Local Colleges

Toolson earns GWC honor

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Utah Valley senior guard Ryan Toolson was named Great West Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

Toolson, who was also named National Player of the Week by NCAA basketball icon and ESPN commentator Dick Vitale, averaged 42.5 points, 8.5 rebounds while knocking down 58 percent of his shots from the field as Utah Valley split a pair of games last week.

The senior scored 63 points in a four-overtime win against league-foe Chicago State. He had 42 points in regulation while playing all 60 minutes. His last two points of the game came with 2.3 seconds left on the clock for the win. The Gilbert, Ariz., native also grabbed 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season and chipped in six assists and finished the game 20-21 from the free-throw line. Toolson rounded out the week with 22 points and five rebounds at Cal State-Bakersfield.

• Fairbanks honored: For the third straight week, Utah Valley senior Robyn Fairbanks has been named the Great West Women's Basketball Player of the Week.Fairbanks led the Wolverines to a 2-0 record last week, averaging 25.5 points, 15.0 rebounds, 62.9 percent from the floor and 2.5 blocks while recording her 71st consecutive game scoring in double figures.

• Cougars finish 13th: At Tucson, Ariz., a 2-over-par performance by senior Nick Killpack helped the BYU men's golf team finish 13th in the PING Arizona Intercollegiate on Tuesday afternoon. The Cougars had a solid performance in the final holes on the second round, which had to be completed Tuesday morning after being halted Monday due to darkness. However, the Cougars got off to a rough start in the third round and failed to advance any spots forward in the 17-team field and ended the tournament at 39-over-par.

"We came down expecting to play well and we were doing okay until the third round," head coach Bruce Brockbank said. "It was frustrating because we would have a few good holes here and there, but follow them with double-bogeys on the next hole."

Killpack finished the at 8-over, good enoughto tie for 27th. He had two eagles on separate par-5 holes and also had two birdies to go along with two bogeys. Other BYU scores were Brady Jounson at 11-over and Robbie Filmore and Jordan Hammer at 14-over.

NFL

Raiders keeping Cable as head coach

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders retained head coach Tom Cable on Tuesday, officially removing the interim designation from his title more than five weeks after their season ended.

Cable went 4-8 after replacing Lane Kiffin with the Raiders (5-11), who have lost at least 11 games in six consecutive years. Cable, Kiffin's former offensive line coach, rallied Oakland to back-to-back victories to end last season. Raiders owner Al Davis interviewed a handful of candidates for the job, but never seemed seriously inclined to replace Cable, valuing his organizational loyalty and leadership.

Baseball

Perez, Mets complete $36 million deal

NEW YORK -- Omar Minaya looked out the window at a snow-globe scene in midtown Manhattan. Flakes fluttered out of a sky, cabs hissed past on Sixth Avenue and office workers trudged by on wet sidewalks.

"Thank God baseball season is here," the Mets general manager said.

It is for Minaya, who locked up Oliver Perez with a $36 million, three-year contract Tuesday to complete his last major task of the offseason.

"Adding Oliver Perez to the rotation was a priority," Minaya said. "We've really accomplished what we set out to do."

Now that the talented, vexing lefty is signed, Minaya's ready to turn the Mets loose with a rotation that includes Johan Santana, Mike Pelfrey, Perez and John Maine, with Tim Redding, Freddy Garcia and Jon Niese likely in the mix for the fifth spot. New York has not ruled out re-signing Pedro Martinez, who may pitch in the World Baseball Classic before deciding where to go. But Minaya seemed to indicate that adding free-agent slugger Manny Ramirez was unlikely.

The Mets' problem last season wasn't scoring runs, but preventing them. They were second in the league with 799 runs, but the 715 they allowed ranked 11th. That's why he added Francisco Rodriguez and J.J. Putz to the bullpen and signed Alex Cora for infield depth.

• McCourt: Dodgers still want Ramirez: The Dodgers are still trying to bring back Manny Ramirez. Only the enigmatic slugger doesn't like their latest deal.

He rejected their third offer -- for one year -- that would have made him baseball's second-highest paid player behind Alex Rodriguez.

That leaves Ramirez unsigned three months after deciding to test his value in the recession-plagued free agent market, with the Dodgers the only team to have confirmed making any offers.

"We have interest in signing Manny," general manager Ned Colletti told The Associated Press in an e-mail Tuesday. "We don't have a deadline but these situations can change in an instant and either side can change them in an instant."

• Report: Estalella to testify against Bonds: Former major league catcher Bobby Estalella has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to testify at Barry Bonds' trial, ESPN.com reported Thursday.

Estalella, who was on the San Francisco Giants with Bonds in 2000 and 2001, is expected to testify to firsthand knowledge that Bonds used steroids, the Web site said, citing an unidentified source with knowledge of the evidence. The Web site attributed knowledge of the subpoenas to two unidentified sources.

Estalella testified before a federal grand jury in November 2003. He admitted to the grand jury that he used performance-enhancing drugs, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in December 2004.

The book "Game of Shadows," by two Chronicle reporters, says Estalella received a drug schedule from Greg Anderson, Bonds' trainer, advising him to use human growth hormone, the steroids "the cream" and "the clear," and the female fertility drug Clomid.

Prosecutors also plan to call Jason Giambi and his brother, Jeremy, as witnesses at Bonds' trial so they can testify that Anderson gave them performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported on its Web site Thursday night.

The newspaper said prosecutors want to use testimony from the Giambis, teammates in Oakland from 2000-01, to show that Anderson developed doping calendars for them. Then the prosecutors could argue that Anderson made similar calendars for Bonds, the Times said, citing an unidentified person briefed on the government's evidence. The newspaper said the person spoke on condition of anonymity because he didn't want to jeopardize his access to sensitive information.

After seven years with the New York Yankees, Jason Giambi re-signed with the Oakland Athletics this offseason. Jeremy Giambi has been out of the majors since 2003.