Sports Log
Glavine may file grievance over release
June 8, 2009
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Baseball
Braves general manager Frank Wren said he had no comment yesterday on a report by FoxSports.com that Tom Glavine may file a grievance against the team following his release Wednesday. Glavine said Friday he believes he was released for financial reasons. Wren, team chairman Terry McGuirk, and president John Schuerholz said Glavine was released because they did not believe the 43-year-old lefthander would make a successful return from surgery on his elbow and shoulder. Glavine would have received a $1 million bonus if he had been activated from the disabled list by yesterday, as he expected . . . Pirates general manager Neal Huntington wrote an open letter to fans on the team's website explaining the decision to trade center fielder Nate McLouth to Atlanta wasn't financially motivated. "We have said several times that tough decisions will need to be made as we build and sustain a championship caliber organization," Huntington wrote. The Pirates have the majors' lowest average attendance, prompting speculation that the trade of McLouth, who signed a contract extension during the offseason, was made to save money.PawSox squander Bowden's effort
The Pawtucket Red Sox wasted six splendid innings by Michael Bowden, blowing a three-run lead in the ninth to fall to the Durham Bulls, 5-4, at McCoy Stadium. Bowden held Durham to one run on six hits and a walk, but the Pawtucket bullpen couldn't hold a 3-1 advantage. Hunter Jones was charged with all four runs in the ninth, although the key play came against Marcus McBeth, who entered with the bases loaded with one out and two runs in. McBeth's first batter, Ray Sadler, reached on an error by third baseman Travis Denker, allowing the tying run to score. Chris Richard followed with a run-scoring ground out. Pawtucket stranded two runners in the bottom of the ninth . . . The Sea Dogs rolled to a 10-3 home win over the Trenton Thunder thanks to an eight-run seventh inning, during which the first eight Portland batters reached base. By then Junichi Tazawa (7-3, 2.67 ERA) already had wrapped up his day, giving up one run and striking out six over six innings.Colleges
UConn guard Haralson to transfer
Scottie Haralson, a 6-foot-4-inch, 220-pound guard at Connecticut, is transferring to the University of Tulsa, Golden Hurricane basketball coach Doug Wojcik said. Haralson will sit out the 2009-10 season and have three years of eligibility remaining. He averaged 1.4 points last season as a true freshman . . . North Carolina defeated East Carolina, 9-3, to clinch a fourth straight trip to the College World Series. Dustin Ackley, projected to be a top-five pick in tomorrow's First-Year Player Draft, hit a three-run homer, and the host Tar Heels (47-16) swept the best-of-three super regional . . . Virginia reached its first CWS after beating host Mississippi, 5-1, to win the super regional. Steven Proscia led the Cavaliers (48-13) with three hits . . . Joey Archer drove in three runs for Southern Mississippi (40-24), which knocked out super regional host Florida, 7-6, to reach its first CWS . . . Josh Spence went the distance, striking out 10, and Arizona State (49-12) wrapped up its super regional with an 8-2 victory in Tempe . . . Matt Vern and Matt Carpenter homered for TCU, which edged host Texas, 3-2, to push the tournament's top seed to a third game in the super regional.Soccer
Bradley shakes up US national roster
US coach Bob Bradley made some roster adjustments in preparation for the Confederations Cup. Injured forward Brian Ching (hamstring) and defender Frankie Hejduk (groin) were left off the roster, as were midfielders Maurice Edu, who had left knee surgery last week, and Pablo Mastroeni. Bradley added three players who were not in the initial training pool for the recent qualifiers: No. 3 goalkeeper Luis Robles, midfielder Ricardo Clark, and forward Conor Casey . . . Kenny Cooper scored in the 87th minute to help FC Dallas (2-6-4) extend its unbeaten streak to four matches with a 2-2 tie at home against the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer . . . Amanda Cinalli scored in her Women's Professional Soccer debut, and Saint Louis Athletica defeated Sky Blue FC, 1-0, in Fenton, Mo., to move into a third-place tie with the idle Boston Breakers heading into their matchup next Sunday . . . In other WPS action, Chicago and FC Gold Pride tied, 1-1, in Santa Clara, Calif., and host Los Angeles beat Washington, 3-1.Miscellany
Report: Favre had arthroscopic surgery
Citing two anonymous sources, ESPN reported that Brett Favre had arthroscopic surgery last month to repair the torn right biceps tendon that bothered him late last season with the New York Jets, another indication the quarterback is considering coming out of retirement. According to the report, Favre has thrown on a limited basis since the surgery, but isn't close to 100 percent. A source told ESPN Favre wouldn't return "unless he makes significant progress." . . . Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt bested his own Hayward Field record by winning the seldom-run 300 meters in 31.30 seconds in the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. Merritt, who won gold in the 400 last summer in Beijing, also topped the meet-best 32.19 set by Jason Rouser in 1994. Sanya Richards ran the women's 400 in 49.86, the fastest time in the world this year . . . Rose Kosgei of Kenya won the 38th New York Mini 10K in Central Park, finishing in 32:43 to beat Serena Burla of Ellisville, Mo., by 21 seconds. Prerace favorite Deena Kastor (toe) did not compete.
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