May 05, 2008 09:22 pm The Boston Red Sox placed outfielder Brandon Moss on the 15-day disabled list and recalled right-hander Craig Hansen from Triple-A Pawtucket. Moss had an appendectomy Saturday in Boston and was released from Massachusetts General Hospital a day later. The designation is retroactive to Saturday. He's hitting .286 in six games this season with two home runs and three RBIs. Hansen is with the club for the second time this season. He was recalled April 23 and lost to Los Angeles after giving up two hits and a run in 11/3 relief innings. He was sent down after the game. Pro baseball: Clemens apologizes for 'mistakes in personal life' Roger Clemens apologized for unspecified mistakes in his personal life but denied having an affair with a 15-year-old. The Daily News reported last week Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was 15 and an aspiring singer. The newspaper also linked the star pitcher to former Manhattan bartender Angela Moyer and Paulette Dean Daly, a former wife of champion golfer John Daly. "Even though these articles contain many false accusations and mistakes, I need to say that I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry," Clemens said in a statement issued by spokesman Patrick Dorton. "I have apologized to my family and apologize to my fans. Like everyone, I have flaws. I have sometimes made choices which have not been right." The apology was first reported by the Houston Chronicle. Brian McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, accused the pitcher in December's Mitchell Report of using performance-enhancing drugs in 1998, 2000 and 2001, before players and owners agreed to ban them from baseball. "I believe my personal life has nothing to do with the accusations of steroid and HGH use," Clemens said. "I have already made clear that I did not use them. Now, I have been accused of having an improper relationship with a 15-year old girl. Nothing could be further from the truth. This relationship has been twisted and distorted far beyond reality. It is just one of many, many accusations that are utterly false." More pro baseball: Witnesses say Sox-Yankees spat preceded N.H. killing After a Red Sox-Yankees argument spilled outside a bar, a Yankee fan aimed her car at a group of people to scare them and didn't brake, hitting and killing a man, authorities and witnesses said. The Yankees fan, Ivonne Hernandez, was arraigned on reckless second-degree murder and drunken driving charges and was held without bail. She did not enter a plea. Hernandez, 43, was speeding early Friday toward a small group that included the man, Matthew Beaudoin, 29, and never hit her brakes, a prosecutor said Monday. "She accelerated at a high speed for about 200 feet. She went directly at this group of people," prosecutor Susan Morrell said. "She indicated to police that she wanted to scare this group of people. She thought they would get out of the way." Beaudoin died of massive head trauma at a hospital, Morrell said. Pro basketball: Suns allow coach D'Antoni to talk to other teams The Phoenix Suns granted permission for coach Mike D'Antoni to talk to other teams, with the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks apparently the leading suitors. General manager Steve Kerr confirmed that D'Antoni can speak with other NBA teams about coaching vacancies but indicate he still wants to persuade the coach to stay with the Suns. "As we continue to convey, we value Mike D'Antoni as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns and would like him to continue leading this basketball team," Kerr said in a statement issued by the team. "Because he has requested to speak to other teams about their head coaching vacancies, we have granted him permission." Kerr said he would have no further comment "until this process further evolves." D'Antoni, reached by telephone, declined to comment. "I really can't say anything," he said. Horse racing: Eight Belles' trainer defends jockey The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles says his jockey handled the horse properly during her second-place finish at the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Larry Jones told The Associated Press that if the Derby were run again tomorrow, he'd put jockey Gabriel Saez right back on one of his horses. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has called for the suspension of Saez. The group says the horse must have been injured during the race, and Saez should have pulled her up rather than finish. But Jones says Saez acted exactly as he should have. He says the jockey started whipping the horse to prevent her from running into the rail. College basketball: UMass coach Kellogg names four assistants New UMass head basketball coach Derek Kellogg has named four assistants, including former Pepperdine coach Vance Walberg, and holdover Adam Ginsburg, who has been an assistant coach for the Minutemen the past three seasons. Two former assistants at Memphis, where Kellogg spent eight years before taking the UMass job last month, also were appointed to his staff. Andy Allison will be director of basketball operations and Shyrone Chatman will be director of player personnel. Kellogg, a former UMass player, replaces Travis Ford, who was hired at Oklahoma State. Olympics: Beijing's online ticketing system slows but holds up With some difficulty, Beijing's online ticketing system appeared to withstand a surge of buyers as the last batch of domestic Olympic tickets went on sale. The system collapsed six months ago under heavy demand. About 1.38 million tickets went on sale at Bank of China branches and on an official Web site. Buyers reported waiting several hours at Bank of China outlets. Attempts to buy online were slow and some purchases difficult to complete. Beijing organizers said four competition sessions sold out in the first 30 minutes with tickets available in sports like boxing, soccer, baseball and wrestling. "The Web site may become a little bit slow at peak hours, but it's still normal and there's no problem," said Zhu Yan, director of the Beijing ticketing center. He said about 320,000 tickets were sold with the system — at its peak — receiving 27 million hits in an hour.
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