Falcons want bonus back from Vick

Football
The Falcons will try to recoup $22 million already paid to suspended quarterback Michael Vick, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday. Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL Friday after he agreed to plead guilty to federal dogfighting charges in Virginia. That cleared the way for the Falcons to pursue money paid to Vick in signing bonuses . . . Peyton Manning completed 23 of 27 passes for 233 yards and three TDs -- all in the first half -- in Indianapolis's 37-10 exhibition rout of Detroit . . . Rex Grossman passed for 211 yards and two touchdowns in the first half as Chicago held off San Francisco, 31-28. Bears wide receiver Devin Hester left in the first quarter with a shoulder injury . . . Kellen Clemens engineered two third-quarter touchdown drives to lead the Jets to a 20-12 victory over the Giants . . . The game between Baltimore and Washington in Landover, Md., was halted because of lightning with 11:38 remaining in the third quarter, giving the Redskins an abbreviated 13-7 win . . . Damon Huard was named Kansas City's starting quarterback . . . Herman Mitchell, a Texas high school football standout who committed to play at Oklahoma, was fatally shot with a rifle Friday after getting into a fight at an apartment complex.

Basketball

The United States held the Canadians to just two field goals in a dominant second quarter, pulling away for a 113-63 victory in the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas. Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points, Michael Redd added 19, and LeBron James had 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. The US team (3-0) closes pool play tonight against Brazil (3-0), which beat the Virgin Islands, 93-89, behind 36 points by Leandro Barbosa.

Baseball

Byung Hyun Kim rejoined the Florida Marlins, signing as a free agent 10 days after the Arizona Diamondbacks designated him for assignment . . . San Diego placed second baseman Marcus Giles on the 15-day disabled list with a left knee sprain suffered Friday when Philadelphia's Carlos Ruiz barreled into the infielder trying to break up a double play . . . Shortstop Dave Concepcion had his No. 13 retired by the Cincinnati Reds . . . Chris Carter's ninth-inning homer lifted Pawtucket over host Rochester, 9-8, in International League action . . . Somerville defeated Brighton, 7-6, to win the Yawkey League championship series in five games.

Miscellany

James Blake beat close friend Mardy Fish, 7-5, 6-4, to win an all-American final at the Pilot Pen in New Haven. Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first title in five tries this season when qualifier Agnes Szavay retired with a back injury while leading, 6-4, 0-3. It was the third consecutive match Kuznetsova won because her opponent retired. Kuznetsova won her third-round match when Francesca Schiavone dropped out with an ankle injury and advanced to the final when Elena Dementieva was hit by a stomach ailment . . . Randy Couture defeated Gabriel Gonzaga by a third-round TKO to retain his heavyweight championship and Georges St-Pierre won by unanimous decision over Josh Koscheck in a welterweight bout at UFC 74 in Las Vegas . . . Fernando Vargas has been diagnosed with a severe iron deficiency, causing the postponement of his Sept. 8 bout against Ricardo Mayorga . . . Eileen Canney pitched a one-hit shutout as the New England Riptide defeated the Akron Racers, 3-0, in the first round of the National Pro Fastpitch Championships in Kimberly, Wis. . . . Mia Hamm and longtime teammate Julie Foudy will be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame today in Oneonta, N.Y. . . . Kristine Lilly, Shannon Boxx, Lindsay Tarpley, and Heather O'Reilly scored to give the United States a 4-0 victory over Finland in Carson, Calif., in the team's final game before the Women's World Cup. Lilly, playing in her world-record 331st international game, added an assist to become the second woman, behind Hamm, to reach 100 goals and 100 assists in international soccer . . . Los Angeles defeated Rochester, 15-14, in the semifinals of the Major League Lacrosse playoffs in Rochester, N.Y. The Riptide will play for the title today against Philadelphia, which defeated Denver, 13-12, in overtime.