Sports briefs 2/11/05

Baseball

* The Hall of Fame now has the ultimate red sock to commemorate Boston's first World Series title in 86 years.

Curt Schilling donated the bloody sock he wore during Game 2 of the World Series to the Hall of Fame on Thursday. The sock is part of a Red Sox exhibition celebrating the team's four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Schilling's sock joins other Red Sox memorabilia including Derek Lowe's jersey from Game 4, the bat used by Series MVP Manny Ramirez when he tied a postseason record with a 17-game hitting streak, and the spikes Keith Foulke wore when he recorded the final out of the Series.

The exhibit runs through the 2005 baseball season.

* Reggie Jackson is frustrated that his offer to buy the Oakland Athletics was not accepted even though his group was willing to pay $25 million more than Los Angeles real estate developer Lewis Wolff for the franchise.

"He'd like nothing better than to fulfill his dream, which is to be an owner of a baseball team," Jackson's attorney, Ed Blum, said Thursday. "He's always felt close to this team and probably always will."

A's co-owner Steve Schott said that the offer from Jackson's group came after he and partner Ken Hofmann already had an agreement to sell the team to Wolff, the team's vice president for venue development.

The deal with Wolff, which has been reported to be for about $175 million, is on track to be approved by opening day.

Basketball

* Sacramento Kings center Brad Miller was suspended one game by the NBA on Wednesday for throwing a brief tantrum at the end of the Suns-Kings game earlier this week.

Miller threw his headband and wristbands and yelled at the officials after they did not call goaltending on a last-second shot that was blocked by Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire in the Suns' 125-123 victory. NBA vice president Stu Jackson cited Miller for "improper conduct" and "verbally abusing a game official" in announcing the suspension.

Also, Kings guard Mike Bibby was fined $15,000 for yelling at officials, Cuttino Mobley was fined $15,000 for publicly criticizing the officials, and Kings forward Chris Webber was fined $10,000 for kicking the ball into the stands.

Hockey

* Louis John Sutter, who watched six sons play in the NHL and two become head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, died Thursday following a lengthy illness. He was 73.

Louis and Grace Sutter raised seven sons in a 800-square-foot, four-bedroom house on a 1,400 acre farm near Edmonton. The oldest, Gary, was the only son not to play in the NHL.

For five seasons in the 1980s, all six brothers played in the league.

The 2000-2001 season marked the 25th consecutive year that a Sutter brother was an NHL player. Collectively, they played in 4,994 regular-season games plus 603 in the playoffs. They combined for 1,320 goals, 1,615 assists and 7,224 penalty minutes.

The six brothers: Brian, 48, played for the St. Louis Blues and was hired as head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2001; Darryl, 46, coached the Calgary Flames to the Stanley Cup finals last year; Duane, 44; Brent, 42; and twins Rich and Ron, 41.