Roster

RON JAWORSKI treats opportunity like a Doberman treats prime rib. So when Tim Tebow was released by the New York Jets on April 29, Jaworski took a shot by reaching out to the unemployed quarterback and offered him a roster spot with the Soul. He's still waiting for a reply. "I haven't heard back from him and I'm not going to push it," said Jaworski, one of the Soul's owners. "If he decides he wants to play Arena Football, we'll make a spot for him. " Jaworski and Soul coach Clint Dolezel sent Tebow a list of plays they had in mind for him, most were around the goal line.

Here is the roster of the 1979-80 Flyers team: Bill Barber          LW Norm Barnes       D Frank Bathe         D Mel Bridgman       C Mike Busniuk       D Bobby Clarke       C Bob Dailey          D Andre Dupont       D Dave Gardner       C Don Gillen          RW Tom Gorence       RW Al Hill             LW ...

BOBBY VALENTINE insisted he wasn't trying to be critical when he said his struggling Red Sox had "the weakest roster we've ever had in September in the history of baseball. " Two days after his latest inflammatory remark, Valentine tried to explain himself before Sunday's 5-0 loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto, offering an unsolicited clarification at the end of his morning media session. "The other day when I made a comment about our September roster, that wasn't meant to be a criticism of any players or anything in the organization," Valentine said.

A SPRING that has had more than its share of sour notes ended with a nice surprise. The Phillies announced after Tuesday night's game that lefthanded reliever Joe Savery had made the roster. Though he pitched in four games as a call-up last September, making the club out of the gate represents another step in Savery's career. The Phillies drafted Savery as a first baseman in the 2007 first round. "He's a good story," manager Charlie Manuel said. "He's come a long way. " Veterans Scott Podsednik, Hector Luna and Raul Valdes did not make the club.

The Phillies have finalized their Opening Day roster following today's exhibition game against Pittsburgh with a series of transactions: Infielder Pete Orr had his contract selected. Infielder Delwyn Young and catcher Erik Kratz were reassigned to the minor leagues Infielders Chase Utley (right knee tendinitis) and Brian Bocock (left pisiform fracture), outfielder Domonic Brown (right hamate fracture) and righ-hander Brian Schlitter (right flexor pronator strain)

The Flyers will open training camp on Saturday when 67 players report to the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees. Saturday's on-ice workouts will begin at 9:30 a.m., and all on-ice sessions throughout camp are free and open to the public. Here are the players scheduled to take part in training camp:   Forwards No Player   Ht   Wt   Pos    42 Akeson, Jason   5-10   190   C    11 Betts, Blair   6-3   210   C    48 Briere, Danny   5-10   179   C    56 Brown, Tyler   6-0   192   L    72 Cousins, Nick   5-11   170    C    14 Couturier, Sean   6-4   191   C    60 Elynuik, Campbell   6-4   190   L    74 Fyten, Austin   6-2   200   L    28 Giroux, Claude   5-11   172   C    59 Harper, Shane   5-11   193   R    19 Hartnell, Scott   6-2   210   L    22 Holmstrom, Ben   6-1   171   C    61 Hyka, Tomas   5-10   158   L    68 Jagr, Jaromir   6-2   240   R    37 Kalinski, Jon   6-1   180   C    64 Klotz, Garrett   6-5   235   L    77 Legein, Stefan   5-10   185   R    73 Mathers, Derek   6-3   230   R    53 McGinn, Tye   6-3   207   L    15 Nodl, Andreas   6-1   196   L   ...

THE PENN STATE football program under Joe Paterno has been more benevolent dictatorship then democracy, but sources report the 84-year-old coach overruled himself by allowing a team vote on whether fifth-year senior tailback Stephfon Green should be allowed to return after being removed from the roster, allegedly for disciplinary reasons. Green's Nittany Lions teammates are said to have supported his reinstatement, which is why the 5-10, 193-pound speedster from Bronx, N.Y. - he has been timed in 4.32 seconds over 40 yards - is back at practice and will be in uniform for the Sept.

The Eagles released 10 players Saturday, trimming their roster to 80 players. They have until 4 p.m. Monday to get to 75. The following players were cut a day after the Eagles beat the Browns, 27-10, in their third preseason game: wide receiver Elvis Akpla, safety Wade Bonner, defensive end Xavier Brown, wide receiver Brian Hernandez, wide receiver McKay Jacobson, wide receiver Tiger Jones, guard Alfred McCullough, safety Tom Nelson, cornerback Kevin...

TALENT, NOT experience, must be served. So, the Phillies yesterday released 35-year-old second baseman Luis Castillo. The move effectively guaranteed a roster spot to 28-year-old Rule 5 utility man Michael Martinez and made 32-year-old defensive wizard Wilson Valdez the starting second baseman. The remaining roster spot among position players went to Pete Orr. Delwyn Young will open the season at Triple A Lehigh Valley. So will longshot reliever Michael Stutes. Orr and Young, both on minor league contracts, had similar springs.

Throughout the last month, Eagles coach Andy Reid often cited a desire for roster competition. Almost every job seemed for the taking, when taking Reid's comments with a literal interpretation. The Eagles trimmed their roster to the league-mandated 53 players on Friday, and the decisions were an ode to the organization's missive. Quarterback Trent Edwards, who was out of football last season and barely took any snaps early in training camp, made the roster as the No. 3 quarterback.

