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Hopefully, updates I' ll recalls be better " As Brown and his new staff worked out likely second- round picks Jamont Gordon, DeMarcus Nelson, Sean Singletary, Malik Hairston, Courtney Pigram and Jason Rich, it was clear Brown was eager to begin a new chapter after his Hall of Fame resume was tarnished by a turmoil- filled 23- 59 season in New York in 2005- 06 Brown was fired after just one season. Walton The team said the operation took about and hour and was performed by Dr David Thordarson at the University of Southern California. In the fourth, Miami took an 80- 74 lead with 8: 35 to play but went scoreless until Eddie Jones hit a 3- pointer with 1: 27 left to make it 83- all. But this is a very positive thing today, coming in here a little bit short- handed and coming out with a victory on the road " Richard Jefferson scored 31 points for the Nets, who were coming off Tuesday' s 100- 79 victory in Cleveland and failed again to win on back- to- back nights. He was carted to the locker room for X- rays, and coach Jack Del Rio confirmed the injury after Jacksonville' s 26- 10 victory. The Cardinal improved to 22- 1 all- time against Oregon at Maples Pavilion and beat the Ducks( 9- 17, 5- 10) for the ninth straight time overall " I was really pleased with how Sarah and Nneka and all of our young players came in and gave us a great spark in the first half " VanDerveer said " That was just great to see their contributions.

Houston manager Phil Garner thought Albers " did pretty good " I think maybe he made two pitches that kind of hurt him that looked like they were mistakes " he said Houston' s Adam Everett homered in the fifth . New York extended an offer to Tim Redding and is close to making an offer to Randy Wolf, according to a person familiar with the talksing off their second consecutive September collapse, the Mets revamped their woeful bullpen at the winter meetings last month by signing closer Francisco Rodriguez to a$ 37 million, three- year contract and acquiring setup man J J Putz in a trade . Leyritz, who played for six teams and was last in the majors in 2000, was jailed this month after a device in his car recorded that he consumed alcohol four times since it was installed in April 2008 . The Hawks said their regular sound person was not at the game, and the song was chosen by another member of the game operations staff . Aardsma was an out away from earning his 29th save in 32 chances. BOSTON( AP- Jamaal Tinsley was back on the court for the first time in 2# 189; months, making a return that helped the Indiana Pacers head home with a chance to eliminate the Celtics The point guard, out since Feb.

Fortunately for us, it went out " Butler' s 3- pointer with 5: 10 remaining capped a 15- 5 run and gave the Hornets an 83- 82 lead, their first since it was 2- 0 . The Heat also got a$ 4 million trade exception, one first- round pick and possibly a second- rounder; the Raptors got$ 3 million cash . Patriots player personnel director Nick Caserio said Thursday the team is working every day on the matter and has had discussions with Wilfork' s agent . Earlier this season, Bradley was suspended for four games after throwing a bag of balls onto the field following an ejection . Ponson( 4- 3) gave up two runs and six hits over 7 1/ 3 innings. The issue is how he can drive the ball " Manager Phil Garner said Bagwell isn' t ready to play first base yet because " he' s not going to be able to throw just yet " When Bagwell went on the DL, he was hitting. We didn' t score a lot of runs in the series, and that was the difference " Carpenter, who won Tuesday' s opener 5- 1, fell behind 2- 0 in the first inning when he walked Russell Branyan with the bases loaded and Mike Cameron followed two pitches later with an RBI grounder " I think he was a little bit too pumped up in the first inning " Pujols said.

