Tampa Bay's Price nearly injured in win over Red Sox

Tampa Bay Rays prized left-hander David Price, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft, left yesterday's 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the second inning after being hit on the right hand by the barrel of a shattered bat.

According to Rays team spokesman Rick Vaughn, Price had an abrasion on his right thumb and will not need stitches.

"We'll evaluate the whole thing," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "I'm sure he'll be sore tomorrow. We'll see how sore he is and take it from there. And honestly, when I'm out (to the mound), my first thought was, 'Thank God it was his right hand."'

Price expects to make his next start.

"It was more of a scare than anything else," Price said. "I don't really remember what happened, to be honest. Tried to make a play on the ball and I guess out of the corner of my eye I saw the bat and just threw my hands up. Could have been a lot worse than what it is right now.

"It's fine right now, just the normal soreness you'd have after something like that. I'm going to be fine. I should be fine tomorrow playing catch. Just bandage it up. I'll be all right."

In his second start of the spring, Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester pitched 2 2/3 innings, giving up one unearned on two hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

Pro football: Pennsylvania officers with Roethlisberger at club

Two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual assault, and the two men didn't see anything inappropriate, an attorney for one of them said.

Anthony Barravecchio, an officer on the force in the Pittsburgh suburb of Coraopolis, and Pennsylvania Trooper Ed Joyner were among about eight people with Roethlisberger celebrating his birthday at the club, attorney Michael Santicola said. Santicola said the men were there because they are friends of the two-time Super Bowl winner.

More pro football: Jurors in Williams' slaying trial to go to second day

Jurors deliberating the case against a man accused of firing the shots that killed Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams went home without reaching a decision. Jurors deciding the Willie Clark case will return to the Denver courthouse today morning. Clark is charged with first-degree murder in the New Year's Day 2007 shooting.

More pro football: Mason to return to Ravens; agrees on two-year deal

After twice reaching outside the organization to enhance their wide receiving corps, the Baltimore Ravens secured one of their own: two-time Pro Bowl player Derrick Mason. Mason, an unrestricted free agent, agreed to a two-year deal with the team he joined in 2005.

Mason's future with the Ravens appeared unclear after the Ravens obtained free agent wideout Donte' Stallworth and traded for Anquan Boldin. Mason hinted after the 2009 season that he might retire, and there was also a chance he would sign with another team.

But now he's set to end his career with Baltimore, and his return assures third-year quarterback Joe Flacco a familiar target to go with Stallworth and Boldin.

Pro baseball: Torrealba still fears for family in Venezuela

Although Yorvit Torrealba's son is safe, the San Diego Padres catcher still fears for the rest of his family.

Nine months after his son was kidnapped by five men in Caracas, Venezuela, and later returned unharmed, Torrealba said his son and wife are now living in Miami and adjusting to their new lives.

"It's hard because I have a big family," Torrealba said. "I'd love to buy a big enough house. I wish I could bring all of them here and move them in.

Pro basketball: Heat say still no word from Alston

Rafer Alston's absence from the Miami Heat took another turn, with the team denying that the embattled point guard was told shortly before his sudden departure he would no longer get playing time.

Alston was quoted by ESPN.com saying that he chose to leave because of a personal issue involving a family member, plus said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra told him that he "wouldn't be playing any more."

Golf: Angry e-mails deluged Florida Highway Patrol after Woods crash

When Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and his neighbor's tree in the early-morning hours after Thanksgiving, he did more than tear up an expensive SUV and set off weeks of revelations about hismarriage and sex life.

He also made hundreds of people angry at the Florida Highway Patrol.

An Orlando Sentinel review of more than 1,600 e-mails to and from FHP shows that in the days after the Nov. 27 crash outside Woods' home at Isleworth, hundreds of people flooded the agency with concerns or complaints, accusing it of doing shoddy work and treating Woods more like a celebrity than a suspect.

What upset them the most? That day after day, Woods' wife, agent or lawyer turned away troopers who wanted to question the golfer about what happened and to gather evidence about whether Woods was driving while drunk or under the influence of drugs.

College football: Oregon QB Masoli to face burglary count

Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-10 Conference title and a Rose Bowl berth last season, faces a burglary charge in connection with a theft at a campus fraternity house in late January.

The Lane Country district attorney's office says Masoli and former Oregon receiver Garrett Embry were each charged with one count of burglary in the second degree.

Masoli and Embry were scheduled to be arraigned in Lane County Circuit Court tomorrow afternoon.

Soccer: Beckham dons anti-Glazer scarf on Manchester U homecoming

After receiving a standing ovation and hearing his name chanted during his Old Trafford homecoming, David Beckham gave Manchester United fans a high-profile image as they try to oust the Glazer family.

As he left the field following AC Milan's 4-0 defeat in the European Champions League, Beckham donned one of the green-and-gold protest scarves adopted by fans trying to force a sale of the club, which has debts of $1.1 billion.

While Beckham distanced himself from the motives behind the campaign, merely appearing to show solidarity by wearing the scarf — which had been lying on the field — is likely to make him a symbol of the anti-Glazer movement.

Drugs: Stricter oversight of dietary supplements closer

Stricter government oversight of dietary supplements is moving closer thanks to an agreement among senators to include guidelines in a food safety bill.

Four key areas of "common ground" are outlined in a letter sent by Sens. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, to Sen. Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

McCain and Dorgan were co-sponsors of legislation introduced last month, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act, aimed at regulating the industry. This week's letter to Harkin — also sent to the committee's top Republican, Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican — talks about incorporating the "areas of agreement" into the FDA Food Safety Modernization Bill.

Soccer: Beckham dons anti-Glazer scarf on Man U homecoming

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