Donnelly says he never used steroids

Former Red Sox reliever Brendan Donnelly denied claims in the Mitchell Report that he used performance-enhancing drugs. In the report, the culmination of a 20-month investigation into steroid use in baseball that was released Thursday, former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski recalled that Donnelly called him in 2004 looking for Anavar, an anabolic steroid. The report said Radomski made one sale to Donnelly of Deca-Durabolin for which Donnelly paid $250 to $300. In a statement, Donnelly acknowledges calling Radomski to discuss Anavar in 2004, when the pitcher was injured. "Upon learning that Anavar was classified as a steroid, I realized that was not an option," Donnelly said. "That was the end of it. Yes, I called him. But I did not purchase or receive anything from him. I never took Deca or Anavar." Donnelly, whose option was declined by the Red Sox the day before the report was released, told ESPN.com that he was "sick to my stomach" about being included in the report, saying he hasn't slept since it was released . . . Alex Rodriguez told "60 Minutes" that he's never used steroids and never felt as if he needed them to compete. Jose Canseco, the former slugger who was one of the first to admit using steroids, said Friday he couldn't believe Rodriguez wasn't included in the Mitchell Report. "I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field," the Yankees superstar said. ". . . I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing."

Michigan, college football's winningest program, ended its coaching search nearly a month after it started by announcing the hiring of West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez as the successor to the retiring Lloyd Carr. Rodriguez is scheduled to be introduced as the Wolverines' coach at a news conference this morning. The 44-year-old Rodriguez built the Mountaineers into a Big East power, winning the conference championship this year for the fourth time in five seasons and going 60-26 overall. The 11th-ranked Mountaineers (10-2) will play in their second Bowl Championship Series game in three seasons, but Rodriguez isn't expected to coach the squad in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma.

Tiger Woods won the final golf tournament of the year, closing with a 4-under-par 68 to match the tournament record at the Target World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, Calif., and set a record for the largest margin of victory, seven shots over Masters champion Zach Johnson. Woods had not played since Sept. 30 at the Presidents Cup, but he didn't show much rust in winning the tournament he hosts for the fourth time and becoming the first player to win in consecutive years. Woods finished at 22-under 266, tying the tournament record first set by Davis Love in 2000. Rory Sabbatini, who was in last place going into the final round, stirred controversy when he withdrew from the 16-man field in the morning. He told the PGA Tour he was pulling out for "personal reasons," but his agent later said it was due to shin splints. Sabbatini reportedly told a clubhouse attendant Saturday night that he was leaving for Hawaii . . . Craig Parry made a 15-foot par putt on the 17th hole to shoot a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory in the Australian Open in Perth. He finished at 11-under 277 for the tournament . . . Annika Sorenstam won the Dubai Ladies Masters by two strokes for her first victory since she won the tournament in 2006. She closed with 2-under 70 to finish at 10-under 278 at the season-ending tournament of the Ladies European Tour.

Kalle Palander got his third career giant slalom victory on the Gran Risa course at Alta Badia, Italy, and American Ted Ligety skied the fastest second run to finish fifth. The Finnish skier led the first run and his two-run combined time was 2 minutes 30.92 seconds. Olympic giant slalom champion Benjamin Raich of Austria finished second, .42 seconds behind, to retake the overall World Cup lead from Didier Cuche, who fell in the first leg. Ligety holds a 235-212 lead on Raich in the GS standings. Bode Miller skied off course in the first run when one of his bindings came apart while he leaned hard into a turn. Miller skied the rest of the way with one ski but was out of the race . . . Olympic slalom champion Anja Paerson won a women's World Cup super-G at St. Moritz, Switzerland, her second victory in 24 hours after winning Saturday's downhill. The Swede finished the Corviglia course in 1:15.06 . . . Kikkan Randall became the first US woman to win a World Cup cross-country race when she defeated world sprint champion Astrid Jacobsen of Norway in the final meters of a 1.2-kilometer freestyle at Demino, Russia. Randall finished in 2 minutes 48.7 seconds . . . German speedskater Jenny Wolf broke her own world record in the women's 100 meters with a time of 10.22 seconds at a World Cup race in Erfurt, Germany.

Junior guard Eric Devendorf, the second-leading scorer for the Syracuse men's basketball team, will miss the rest of the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the first minute of the second half of the Orange's 125-75 victory Saturday night over Eastern Tennessee State . . . David Krejci scored a pair of goals and Matt Hunwick and Matt Hendricks also scored as the Providence Bruins defeated the Houston Aeros, 4-1, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. Tuukka Rask stopped 22 shots . . . Knicks guard Stephon Marbury plans to play tonight against Indiana after missing four games while mourning the death of his father . . . David Nalbandian, the top-ranked Argentine at No. 9 in the world, beat compatriot Juan Monaco, 6-4, 7-5, to the Copa Argentina tennis final in Buenos Aires . . . Danny Green scored a unanimous decision over Stipe Drews to win the World Boxing Association light heavyweight title at Perth, Australia . . . Sweden set a world record of 1 minute 24.19 seconds in the men's 4x50-meter freestyle relay at the European Short Course Swimming Championships at Debrecen, Hungary.