SAN FRANCISCO [bar] Barry Bonds was told by the San Francisco Giants he will not play for them in 2008, he said on his Web site Friday.
In a statement, baseball's all-time home run leader said, 'This journal will be one of my last entries as a San Francisco Giant. Yesterday, I was told by the Giants that they will not be bringing me back for the 2008 season.
'During the conversation with Peter McGowan, I was told that my play this year far exceeded any expectations the Giants had, but that the organization decided this year would be my last season in San Francisco,' he said.
Bonds has spent the past 15 seasons of his 22-year big league career with the Giants. He received a $15.8 million, one-year contract for this season. On Aug. 7, Bonds broke Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record with his 756th home run.
nba
UTAH'S KIRILENKO PUSHES FOR TRADE
salt lake city [bar] Disgruntled forward Andrei Kirilenko is apparently willing to accept any option that will get him away from Utah.
Whether he really has any choices will be up to the Jazz.
Kirilenko repeated his trade request to a Russian newspaper, saying he is unhappy playing the structured style Utah coach Jerry Sloan demands.
Unfortunately for Kirilenko, the $86 million deal he signed three years ago has him under contract with the Jazz through 2011 .
IN OTHER NBA NEWS
The Timberwolves hired Ed Pinckney as an assistant coach. Pinckney had been serving as an assistant coach at Villanova, his alma mater, since 2003 .
baseball
Former pitcher facing legal woes
cleveland [bar] Former Cleveland Indians pitcher Jason Stanford pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge of disorderly conduct involving an alleged scuffle in a nightclub district .
Stanford, 30, who was designated for assignment by the Indians on Aug. 4, appeared in Cleveland Municipal Court with his attorney. He was released on $250 bond.
The case was scheduled for an Oct. 30 trial.
Police arrested Stanford about 2:45 a.m. Thursday in the Warehouse District after he allegedly scuffled with a man, knocking off his glasses.
golf
flesch takes lead at turning stone
VERONE, N.Y. [bar] Steve Flesch shot a 7-under 65 to take sole possession of the lead after two rounds of the inaugural Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Flesch was at 13-under 131 and one stroke ahead of first-round co-leader Jeff Gove (67) and Brendon de Jonge, who had a second straight 66. Charles Warren (65) was alone in fourth, another shot back.
IN OTHER GOLF NEWS
Mark Foster shot a 6-under 66 to share the lead with Robert-Jan Derksen after two rounds of the British Masters. Both players are at 7-under 137, leading a group of five players by one stroke. Derksen shot a 68 .
auto racing
MCLAREN WILL NOT APPEAL HEFTY FINE
LONDON [bar] Formula One team McLaren will not appeal the record $100 million fine and constructors' points deduction in the sport's spy scandal.
The team said it had notified motor racing's world governing body that it would not contest the punishment for possessing confidential documents belonging to F1 rival Ferrari.
McLaren was punished by the World Motor Sports Council on Sept. 13 in Paris, but no action was taken against drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Hamilton leads the drivers' standings; two-time champion Alonso is in second .
college football
tulane suspends rb after arrest
new orleans [bar] Police arrested Tulane football player Ray Boudreaux on Friday in connection with the Bourbon Street stabbing that left five people hurt last weekend.
Boudreaux was arrested early Friday at his home in Metairie on five counts of attempted murder, according to police, who said the knife used in the stabbings was found in his house.
Tulane suspended Boudreaux from school and the team.
Boudreaux stabbed five people in a fight between two groups at a French Quarter bar that ended on the streets Sunday, police said, citing a surveillance camera that caught the stabbing.
IN OTHER COLLEGE NEWS
Florida State suspended two football players after they were arrested in a bar fight . Junior linebacker Geno Hayes and senior fullback Joe Surratt were arrested early Friday. Police said Hayes had to be subdued with a Taser and Surratt struck a police officer.