Werth was activated from the 15- day disabled list before the game He had been out since June 28 with a strained left wrist . By us young guys watching them, it makes us that much more excited to work as hard as they do " Alan Embree( 1- 1) got the win despite allowing a two- run homer to Frank Thomas in the eighth to make it 8- all The homer was Thomas' third in three games Huston Street worked the ninth for his first save . San Diego OF Cliff Floyd, who' s been on the disabled list since opening day with a strained right shoulder, had an MRI and a shot on Thursday The team said it will monitor Floyd for a week . Braun then hit a drive to left for his eighth homer " If there' s anybody that was more excited than him it' s me, got to get that one out of the way first " said Kendall, who has yet to go deep this season and has only 73 career home runs himself " We count our[ batting practice] shots, our warning track shots, we count everything . He showed no ill effects, hitting his 15th home run in the first and finishing with his first three- hit game of the season and the three RBIs " He' s well rested " Gardenhire deadpanned " He said he felt good " The five runs were the most scored by the Twins in an inning since getting six in the fourth inning of a 10- 1 victory at Cleveland on Aug. The Warriors shot 37 percent " It' s just one of those things " said Corey Maggette, who signed a free- agent contract with the Warriors after playing eight seasons for the Los Angeles Clippers " I was dealing with this with the Clippers, where we had different situations going on Trust me, it' s getting old. We have as much liability as we have assets; in fact, we are a little underfunded " But we are not going to take a pension from guys that have one coming and give it to someone else.

McDaniels said after practice Thursday that he hadn' t decided on playing plans for Marshall, who missed the preseason opener at San Francisco last week while attending his court case in Atlanta . Just ask all the teams trying to acquire him " It' s a flattering thing, but it could also be a distraction if you let it " Byrnes said " That' s not what I' m thinking about at all out here . Is it only coincidence that his initials correspond with Pure Shooter? In each of the past three seasons, Peja has made at least 90 percent of his free- throw attempts and at least 40 percent of his three- point field- goal attempts, while making at least 100 of each . After missing a week, Coles returned only to injure the ankle against the Steelers and miss the Jets' game at Dallas on Thanksgiving . Baker finished serving his two- game suspension for bumping umpire Eric Cooper after he was ejected in the series opener on Thursday night " It' s been fun. It also isn' t the kind of substance that somehow could find its way into a legal supplement, Tygart said " We have never seen a case where testosterone or methenolone has come from a supplement, over the counter or otherwise " he said. 24, 1988, when he was 19 years, 163 days old, four days younger than Latendresse was on Tuesday.

Giambi, who had a three- run, pinch- hit homer in the ninth inning of Colorado' s 10- 4 victory Saturday night, added a two- run shot off Haren in the eighth . James likely will miss Friday' s exhibition against Canada as he recovers from a mild right ankle sprain . This time he made the shot and got the foul call with a second left in the half . A second- round draft pick from Washington in 2005 who started 20 consecutive games, Barnes apologized to team owner Wayne Weaver, coach Jack Del Rio, teammates and fans " They don' t deserve to have their franchise getting dragged through the mud like this " he said " People that really know me know that that' s not me " Barnes added " I' m usually the one that uses good judgment, good character in all situations . Davis claimed Kiffin made comments against the organization, which he considered a violation of his three- year$ 6 million contract Most NFL coaching contracts are guaranteed. He' s got the right manager, he' s got the right ballpark, he' s got the right city and he' s got the right team " Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

I think it might have turned the momentum a little bit " The Mets committed five errors and blew a chance to take the lead in the 11th on a play that was right out of their 1962 playbook . If the Heat don' t find any takers, sources told ESPN' s Andy Katz on Tuesday night that Mayo was told by Heat brass- which included Riley, general manager Randy Pfund and coach Erik Spoelstra- that he is in contention to be selected outright at No 2 . Washington' s tendency this season has been to let down when facing teams without their stars . Updated: January 27, 2004, 11: 12 AM ET Habs forward hit Marchment in face with stick Email Print Share Associated Press TORONTO- Montreal forward Pierre Dagenais was suspended for two games by the NHL on Monday for hitting Toronto' s Bryan Marchment in the face with his stick . McNair was arrested on DUI charges once before in Nashville in 2003, when he also was charged with illegal gun possession. Over the past several weeks, Hamilton has been able to work out only sporadically " It' s like a dizziness or spaciness I get a lot of times with cardio[ exercises " Hamilton told the team' s Web site " It' s just something I notice.

