Schilling has shoulder injury

Curt Schilling has an injured right shoulder, and the pitcher and the Boston Red Sox have been squabbling over whether he should have surgery that could cost him the season or try something less drastic.

Writing on his blog, 38pitches.com, Schilling said Thursday night that he has agreed to abide by the club’s request to rely on rest and rehabilitation.

“There have been disagreements these past few weeks in an effort to provide me with a solution that would allow me to pitch as much as possible during the 2008 season,” Schilling wrote. “At no time did I ever consider taking a course of action against the club’s wishes. In the end, regardless of who agreed with whom, I have chosen the club’s course of action and will vigorously pursue any and every option I can to be able to help this team to another World Series title in 2008.”

Red Sox officials have declined to comment other than to issue a two-sentence statement Thursday night confirming that Schilling is injured.

After agreeing to an $8-million, one-year contract in November, the 41-year-old right-hander said that this would be his last season.

The new Yankee Stadium will have party suites, a members-only restaurant, a martini bar and a $1.3 billion price tag, up from the original estimate of $1 billion.

“We tried to reflect a five-star hotel and put a ballfield in the middle,” said Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost, who hosted a media tour.

The new ballpark, set to be ready for the 2009 season, is directly across the street from the old House That Ruth Built.

Robinson Cano and the Yankees completed their $30-million, four-year contract. Cano batted .306 with 19 homers, 97 runs batted in and 41 doubles last year. He was an All-Star second baseman in 2006 and runner-up for AL rookie of the year the previous season.

Ryan Church and the New York Mets avoided an arbitration hearing, agreeing to a $2-million, one-year contract. Church batted .272 with 15 homers, 70 RBIs and 43 doubles last year with the Washington Nationals.

Johan Santana would get to make the decision on his 2014 option, not the New York Mets, if he finishes high in Cy Young Award balloting or pitches regularly in the latter stages of his $137.5-million, six-year contract.

Mexican champion Yaquis de Obregon rallied in the ninth inning for a 7-5 victory over the Tigres de Aragua at the Caribbean Series at Santiago, Dominican Republic.

PRO FOOTBALL

Spagnuolo will return to Giants

New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo withdrew his name from consideration for the Washington Redskins coaching job after the Giants gave him a new three-year, $6-million contract that will make him one of the NFL’s highest paid coordinators.

“I was happy to have the opportunity to explore that situation,” Spagnuolo said in a statement released by the Giants. “But I am equally happy to be staying in New York and look forward to continued success with the Giants.”

The bullet that killed Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor ripped first through his right leg and then the left, and possibly came from a 9mm handgun, according to an autopsy.

The report, obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request filed after Taylor’s Nov. 27 death, notes a bullet perforated the soft tissues and muscles of the right groin and the right femoral artery, a crucial pathway for blood.

A would-be bar owner angry at being denied a liquor license threatened to shoot people at the Super Bowl and drove to within sight of the stadium with a rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition before changing his mind, federal authorities said.

Kurt Havelock, 35, who ultimately turned himself in, had vowed to “shed the blood of the innocent” in a manifesto mailed Sunday to media outlets, according to court documents.

“No one destroys my dream,” he wrote.

Havelock was charged with mailing threatening communications.

He is being held without bail, and additional hearings have yet to be scheduled.

BASKETBALL

Florida State loses guard to knee injury

Florida State guard Isaiah Swann will be out indefinitely because of a torn ligament in his left knee. The 6-foot-2 senior was averaging 11.8 points and 2.9 assists.

Georgia guard Billy Humphrey, the team’s second-leading scorer, was suspended for three games after being arrested for underage drinking, his second arrest in less than three months.

Jonathan Davis, 20, the Ohio University Chillicothe basketball player who died after collapsing during practice Monday, had an enlarged heart, according to a coroner’s preliminary ruling.

MISCELLANY

Three players dismissed by West Virginia

West Virginia football Coach Bill Stewart dismissed three players charged with felony possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver.

Linebacker John Holmes, defensive lineman James Ingram and running back Ed Collington were kicked off for violating team rules. None was a starter.

The Professional Bull Riders will make a tour stop today-Sunday at the Honda Center.

Katie Hansen of La Canada won the women’s singles title at the USA Junior Luge Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y.