Union won't agree to Mitchell's request

Baseball
The players' union doesn't intend to agree to a request from former Senator George Mitchell's staff to submit anonymous medical records to his steroids probe, according to several lawyers familiar with the negotiations. Mitchell's staff has been seeking medical records for several months. The union has not agreed because players fear Mitchell's staff would use information -- such as age, height, weight, and blood type -- to connect the records to specific players, the lawyers said, speaking on condition of anonymity . . . The Cincinnati Reds sent third baseman Edwin Encarnacion to Triple A Louisville a day after his two throwing errors set up three unearned runs in a 3-2 loss to the Houston Astros. The Reds called up infielder Jeff Keppinger . . . Giants center fielder Dave Roberts's surgery on his troublesome left elbow will possibly keep him out for four weeks.

Football

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was charged with driving under the influence in Nashville, even though police said his brother-in-law was behind the wheel of the pickup registered to the former Tennessee Titan. Although McNair was just a passenger, he was charged with a misdemeanor under a Tennessee law that prohibits a vehicle owner from letting it be driven by someone who is inebriated . . . Adam "Pacman" Jones and his attorneys are scheduled to meet today with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in New York to appeal the length of his seasonlong suspension for conduct detrimental to the NFL . . . Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson will have a hearing following his release from jail Sunday after serving 60 days for violating parole in a 2005 case.

Soccer

More than 20,000 tickets have been sold for the Revolution-Los Angeles Galaxy game Aug. 12 at Gillette Stadium. The 7 p.m. match will be David Beckham's third appearance during the regular season. Tickets are available in four-game packages ranging from $72 to $128, and Gillette Stadium will be limited to 30,000 capacity. "We haven't started selling individual tickets but we are expecting a sellout," Revolution general manager Craig Tornberg said.

FRANK DELL'APA

Real Salt Lake and the host Colorado Rapids each scored own goals last night, the first time in MLS history all the scoring in a 1-1 tie came from own goals. The Rapids' Herculez Gomez had a cross pass bounce off Real defender Jack Stewart and into the Real net in the fourth minute. Eleven minutes later, a Freddy Adu cross went off Pablo Mastroeni into his goal . . . US national team defender Jimmy Conrad has a broken jaw -- his second in two years -- and hopes to be back for the CONCACAF Gold Cup next month . . . Gino Pariani, 79, who played for the US on the 1950 team that produced one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history, died in St. Louis. (Obituary, B8.)

NHL

The NHL Players' Association fired executive director Ted Saskin, two months after placing him on a paid leave of absence following allegations that he and senior director Ken Kim read players' e-mails. "I will work toward a fair resolution of my contractual rights with the NHLPA and wish them well in the future," Saskin said. The NHLPA said it was considering its options with Kim, and would have no further comment at this time. "I doubt it's over," said the Red Wings Chris Chelios, who spearheaded the movement to fire Saskin. "We haven't heard from Ted yet. But it was a unanimous vote today, which was nice."

Miscellany

Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. was awarded $2.7 million in a lawsuit that claimed an ambulance company caused his career-ending injuries by failing to properly treat him after a 2003 accident. The 60-year-old jockey broke two bones in his neck after his horse, Trampus Too, clipped the heels of another horse March 1, 2003, at Santa Anita. Pincay was thrown, and his horse fell on him. The accident forced Pincay to retire after 9,530 victories . . . Fourth-seeded Martina Hingis couldn't overcome a hip injury, losing, 6-4, 6-0, to Patty Schnyder in the third round of the German Open in Berlin. Third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 5 Jelena Jankovic, and No. 7 Nadia Petrova also reached the quarterfinals at the French Open tuneup . . . Harvard's Kathy Delaney-Smith was named to the USA Basketball Women's Pan American Games coaching staff . . . Floyd Mayweather Jr. hedged his prefight retirement talk, saying he was waiting for a call from Oscar De La Hoya for a rematch after his 12-round split-decision victory last Saturday . . . Floyd Landis claims the US Anti-Doping Agency's lead attorney approached his lawyer offering "the shortest suspension they'd ever given an athlete" if Landis provided information that implicated Lance Armstrong for doping.