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By JEFF WILSON BOSTON — No team made a waiver claim on Vicente Padilla before a noon deadline Friday, and the right-hander is on schedule to make his next start this weekend at Fenway Park.The likelihood that another team would take on Padilla wasn’t good when the Texas Rangers put him on outright waivers Wednesday. His contract would have gone with him, a $9 million hit teams didn’t want to take.Padilla threw a bullpen session Friday and is scheduled to start the series finale Sunday. Though the Rangers might have sent a message to Padilla in exposing him to other teams, manager Ron Washington just wants Padilla to be competitive.'I expect him to do what we always expect him to do: go out there and keep us in the ballgame,' Washington said. Padilla hit the waiver wire fewer than 24 hours after he allowed seven runs in 3 2/3 innings and hit Mark Teixeira twice. Major League Baseball judged that the second instance was intentional and fined Padilla on Thursday.He was

For Mark Cueto, it is just about as good as it gets - short of making a vital scoring mark in a World Cup final and not having it chalked off by the television match official, perhaps. As a lifelong Manchester United fan, and a regular at home matches for 17 years now, pulling on an England shirt to play at Old Trafford this afternoon will fulfil a dream of fairly theatrical proportions for the Sale Sharks wing.

Kerry Wood remembers being ''shocked'' when he heard the Cubs had traded Mark DeRosa to Cleveland in December.

For Mark Cueto, it is just about as good as it gets - short of making a vital scoring mark in a World Cup final and not having it chalked off by the television match official, perhaps. As a lifelong Manchester United fan, and a regular at home matches for 17 years now, pulling on an England shirt to play at Old Trafford this afternoon will fulfil a dream of fairly theatrical proportions for the Sale Sharks wing.

Carl Pavano pitched a three-hitter for his fifth career shutout and Mark DeRosa hit a three-run homer, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday.

Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook had surgery on his right ankle on Friday and is expected to be ready for the regular season. The procedure was done in Baltimore by specialist Dr. Mark Myerson. He removed scar tissue and bone fragments from the ankle, which Westbrook initially injured last season in Week 3 against Pittsburgh. 'Brian is doing well, he texted us and said he's doing well,' trainer Rick Burkholder said.

Celtic interested in legendary former striker returning as assistant manager.

Eagles running back Brian Westbrook had surgery on his right ankle on Friday and is expected to be ready for the regular season. The procedure was done in Baltimore by specialist Dr. Mark Myerson. He removed scar tissue and bone fragments from the ankle, which Westbrook initially hurt last season in Week 3 against Pittsburgh. In a statement released by the team, Myerson said Westbrook likely will wear a boot for the next month and then begin rehab.

San Francisco » Internet advertising in the United States dropped 5 percent in the first quarter, marking the marketing medium's first downturn since 2002, when the Web was still recovering from the dot-com bust.

Friday marked the first day of 49ers mini-camp, which of course meant the first day Coach Mike Singletary could play down the status of the quarterback competition.