I know- maybe they can lure away that guy that Miami just hired Whatever his name is Greg something, I think .