BRIEFLY.Little added to Dodgers' list Former Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. manager Grady Little William Grady Little (born March 30, 1950 in Abilene, Texas) is a manager in Major League Baseball. He guided the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003, and has been manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers since 2006. has emerged as a candidate for the Dodgers' vacant managerial job. A Dodgers official would neither confirm nor deny Little is under consideration Sunday evening, but Little is expected to join Atlanta special assistant Jim Fregosi
Fregosi interviewed for the post last weekend with Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti Ned Louis Colletti, Jr. is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Colletti graduated from East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois and Northern Illinois University. Colletti began his Major League Career in 1982 with the Chicago Cubs. and McLaren will interview early this week. Little spent last season as a roving catching instructor with the Chicago Cubs, his second year with the organization. - Vincent Bonsignore GYMNASTICS: Led by Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a U.S. gymnast. She started gymnastics as a young child because her parents were both gymnastics coaches and she grew up playing in the gym. She began competing as an elite in 2000. and Alicia Sacramone, the American women produced their best performance in a world championships, winning nine out of 15 medals at Melbourne, Australia. The trio took the top two spots in the balance beam and floor exercise finals on Sunday, adding four medals to the Americans' gold-silver finishes in the all-around and uneven bars finals, and bronze medal finish on vault. Liukin took the gold medal in Sunday's balance beam final, showcasing her agility and grace on the 4-inch-wide apparatus with a 9.612 score out of 10. Memmel took silver with 9.512 on an athletic beam routine that featured a rock-solid performance of her signature move, a piked forward somersault with a 180-degree turn. In addition to her bronze medal on vault, 17-year-old Sacramone took gold on the floor exercise with 9.612 out of 10. Liukin wobbled on some of her leaps and dance elements to finish second with 9.425 out of 9.9. On the men's side, Jason Gatson, the only American to qualify for an event final, finished in seventh place on the parallel bars with 8.375 out of 9.5 after missing a release move and taking a big step back on his landing. FOOTBALL: Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer fired offensive assistants Jimmy Ray Stephens and Pat Washington following the Volunteers' first losing season since 1988. Stephens, 51, was the offensive line coach and had been at Tennessee for three years. Washington, 42, was wide receivers coach and had been with the program for 10 years. --After losing its third straight game Saturday, Florida State dropped out of The Associated Press poll, the first time the Seminoles are unranked since Nov. 2001. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , which did not play last week, is No. 1 for a record 32nd straight poll. --Kicker Sean Fleming made a 36-yard field goal in the second round of overtime to help the Edmonton Eskimos beat the Montreal Alouettes for the Canadian Football League Canadian Football League (CFL) Major Canadian professional gridiron football organization, formed in 1958. The league's Western Conference includes teams from Edmonton, Calgary, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Winnipeg; its Eastern Conference comprises teams from championship 38-35 in the 93rd Grey Cup at Vancouver, British Columbia. It was only the second time in Grey Cup history the game was decided in overtime. Edmonton won its second Grey Cup title in three years and 13th overall. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services CAPTION(S): photo Photo: U.S. gymnast Chellsie Memmel competes on the uneven bars at world championships. William West/AFP/Getty Images |
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