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Sports Briefs: Committee subpoenas Knoblauch
By The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | No comments posted.
WASHINGTON — Four-time All-Star Chuck Knoblauch was subpoenaed Tuesday by a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball after he failed to respond to an invitation to give a deposition.
Knoblauch, who played for the Yankees, Twins and Royals, was asked to appear Thursday, the first of five depositions or transcribed interviews scheduled by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee prior to its Feb. 13 hearing.
Roger Clemens was asked to speak to committee staff Saturday, followed by Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte on Jan. 30. Brian McNamee, a former personal trainer for Clemens and Pettitte, is due in Jan. 31, with former New York Mets clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski asked to appear Feb. 1.
They all had until close of business Tuesday to respond to their invitations; Knoblauch’s deadline was last Friday.
Tulowitzki nears new contract
DENVER — Slick-fielding shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies closed in on a six-year contract with a club option for 2014.
The deal was contingent on Tulowitzki passing a physical, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because an agreement had not been announced.
The Rockies scheduled a news conference for today, the same day Tulowitzki’s physical was expected to be completed. Media reports have said the deal is worth about $30 million.
White Sox sign Dotel
CHICAGO — Octavio Dotel and the Chicago White Sox agreed to an $11 million, two-year contract, bolstering a bullpen that ranked among the majors’ worst last season.
The 34-year-old right-hander spent last season with the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, but a shoulder injury limited him to 33 appearances and 30 2-3 innings. He went 2-1 with a 4.11 ERA and was dealt from Kansas City to Atlanta at the July 31 trade deadline.
Mattingly’s role to change
LOS ANGELES — Don Mattingly won’t be alongside Joe Torre in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout for every game this year.
Mattingly will be moved from Dodgers hitting coach to major league special assignment coach for the 2008 season due to family reasons, the team said. Mike Easler will replace Mattingly as hitting coach.
Mets, Chavez agree to contract
NEW YORK — Outfielder Endy Chavez and the New York Mets agreed to a $3.85 million, two-year contract.
Chavez, who made $1,725,000 last year, gets $1.8 million this season and $2.05 million in 2009. He can make an additional $250,000 in performance bonuses this year and $375,000 in 2009.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Heyward returns to OSU as assistant football coach
CORVALLIS — Oregon State coach Mike Riley said Tuesday that Keith Heyward will coach cornerbacks next season.
Heyward, a former Beavers cornerback and graduate assistant, replaces Nigel Burton, who resigned last week to become defensive coordinator at Nevada.
Heyward, 28, returns to Corvallis after one season as the linebackers coach at Cal Poly. Heyward was a four-year letterman for Oregon State after being recruited by Riley out of Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif.
“It’s really a dream to come back to my alma mater and work with such a great coaching staff,” Heyward said in a statement released by the university. “To think just a little more than 10 years ago I was first setting foot on the OSU campus as a freshman to now being a full-time assistant coach — it’s hard to put into words the gratitude I have for Coach Riley and the people who make up Oregon State University.”
Heyward earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communication in 2001 and played football professionally for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe and the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League.
PRO FOOTBALL
Owens expected back in Dallas
IRVING, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones plans to pay Terrell Owens’ $3 million roster bonus, which means the All-Pro wide receiver will be back for the final season of his three-year, $25 million contract.
“Yes, we are going to have Terrell back,” Jones said Tuesday at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Gruden gets extension
TAMPA, Fla. — Coach Jon Gruden was rewarded for Tampa Bay’s worst-to-first turnaround in the NFC South with a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2011 season.
Gruden, who had one year left on a contract that was extended after the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl five seasons ago, earned about $4.3 million in 2007.
General manager Bruce Allen also was given a three-year extension, keeping him under contract for another four seasons.
Lynch added to Pro Bowl roster
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos safety John Lynch was selected to his ninth Pro Bowl, replacing the injured Bob Sanders of Indianapolis.
Lynch joins teammate Champ Bailey on the AFC roster. Bailey and Lynch have both been selected to the Pro Bowl all four years they’ve played for Denver.
HOCKEY
Crosby to miss All-Star game
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby, the NHL’s marquee name and the player the Penguins are building a Stanley Cup contender around, learned he will be out for six to eight weeks with a high ankle sprain. The team already had announced Crosby would miss Sunday’s NHL All-Star game.
The timetable is what the Penguins realistically expected almost from the moment Crosby was hurt during the first period Friday night against Tampa Bay. Still, the 20-year-old Crosby thought his age and superb conditioning might allow him to return sooner.
If Crosby is out for eight weeks, or until mid-March, he would miss most of the remaining regular season. That would be a major setback to the Penguins, who are locked in a three-way race with the Devils and Flyers for the Atlantic Division lead.
Maple Leafs fire GM Fletcher
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired general manager John Ferguson, replacing him with former GM Cliff Fletcher on an interim basis.
The Maple Leafs, who have missed the playoffs the past two years, are 14th in the Eastern Conference standings with a 19-22-8 record. Fletcher served as GM of the Maple Leafs from 1991 to 1997.
PRO BASKETBALL
Nene’s tumor was malignant
DENVER — A testicular tumor removed from Denver Nuggets forward Nene was malignant.
The team said the tumor was discovered early, and tests showed the cancer was isolated.
“The recovery rate is extremely high,” the Nuggets said in a written statement. “In addition, the odds of a recurrence are very small.”
