Brewers 1/2 game out of first after 5-3 win over Cardinals
Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Sunday, June 12, 2011
Marlins SS Ramirez could be activated Tuesday
MIAMI -- Hanley Ramirez could return to the Florida Marlins when he's eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday.
Ramirez Ramirez is scheduled to make his second rehab start for Class A Jupiter on Saturday night. Out with a back strain since May 30, the All-Star shortstop went 2 for 3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored as the designated hitter for Jupiter on Friday night.
Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez said Saturday that Ramirez was fine physically but he did not run at 100 percent.
Ramirez hit off a tee Wednesday, his first activity since being injured. He was scheduled to play nine innings at shortstop in the Hammerheads' game at Port St. Lucie on Saturday.
If things go as planned, Ramirez will return to the Marlins on Sunday to take batting practice. He would work out with the team Monday and return to the lineup at Philadelphia on Tuesday, when he can come off the DL.
Also, Marlins closer Leo Nunez, who wasn't available Friday night due to back tightness, was scheduled to throw in the bullpen Sunday and Monday. Rodriguez said Nunez could be available Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Unlike Ramirez and Nunez, right-hander Josh Johnson's return is more uncertain.
The Marlins ace has been on the disabled list since May 21, retroactive to May 17, with right shoulder inflammation.
Trainers have warned Johnson that rushing back before he's completely healthy likely would result in more shoulder problems.
"Right now, we're trying to concentrate on what we have here available," Rodriguez said. "Whenever J.J. is 100 percent, that's when we want J.J. on the field. When that's going to happen, we have no idea. ... We hope to have Josh for at least the second half of the season."
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
Kiffin appears at NCAA hearing over Tennessee
INDIANAPOLIS -- Former Tennessee coaches Bruce Pearl and Lane Kiffin finally got to explain themselves in front of the NCAA.
All they can do now is wait to see if it did any good.
Kiffin spent more than four hours answering questions in front of the infractions committee Saturday, then was followed by Pearl, who spent nearly five hours in front of the committee. School officials are hoping the daylong closed-door hearing marks the beginning of the end of a 22-month investigation that rocked the Volunteers' football and men's basketball programs and tarnished Tennessee's reputation.
"The hardest part is just being here," Pearl said. "This was not something I was looking forward to."
The committee is expected to make a ruling within eight to 12 weeks. That's when the Volunteers' will learn their punishment.
Tennessee faces a dozen major rules violations in the two high-profile sports including accusations that both coaches committed recruiting infractions and that both also failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance within those programs.
Pearl, the former Volunteers men's basketball coach, also was charged with unethical conduct after misleading NCAA investigators during an interview last June when he was asked about hosting high school juniors at a cookout at his house on Sept. 20, 2008 and phoning John Craft, father of recruit Aaron Craft, in an effort to influence Craft's statement to investigators about the cookout.
Craft just completed his freshman season at Ohio State, whose football program is also under NCAA investigation.
On Sept. 10, in a tearful news conference, Pearl acknowledged he had provided false information to the investigators.
That part was not contested Saturday, but there was plenty of discussion on other issues -- and lots of people trying to help Tennessee plead for leniency.
Those attending included, Kiffin, now the Southern California football coach; Pearl, who was fired after last season by Tennessee; Mike Hamilton, the outgoing athletic director; SEC commissioner Mike Slive; Derek Dooley, Tennessee's new football coach; and Cuonzo Martin, the Vols new men's basketball coach. Martin and Dooley are not implicated in the charges.
The school's contingent was so large it forced the NCAA to move its hearing into a bigger conference room, and the hearing was held about five blocks from the home stadium of one of Tennessee's most famous alums -- four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning.
"We are glad we had the opportunity to present our case," university chancellor Jimmy Cheek said in a statement. "We feel it was a fair hearing and we look forward to the resolution of this matter."
Kiffin was accompanied at the hearing by USC athletic director Pat Haden, who made his second appearance in front of an NCAA committee in Indy this year. He also attended January's appeals hearing for USC, which this week was stripped of its 2004 national title by the Bowl Championship Series for NCAA violations.
Tennessee has already taken some steps in hopes of avoiding a punishment that would be that drastic.
It reduced Pearl's salary by $1.5 million last season and banned him from off-campus recruiting for one year. The SEC also suspended Pearl for eight conference games. In March, Pearl was fired.
The school also lowered the salary for each of Pearl's three assistants, who were accused of not providing "complete" information about the cookout.
