Tuesday's Sports In Brief

By The Associated Press

Here's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world.

BASEBALL

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium — and what a long, long goodbye it was.

Justin Morneau slid home just in time on Michael Young’s sacrifice fly in the 15th inning, giving the American League a 4-3 victory that extended its unbeaten streak to 12. Young ended a 4-hour, 50-minute marathon with the grand old ballpark half-empty. It was a good thing, too — neither team had any pitchers left in the bullpen.

Morneau started the winning rally with a leadoff single against loser Brad Lidge, and Ian Kinsler hit a low liner to left that Ryan Ludwick caught with a dive. After Dioner Navarro singled, J.D. Drew walked to load the bases.

Young lofted a fly to right and Cory Hart’s throw home took two bounces and was slightly to the first-base side of the plate. Catcher Brian McCann gloved the ball and tried a sweep tag, but Young sneaked his right foot in, barely ahead of the tag. Plate umpire Derryl Cousins made the safe call, and the AL players left in the dugout rushed out to celebrate.

The AL improved to 6-0 since the All-Star game began determining homefield advantage in the World Series. And it even ended an old hex — it had been 0-9-1 in extra innings against its older rival.

NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Drew, who hit a tying two-run homer in the seventh inning, took home MVP honors in the All-Star game, capping a strong performance by the rival Red Sox in New York.

The Boston outfielder also singled and finished 2-for-4 to help the American League beat the NL 4-3 in 15 innings.

“One of those undescribable events,” Drew said near second base after receiving his award at about 1:50 a.m.

Drew connected off Cincinnati right-hander Edinson Volquez with two outs in the seventh, tying the score at 2 and making him the 15th player to homer in his first All-Star at-bat.

Booed much of the night along with the rest of the Red Sox, Drew was cheered by the Yankee Stadium crowd as he rounded the bases.

FOOTBALL

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brett Favre says he’s tempted to show up at the Green Bay Packers’ training camp just to call the team’s “bluff.”

In the second part of an interview with Fox News, the 38-year-old quarterback said he knows his arrival in camp would cause a media circus. Packers players are scheduled to report July 27.

“It’s tempting just to, as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever,” Favre said. “I think it’s going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there, whatever.”

But, Favre added: “I don’t want to go back there just to stick it to them.”

The interview on the show “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” was broadcast Tuesday night.

Favre, a three-time MVP, said he feels “a little bit” bad for would-be successor Aaron Rodgers and insists he doesn’t want to be a distraction to his teammates. Or are they his former teammates?

“I like my teammates,” Favre said. “I had a lot of fun with them. I have talked to numerous guys throughout this whole ordeal. I wish them the best, I really do. I hold nothing against those guys. We had a lot of fun together. We had, it was an amazing year last year. I don’t want to make it any worse than it is.”

SPORTS AND DRUGS

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Track coach Trevor Graham received a lifetime ban from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for his role in helping his athletes obtain performance-enhancing drugs.

Graham has been banned from participating in any event sanctioned by the U.S. Olympic Committee, the IAAF, USA Track and Field or any other group that participates in the World Anti-Doping Agency program.

He was convicted in May of one count of lying to federal investigators about his relationship to an admitted steroids dealer. He’s still awaiting sentencing and has asked a judge to toss out his conviction.

“As greater progress is being made in the fight against doping in sport, accountability is extending beyond athletes to include coaches, agents and others who are complicit,” said USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel. “For athletes, this announcement underscores the importance of making good decisions in choosing who to associate with.”

Graham already was banned from all USOC-sponsored facilities and had essentially become a pariah in his sport, connected with too many athletes involved in doping — Marion Jones and former 100-meter world-record holders Justin Gatlin and Tim Montgomery, to name a few.