Sandy Koufax, left, won 25 or games three times in his 12 years( 1955- 66) with the Dodgers . We' re going to make sure we execute down the stretch and do things right " I apologize to Kurt and Oklahoma State for calling the timeout " . Upton, who has missed the last nine games with a strained left quad, is improving and could return to lineup by the end of the weekend . I want to put the ball in play and make the defense work " Adam Kennedy doubled twice and drove in a run for the A' s, who have won four straight and nine of 11 . Trailing 57- 41 at halftime, the Sixers scored 38 points in the third quarter using runs of 16- 6 and 20- 10 to erase Utah' s lead in less than 12 minutes. Antawn Jamison, who had a season- high 37 points, hit a 3- pointer with 1. Column " Several weeks ago during my rehabilitation, during which I watched way too much TV- I' m an expert on One Life to Live, Days of Our Lives, etc- I watched an interview with Glenn Frey, the co- founder of the Eagles.

Tennessee hasn' t lost three in a row since they dropped games to Mississippi, Auburn and Louisiana Tech in February of 1986 . Guillermo Mota started the eighth for Milwaukee and Bourn was safe on an infield single when Fielder dropped the throw from Hall, the second baseman . The big first baseman hit the next pitch over the fence in right- center field for his third career grand slam " It was a little up " Howard said " I just tried to lock down . It was Bowker' s ninth home run of the season, a massive shot over the left- field wall that landed in McCovey Cove . Athletics RHP Trevor Cahill did it against the Mariners last Sunday and Red Sox RHP Tim Wakefield went seven no- hit innings against the A' s on Wednesday. Since announcing that the city- owned arena would be available if the Hornets needed a temporary home, Cornett has insisted that Oklahoma City is not trying to steal the team from New Orleans, although it is looking forward to a chance to prove it can handle a major- league team " I think the NBA appreciates the way we conducted ourselves, and hopefully will remember that this was a positive relationship for them down the line when we can talk further about another team " Cornett said Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. Keppinger started in place of SS Miguel Tejada, stuck in an 0- for- 15 rut.

C- The Memphis Grizzlies came through with the type of road performance they' ve rarely had this season . Ilgauskas hit a free throw before the Celtics scored the next nine points for a 36- 33 lead . He was ruled out of the game at halftime after X- rays revealed the break, finishing with eight points and four assists in 16 minutes . Both stayed in the game, and the Arizona Diamondbacks got away with a gritty win . The 10- 9 vote Monday night in the House Local Government Committee was deemed a make- or- break moment for the bill, which calls for Hennepin County to add 0 15 percent to the sales tax That adds up to 3 cents on every$ 20 taxable purchase Twins Sports Inc. 80) in the majors and kept the Indians in the playoff race until a final- week collapse.

Back in the same ballpark where he won his 300th career game in 2004, Maddux earned his 340th victory, outpitching someone nearly half his age to lead the San Diego Padres past the San Francisco Giants 4- 2 on Wednesday . It' s patriotic for everybody, regardless of where you' re from . He' s a great hitter and probably one of the hardest outs in the game and that was a big accomplishment and I think that' s why the game stayed where it did " The Padres offense, bolstered by the return of Scott Hairston from the disabled list, gave Gaudin( 3- 6) plenty of run support early on . Allen broke free inside for a jam, but Toronto regained the lead on Rafer Alston' s jumper with 1: 30 to play Allen' s drive made it 110- 109 14 seconds later . It' s the most fun in the league as far as I' m concerned " Popovich said " It' s always tough and it helps your team come together " Bryant led the Lakers with 23 points and seven rebounds, but he shot just 9- of- 26, scored only seven points after halftime and committed six turnovers. It didn' t matter how much I slept or what I ate, I was always tired, feeling bad " Cutler said " It just feels good to be back to my old self and I' m happy to be out here.