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Arlen Specter surveys says he diagnoses expects the NFL will be cooperative at Wednesday' s meeting The meeting will take place at 3 p m. Updated: November 26, 2007, 4: 19 PM ET NFL tells Packers to stop bounties but team won' t be punished Comment Email Print Share Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis- Green Bay Packers players no longer can offer teammates financial incentives for their on- field performance, but the NFL will not punish them for violating the league' s " bounty rule " The club has handled the matter with the players and the incentive pool has been discontinued " league spokesman Greg Aiello said via e- mail Monday. Today I had a little life on my pitches " Left- hander Brandon Claussen threw three scoreless innings, holding the Phillies to two hits and a walk He also doubled home two runs in the second. Now they head to another, hoping to take the momentum from Thursday' s 4- 1 victory over the New York Yankees into a three- game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field " I enjoy playing the Cubs, no doubt about it " White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said, reiterating that he' s no fan of Wrigley Field except for the field itself and the excitement it creates " I love to play there as soon as the national anthem starts. The A' s, outscored 40- 21 during the seven- game skid, took a 2- 0 lead in the first on Thomas' RBI single and Bobby Crosby' s sacrifice fly. After all, he' d never lasted past seven innings in any of his first 22 career starts That all changed Monday night. Fisher threw his red flag, asking for a replay, even though the play was not reviewable] EnlargeTim Heitman/ US PresswireThe stadium' s gigantic TV screen, suspended above the field and measuring roughly 60 yards wide by 25 yards high, is being called for punt interference " It wasn' t[ reviewable] last night.

Updated: August 8, 2009, 11: 10 PM ET Vick at event in Atlanta suburbs Comment Email Print Share Associated Press DECATUR, Ga- Michael Vick returned to the area that once celebrated his brilliant play on the football field, this time for the first of what he hopes will be dozens of appearances around the country to urge low- income youths to avoid the tragic trail left by dogfighting Few got to hear Saturday' s message, however . But I wouldn' t count on it " I think they' ve got a figure in mind that they want and a contract level that they want, and no one has come to that level yet, and I' m not sure anybody will " Maddux spent the last 11 years with the Braves after pitching for seven years with the Cubs . The Cubs are the last major league team to play the majority of their 81 home games in the afternoon Lights weren' t added to Wrigley Field until 1988. BOSTON( AP- David Ortiz hits so many walkoff homers that one teammate even predicts them. Asked if he was sorry for ripping Paxson and the organization, Davis paused and said " I don' t really want to go in to all of that, but I like my fans " The Cavs were 6- 17 when they traded Davis and forwards Chris Mihm and Michael Stewart to the Celtics for Eric Williams, Tony Battie and Kedrick Brown. The Rockies had two runners on base with two outs in the fifth when Mock( 2- 5) and Gonzalez squared off against each other on this night. He was a nice- looking guy, so when I was in high school, designing my game, I picked him, Patrick Ewing and Rony Seikaly " Airing It Out The Hall of Fame' s election announcement will be made April 6 at the NCAA Final Four in Detroit, with enshrinement in September at the Hall in Springfield, Mass.

Detroit told Harrington' s agent, David Dunn, that they were going to try to trade him to Cleveland . Both teams came out cautiously for their ninth meeting of the season . The last pass thrown in his direction against Washington came late in the third quarter . It was the third time in the last five games that the Angels staked their starting pitcher to a 7- 0 lead and needed Francisco Rodriguez in a save situation Only this time, he failed . Magloire( 19 points) will donate$ 19, 000 to Children' s Hospital in New Orleans; O' Neal( 16 points) will donate$ 16, 000 to the Housing Authority in Indianapolis and Columbia, S. The Bulls and Collins, who coached a young Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in the late 1980s before the dynasty took off, acknowledged last week having discussions and said there would be more talks once Collins' broadcast duties with TNT ended. Nate Robinson scored 26 points, Tim Thomas added 24 and David Lee had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, whose three- game winning streak ended.

Alfredo Amezaga homered in the first and had three hits for the Marlins . Emery said he wanted to hear testimony from Clemens " If Congress calls him, he pretty much has to take the Fifth, and if he takes the Fifth, nobody will ever believe him again and all this effort has gone down the drain " Emery said " And if he doesn' t take the Fifth, it' s very hard to imagine that a prosecutor isn' t going to pursue this . Better him than hard- throwing Brandon Morrow, who struck out two of the three Tigers he faced in a perfect eighth inning and has been throwing in the upper 90- mph range for two weeks " I was wondering why they went to him " Granderson said about Putz, adding he' s noticed many closers in the league are struggling in non- save situations . Huston Street, the former Oakland closer who has been relegated to middle relief, gave up the tying run in the seventh when Michael Young singled and scored on Cruz' s third hit of the game to make it 4- all . Twins starter Kevin Slowey struggled for the second straight start, allowing five runs and a career- high 13 hits in 5 1/ 3 innings. Powe was told on April 18 by his orthopedist, Colorado physician Dr