ON SATURDAY morning, Sam Hinkie told his two young children that they would be moving to Philadelphia, where he would be the president of basketball operations and general manager of the 76ers. His young son asked to look at the Sixers' roster and thought it was cool that the team had a set of brothers in Jrue and Justin Holiday. "He was impressed with that," Hinkie said. For the sake of Sixers fans, here's hoping his father was far less impressed with the roster. Hinkie was introduced by managing owner Josh Harris yesterday afternoon at the team's practice facility at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Drafted or free-agent rookies Barkley, Matt, QB, USC Carrier, Derek, TE, Beloit Cunningham, B.J., WR, Michigan State Ertz, Zach, TE, Stanford Johnson, Lane, OL, Oklahoma King, David, DE, Oklahoma Kinne, G.J., QB, Tulsa Knott, Jake, LB, Iowa State Kruger, Joe, DE, Utah Logan, Bennie, DT, LSU Maysonet, Miguel, RB, Stony Brook Momah, Ifeanyi, WR, Boston College Poyer, Jordan, CB, Oregon State ...

NEW YORK - The easiest catching decision Charlie Manuel must make Sunday morning is writing Carlos Ruiz's name on his lineup card, probably batting fifth. Before that, the Phillies must decide whose roster spot Ruiz takes. There are pros and cons to keeping either Erik Kratz or Humberto Quintero as Ruiz's backup. Assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said the team had not reached a verdict Saturday. Ruiz played once more at double-A Reading on Saturday night. "Any decision you make like that is difficult," Manuel said.

HAVE ANY of the professional sports teams in Philadelphia suffered the fast free fall that the 76ers have over the past 11 months? During that time, the team came within one win of advancing to the Eastern Conference final, blew up the roster via buyout, free agency and trade, acquired a player whom many considered one of the top two centers in the NBA, lost that player for the season because of injury, failed to make the playoffs and now lost...

WITH JOHN LANNAN expected to miss between 6 and 8 weeks with a strained quadriceps muscle, the Phillies seem likely to give the first crack at filling the void to one of their trio of righthanders at Triple A Lehigh Valley. Tyler Cloyd, Jonathan Pettibone and Ethan Martin are all members of the 40-man roster and would be available to pitch on normal rest Monday, when Lannan's turn next arrives. Martin, acquired from the Dodgers in the Shane Victorino trade last summer, walked four and allowed four runs in his first start of the season but pitched five strong innings in his second, striking out eight and walking two while allowing just one run. Cloyd has the advantage of having pitched for the Phillies last season, but he has also walked seven batters and allowed eight runs in his last two starts.

THE QUESTION has been answered, officially: There will be no playoffs for the 76ers this season. Saturday's 106-87 loss at Miami, combined with Milwaukee's home win over Toronto, sealed the deal. Now coming to the forefront: Questions about where this organization will go during the offseason. Do you seriously consider trying to re-sign Andrew Bynum? Where will you fall in the lottery and whom do you target for the June 27 draft? Who on this current roster is worthy of staying? Is there tweaking to the current roster or a massive overhaul?

Ender Inciarte stared up into the heavens after popping out to end the Phillies' 10-4 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday afternoon. His momentary frustration notwithstanding, the closing day of the exhibition season was a very good one for the 22-year-old Venezuelan outfielder. Inciarte claimed the final spot on the 25-man opening-day roster that the Phillies revealed before the game. The roster offered little surprise, but settled the few lingering position battles.

Pitchers No.   Player   B/T   Ht.   Wt.   Born    37   Mike Adams   R-R   6-5   195   July 29, 1978    48   Phillippe Aumont   L-R   6-7   260   Jan. 7, 1989    59   Antonio Bastardo   R-L   5-11   200   Sept. 21, 1985    45   Chad Durbin   R-R   6-2   225   Dec. 3, 1977    34   Roy Halladay   R-R   6-6   225   May 14, 1977    35   Cole Hamels   L-L   6-3   195   Dec.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - For guys like Roy Halladay, Mike Stutes and Phillippe Aumont, the next week is as much of a stretch run as a baseball player can experience in March. For Domonic Brown, the heavy lifting is done. We can say all of this with a fair amount of certainty after spending Thursday afternoon taking the temperature inside the coaches' offices at Bright House Field. Manager Charlie Manuel still isn't ready to proclaim Brown an everyday corner outfielder, but that's pretty much what he did when he hung up the lineup for that night's game in Fort Myers against the Red Sox. Fort Myers is the longest bus trip of the spring, and most players would rather not make it, and this trip is particularly bad because the game is at night, which means the team bus probably won't be getting back to Clearwater until after midnight.

DAYTON, Ohio - While La Salle's roster has a distinct Philadelphia flavor, Boise State has looked far beyond its Idaho roots to build a program. When the Explorers and Broncos meet Wednesday night in the NCAA first-round game at Dayton, they will have taken considerably different paths to recruit their players. La Salle's roster has four players from Philadelphia, while Boise State is a team that the United Nations could admire. Leading scorer Anthony Drmic is from Australia, one of two players with down-under roots.