Pearl and two of his assistants, Tony Jones and Steve Forbes also are accused of making 96 impermissible phone calls to 12 recruits or relatives between Aug. 1, 2007, and July 29, 2009, and the school has been charged with failure to monitor the coaching staff's contacts.
Kiffin and his assistants were accused of making improper calls to recruits, too, after Tennessee officials warned them against it. He made those calls just days before taking the Southern California job in January 2010.
In addition, Kiffin and recruiting intern Steve Rubio are accused of visiting a Florida high school on Oct. 12, 2009, even though Rubio was not permitted to make on-campus visits.
Kiffin's failure to monitor charge stems from trips taken by members of the school's athletics hostess program to visit recruits.
Both coaches attended the first 40 minutes of the closed-door hearing, which were set aside for opening statements.
Kiffin then remained in the room, while Pearl and his former assistants left en masse. Pearl wandered down to the hotel lobby, waiting there until Kiffin finished more than four hours later. It took so long the lunch break was delayed twice.
Kiffin would not discuss the specifics of what took place inside the room.
Pearl was the first person back when the hearing resumed after a one-hour break. He spent most of the next five hours back inside the room.
When things finally wrapped up, more than 10½ hours after they started, the emotions were mixed.
"It's a very thorough process and I'm glad it's over," Kiffin said before leaving the downtown Indianapolis hotel for a football camp at Southern Cal. "It was a lot shorter than the last one I sat through, three days of USC's, and I'm happy it's over."
The fallout from the scandal may not be, though.
Hamilton announced this week he would resign at the end of the month. Tennessee women's athletics director Joan Cronan, also in Indy, will serve as interim vice chancellor and director of athletics until Hamilton's replacement is picked.
Sometime in August or September, the Volunteers should learn their fate.
"It's not over because we've got to wait 45 or 60 days," Pearl said.
And for Pearl, who wore an orange and white tie and orange suspenders to the hearing, there was no sense of relief.
"Not really because we paid a very heavy price, all of us here have -- my staff and the University of Tennessee," he said. "So there's not much relief."
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
Red Sox Crush Blue Jays, 16-4
Home runs by David Ortiz, Jason Varitek lead Red Sox over Blue Jays
Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.Savo Milosevic's dad killed by grandfather
Former Aston Villa striker Savo Milosevic has suffered the death of his father - at the hands of his grandfather.
Empics / BarryCoombsSavo Milosevic: Asked for privacy in event of awful family eventsGrandfather Savo Senior, 83, shot 58-year-old Stevo Milosevic in the chest with a M-48 rifle at the Milosevic's family home in Glavicice, Bosnia- Herzegovina after an argument about a property dispute
Stevo Milosevic died in hospital after an ambulance was called, and his father was arrested at the scene by police.
Savo Milosevic, 37, released a statement to Serbian newspaper Tanjug. "We ask the media to spare the family and give us time to cope with the tragedy so we can pull ourselves together," he said in the statement.
Milosevic played for Villa between 1995 and 1998 and also played for the likes of Real Zaragoza, Parma and Osasuna and won 102 caps for Serbia before ending his career with Rubin Kazan.
Sources: NHL won't stage Heritage next season
The NHL will go back to only one outdoor game next season.
Sources told ESPN.com on Saturday that the Heritage Classic in Canada, which made its return when Calgary hosted the event in February, won't be staged next season.
The source said the Heritage may return for the 2012-13 season, but at the very least will skip next season.
The Winter Classic remains as the only outdoor game for next season. It's expected to be held in Philadelphia although the NHL hasn't made that official yet.
Pierre LeBrun covers the NHL for ESPN.com.
Essien tells Chelsea he wants to stay
Michael Essien has handed manager-less Chelsea a boost by declaring his intention to stay at Stamford Bridge next season.
GettyImagesMichael Essien: Linked with Inter Milan• Lukaku focused on exams, not Chelsea
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Chelsea are currently without a leader after Carlo Ancelotti's departure from the club, although Guus Hiddink is strongly expected to return by the start of the new campaign.
With uncertainty surrounding the Blues' immediate future though, Essien's name has been linked with a move away from England, with Serie A the mooted destination.
Reports in Italy and Essien's native Ghana have suggested Essien could be heading for talks with Italian giants Inter Milan, who have identified the central midfield area as the major position in need of improvement after finishing six points behind AC Milan last season.
"I am looking forward to next season, I want to win back the title and bring the Champions League to Chelsea," Essien is quoted as saying by Skysports.com.
"So I am not aware of not playing for Chelsea next season."
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