The Brazilian player underwent surgery Jan. 14 to remove the tumor. The team said he was doing well, but there was no timetable for his return.
Knoblauch, who played for the Yankees, Twins and Royals, was asked to appear Thursday, the first of five depositions or transcribed interviews scheduled by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee prior to its Feb. 13 hearing.
Roger Clemens was asked to speak to committee staff Saturday, followed by Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte on Jan. 30. Brian McNamee, a former personal trainer for Clemens and Pettitte, is due in Jan. 31, with former New York Mets clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski asked to appear Feb. 1.
They all had until close of business Tuesday to respond to their invitations; Knoblauch’s deadline was last Friday.
Tulowitzki nears new contract
DENVER — Slick-fielding shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies closed in on a six-year contract with a club option for 2014.
The deal was contingent on Tulowitzki passing a physical, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because an agreement had not been announced.
The Rockies scheduled a news conference for today, the same day Tulowitzki’s physical was expected to be completed. Media reports have said the deal is worth about $30 million.
White Sox sign Dotel
CHICAGO — Octavio Dotel and the Chicago White Sox agreed to an $11 million, two-year contract, bolstering a bullpen that ranked among the majors’ worst last season.
The 34-year-old right-hander spent last season with the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, but a shoulder injury limited him to 33 appearances and 30 2-3 innings. He went 2-1 with a 4.11 ERA and was dealt from Kansas City to Atlanta at the July 31 trade deadline.
Mattingly’s role to change
LOS ANGELES — Don Mattingly won’t be alongside Joe Torre in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout for every game this year.
Mattingly will be moved from Dodgers hitting coach to major league special assignment coach for the 2008 season due to family reasons, the team said. Mike Easler will replace Mattingly as hitting coach.
Mets, Chavez agree to contract
NEW YORK — Outfielder Endy Chavez and the New York Mets agreed to a $3.85 million, two-year contract.
Chavez, who made $1,725,000 last year, gets $1.8 million this season and $2.05 million in 2009. He can make an additional $250,000 in performance bonuses this year and $375,000 in 2009.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Heyward returns to OSU as assistant football coach
CORVALLIS — Oregon State coach Mike Riley said Tuesday that Keith Heyward will coach cornerbacks next season.
Heyward, a former Beavers cornerback and graduate assistant, replaces Nigel Burton, who resigned last week to become defensive coordinator at Nevada.
Heyward, 28, returns to Corvallis after one season as the linebackers coach at Cal Poly. Heyward was a four-year letterman for Oregon State after being recruited by Riley out of Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Calif.
“It’s really a dream to come back to my alma mater and work with such a great coaching staff,” Heyward said in a statement released by the university. “To think just a little more than 10 years ago I was first setting foot on the OSU campus as a freshman to now being a full-time assistant coach — it’s hard to put into words the gratitude I have for Coach Riley and the people who make up Oregon State University.”
Heyward earned a bachelor’s degree in speech communication in 2001 and played football professionally for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe and the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League.
PRO FOOTBALL
Owens expected back in Dallas
IRVING, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones plans to pay Terrell Owens’ $3 million roster bonus, which means the All-Pro wide receiver will be back for the final season of his three-year, $25 million contract.
“Yes, we are going to have Terrell back,” Jones said Tuesday at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Gruden gets extension
TAMPA, Fla. — Coach Jon Gruden was rewarded for Tampa Bay’s worst-to-first turnaround in the NFC South with a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2011 season.
Gruden, who had one year left on a contract that was extended after the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl five seasons ago, earned about $4.3 million in 2007.
General manager Bruce Allen also was given a three-year extension, keeping him under contract for another four seasons.
Lynch added to Pro Bowl roster
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos safety John Lynch was selected to his ninth Pro Bowl, replacing the injured Bob Sanders of Indianapolis.
Lynch joins teammate Champ Bailey on the AFC roster. Bailey and Lynch have both been selected to the Pro Bowl all four years they’ve played for Denver.
HOCKEY
Crosby to miss All-Star game
PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby, the NHL’s marquee name and the player the Penguins are building a Stanley Cup contender around, learned he will be out for six to eight weeks with a high ankle sprain. The team already had announced Crosby would miss Sunday’s NHL All-Star game.
The timetable is what the Penguins realistically expected almost from the moment Crosby was hurt during the first period Friday night against Tampa Bay. Still, the 20-year-old Crosby thought his age and superb conditioning might allow him to return sooner.
If Crosby is out for eight weeks, or until mid-March, he would miss most of the remaining regular season. That would be a major setback to the Penguins, who are locked in a three-way race with the Devils and Flyers for the Atlantic Division lead.
Maple Leafs fire GM Fletcher
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs fired general manager John Ferguson, replacing him with former GM Cliff Fletcher on an interim basis.
The Maple Leafs, who have missed the playoffs the past two years, are 14th in the Eastern Conference standings with a 19-22-8 record. Fletcher served as GM of the Maple Leafs from 1991 to 1997.
PRO BASKETBALL
Nene’s tumor was malignant
DENVER — A testicular tumor removed from Denver Nuggets forward Nene was malignant.
The team said the tumor was discovered early, and tests showed the cancer was isolated.
“The recovery rate is extremely high,” the Nuggets said in a written statement. “In addition, the odds of a recurrence are very small.”
The Brazilian player underwent surgery Jan. 14 to remove the tumor. The team said he was doing well, but there was no timetable for his return.
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