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Gonzalez
has torn muscle in right hand, placed on DL
ARLINGTON
(AP) — Juan Gonzalez was placed on the 15-day disabled list
Thursday with a torn muscle in his right hand, the latest injury
blow for the struggling Texas Rangers.
Gonzalez
was injured when he was jammed on a swing in Oakland a week ago.
He played the next two games but — following a two-day break
because of a rainout and a scheduled day off — pulled himself
out of Tuesday night's game against the A’s after his first
at-bat.
“It’s
surprising because it’s the first time in my career that my
right hand has bothered me,” said Gonzalez, a two-time AL MVP.
"It’s part of the game, and I’m not going to put
my head down. I’ve had a lot of injuries before and come back
and put up good numbers.”
An
X-ray Tuesday night found nothing. But Gonzalez had an MRI and saw
a hand specialist Wednesday, and the tear was found in fiber between
his thumb and index finger.
“It’s
swollen right in the muscle, almost like a little pulled hamstring,”
general manager John Hart said. “We felt it would be the right
thing to do to put him on the disabled list.”
The
move is retroactive to Wednesday. The Rangers recalled infielder
Mike Lamb from Triple-A Oklahoma to fill Gonzalez’s spot on
the roster.
Gonzalez,
the Rangers’ cleanup hitter, joined No. 1 starter Chan Ho Park
(right hamstring) and closer Jeff Zimmerman (tendinitis right elbow)
on the disabled list. The Rangers, who brought in Hart to lead a
comeback from the disappointment of last year’s last-place
finish in the AL West, were just 3-6 after Thursday's 7-0 win over
Oakland, their worst start since 1995.
LSU
disciplines head football coach, 2 assistants
BATON
ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU has disciplined head football coach Nick
Saban and two assistants for three minor NCAA recruiting violations.
“All
schools that self-report, schools like us, report 25 to 30 of these
violations a year,” athletic director Skip Bertman said. “They
are benign rule violations that are so cumbersome because of the
large amount of information in the NCAA manual.”
LSU
found that either Saban or the assistant coaches, whose names the
university would not release, may have improperly contacted two
potential recruits. It also found that a former assistant violated
a rule about telephone contact with recruits.
As
a result, LSU reduced the number of days the three coaches can go
on the road during the spring evaluation period from 24 to 18 and
ordered the football staff to stop recruiting two players.
The
university reported the three NCAA “secondary” violations
to the Southeastern Conference in October 2001. In March, the NCAA
said the university's action was enough. The SEC said it also was
satisfied with LSU’s response.
Coach
wants docs to clear Iverson before he plays
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) — Allen Iverson had the cast removed from his broken left
hand Thursday, but it’s uncertain whether he’ll return
to the Philadelphia 76ers before the playoffs.
Iverson’s
hand was placed in a splint and he’ll begin rehab Friday. The
Sixers, 5-5 since Iverson was injured March 22, need one more victory
or a loss by Indiana to clinch a playoff spot.
Iverson,
who leads the league in scoring at 31.4 points a game, was expected
to miss four to six weeks. He wants to return for the last game
of the regular season, at Indiana next Wednesday, or sooner.
Sixers
coach Larry Brown insists Iverson will not return until he's cleared
by doctors.
“I
don’t think anybody can risk further injury and can have this
as a chronic thing for the rest of his career,” Brown said.
“I know if it was up to him, he’d play with the cast on.”
Iverson
missed the first five games of the season while recovering from
elbow surgery and has missed 18 games overall. The Sixers are 5-13
without him.
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