Dodgers pitcher Labine dies at 80  —  Righty was integral member of Brooklyn's first Series win  —  VERO BEACH, Fla. — Clem Labine, one of  —  "The Boys of Summer" on the Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s chronicled by author Roger Kahn, died on Friday after a brief illness.  He was 80.

Documents: Hairston received HGH  —  Bogus prescriptions at heart of probe; player 'baffled' … SI.com: You attended the raid of an anti-aging clinic and we know that an Orlando pharmacy was raided simultaneously, but where do the doctors who write the prescriptions fit into this alleged distribution network?

Phillies renew Howard's contract  —  NL MVP nevertheless gets raise from $355,000 to $900,000  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. — Ryan Howard will earn $900,000 in 2007.  —  After exhausting talks with Howard's agent, Casey Close, the Phillies renewed the contract of the reigning National League …

Calling on A-Rod  —  Eight teams sought superstar; opt-out still possible  —  TAMPA, Fla. — If Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez exercises his opt-out clause after this season and walks away from the $81 million and three years remaining on his record contract, he may be subjected to even more boos in the Bronx.

DirecTV Defends Its Play for Extra Innings  —  Story continues below...  DirecTV on Friday defended its plan to acquire exclusive rights to Major League Baseball's Extra Innings out-of-market games package for $700 million over seven years.  —  The cable industry has stirred up opposition …

Milwaukee 21, San Francisco 2  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Barry Bonds lost a fly ball in the sun and struck out swinging at a high pitch well out of the zone.  —  Not the best spring debut for San Francisco's slugger.  —  "Get all the good stuff out of the way early," Bonds said, laughing.

Guillen goes off on McCarthy  —  Manager's latest mark: the departed McCarthy  —  TUCSON, Ariz. — Manager Ozzie Guillen fired on former White Sox pitcher Brandon McCarthy on Friday for questioning the makeup of Guillen's Sox clubhouse and alleging it possessed a negative atmosphere.

Bucs drop close one in 10 innings  —  Snell tosses two scoreless innings, Eldred goes deep in loss  —  BRAVES 5, PIRATES 4 in 10 innings  —  Braves at the plate: Martin Prado provided the game-winner with an RBI fielder's choice with nobody out in the 10th inning.

ON THE FAST TRACK  —  FIRE-BALLING BURGOS AIMS FOR METS' BULLPEN  —  Miguel Negron wasn't able to hit it fair or foul it off.  Ambiorix Burgos fired the fastball past him.  —  It came in at 96 mph, the game-ending pitch yesterday in the Mets' 4-3 win over the Cardinals at Tradition Field.

Selig unsure whether Bonds will cooperate with Mitchell investigation  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig isn't about to guess whether Barry Bonds will cooperate with George Mitchell's steroids investigation.  —  "I don't know that," Selig said Friday.

Ryan Howard, No Asterisk  —  What would it feel like to inhabit the role that so many have auditioned for across the decades, on ballfields in all 50 states and beyond?  Back foot dug into the batter's box, the grip on the bat firm but relaxed.  The baseball approaches as if in slow motion …

Spring fling fine with Jimenez  —  Rotation hopeful is 'making his presence known'  —  TUCSON - Jeff Francis and Aaron Cook are the givens in the Rockies rotation.  —  Rodrigo Lopez was the offseason addition, counted on to step in and help pick up the load left by the trade of Jason Jennings.