The younger Guillen plays for the Normal CornBelters of the independent Frontier League. The CornBelters announced Monday that Ozzie Guillen would serve as guest manager for Normal’s game on Wednesday against the Evansville Otters. “It is a great honor to have a true champion and a good friend of mine to manage our ball club,” CornBelters manager Brooks Carey said in a team release. “He is a true baseball guy and with the CornBelters in a pennant race, there is no doubt the Ozzie will do a fantastic job....

Well, to hear Smith tell it two decades after his final big league season, he wouldn’t have wanted to bother with that, partly because it could have hurt the defense. MORE: The magic of Ozzie Smith in photos Maybe he’s assuming hitters back then would have had the sense to exploit the shift, something he feels today’s hitters lack. “You know that (shifting), to me, is one of the most absurd things,” Smith told the St....

MORE: Hairston’s agent ran company illegally | Potential lawsuit against former agent Sporting News confirmed with NBPA Director of Player Security and Agent Administration, Robert Gadson, that Hairston indeed has an “individual who plans to represent” Hairston: Jonathan Stahler. Stahler is a member of Upside Media Group, the same group that represented Hairston previously. Stahler is listed as a legal/certified NBPA agent, according to UMG’s website. Hairston was previously represented by Juan Morrow, who represented himself on the UMG website as a “certified NBPA agent....

Hairston’s agent, Juan Morrow, identifies himself as a “certified player agent” on his website and social media profiles for his agency, Upside Media Group. MORE: Hairston hopes to move on from fight, car swap | Hairston involved in ‘minor altercation’ According to the National Basketball Players Association, that’s not true. In fact, Robert Gadson, director of the NBPA’s Security and Agent Administration Department told Sporting News on Thursday that there is “no record of a Juan Morrow in (the NBPA’s) files, nor is there record of an applicant by that name....

Subban, who was recently named the Central Division All-Star captain for the second consecutive year, pledged to donate $10 million over seven years to Montreal’s Childrens Hospital in September 2015. The hospital called it “the largest philanthropic commitment by a sports figure in Canadian history” and the amount rounds out to over 15 percent of Subban’s salary. In addition to the donation, Subban will work with the hospital throughout his seven-year commitment, where its atrium is named after the former Habs player....

Watching the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday evening, however, it looked like OSU had made it when one of the men’s basketball committee’s many egregious bracketing errors was represented with the Beavers’ No. 7 seed in the West Region. MORE: 13 most humiliating first-round choke jobs The Beavers certainly belonged in the field. They played a solid game against VCU early Friday afternoon at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Payton scored 19 points and passed for four assists....

MORE: That new Copa trophy | New Jazz unis, logo The team says the season-long celebration “includes a patch to be worn on player jerseys and a corresponding logo to be featured in team marketing initiatives.” Indiana has maintained a steady visual identity over the past half-century. Its blue and gold colors, originally selected to echo those of the state flag of Indiana, have evolved from a vibrant royal blue and yellow to navy blue and yellow gold (gray was added as an accent color in 2005....

Pacers coach Nate McMillan says the star guard’s mind is right where it needs to be. His body might need some time to catch up though. “He’s not playing live but he’s moving. He’s in a good position mentally,” McMillan told the Indianapolis Star. “He feels that everything is going well. I like what I see with him. … He’s doing great. He’s not doing any live contact, still in that rehab stage of working with the trainers....

The stunning move also comes just 14 days after the Pacers extended McMillan’s contract by one year through the 2021-22 season. McMillan spent four seasons in Indiana and led the Pacers to the playoffs in each of those campaigns, but the team failed to win a postseason series over that period. Indiana was 3-16 in playoff games during his tenure and was swept in three series, including this year’s matchup with the Miami Heat....

The Lawson move is expected to bolster a team in need of backcourt depth. His tenure with the Rockets was disjoined and ill-fitting, but Lawson was a very good starting point guard for years with the Nuggets before this season. MORE: Trade deadline winners and losers | Best at every age Budinger went to the Pacers in a trade before the season, and played in 48 games, averaging 4.5 points....

Since 2010, whether tied to devastating injuries or glaring ineffectiveness, Dom Capers’ group has had enough struggles to hold Aaron Rodgers and the offense back from bigger things. The Packers have not defended the zone read well, and they’ve played consistently poor against the traditional running game, too. To their credit, the Packers have worked to correct that by assembling the right personnel fits for their scheme. There are five good reasons to think they will see all that come to fruition in 2016, starting in training camp....

But there will be a little work involved. MORE: Ranking all 31 NFL stadiums | NFL stadiums that need to go Yes, it’s that time of year again in Green Bay, as heavy snowfall this week has left the Packers’ home stadium covered in snow. You won’t get a chance to shovel the legendary “frozen tundra” on the field, but the grandstands need to be cleared for Sunday night’s regular-season finale against the Vikings....

The safety tweeted Sunday that he was informed of his release by the Packers. The team has yet to announce the move, but NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Jones had requested a trade. The Packers had signed former Bears safety Adrian Amos and used their 21st overall pick in April’s draft on former Maryland safety Darnell Savage Jr., moving Jones down the depth chart and likely prompting his desire to be dealt....

The Packers (7-4) have had all sorts of problems with an inconsistent offense that has struggled to effectively run the ball and convert third downs. Packers receivers have had difficulty creating any separation and, when they do get open, have been prone to drops — especially second-year wideout Davante Adams. MORE: Week 13 picks against the spread | Straight-up picks | Power rankings The Lions snapped a dubious 24-game road losing streak to the Packers last month and get the four-time division champions at Ford Field, where Detroit has won the last two meetings....

The NFL flexed the Green Bay-Philadelphia game to the late-afternoon window, and it’ll be broadcast at 4:25 p.m. on CBS. It’s also getting the Romo treatment, with Jim Nantz doing the play-by-play duties and Tony Romo the color commentator to provide all his insights on the quarterback play. He’ll have plenty to talk about with Wentz, who leads the NFL in interceptions thrown and sacks taken. For more info on if Packers-Eagles will be available to you on your local CBS affiliate at 4:25 p....

Only twice in those 27 games have the Saints (2-4 SU and ATS) been underdogs. And never have the Saints been as narrowly favored as they are Sunday night, when they host the surging Packers (8:30 p.m. ET, NBC). New Orleans is just a 1.5-point favorite over Green Bay, which has won four straight games to pull into a tie with Detroit atop the NFC North. The Packers (5-2 SU and 4-2-1 ATS) are getting sound and spectacular play from quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and their defense has picked it up, too....

Rodgers completed 21 of 25 passes (84 percent) for 231 yards and four touchdowns, and his lone mistake, an interception, came in garbage time in the fourth quarter. His connection with Davante Adams, who hauled in 11 catches for 142 yards and three TDs, make the Packers one of the scariest teams in the NFC. But what may have more teams concerned ahead of the playoffs is the balance Green Bay showed Sunday....

Headley was injured in the batting cage before Tuesday night's game against the Rockies, according to Padres manager Bud Black. Headley went 0 for 4, dropping his average to .160 with one homer and four RBIs. Headley was slowed by a strained right calf during spring training and missed the first 14 games last season because of a fractured left thumb. He led the NL with 115 RBIs in 2012....

Talking and winning. For Phil McGraw, they go together like peanut butter and fried bananas at Graceland. Four years ago, McGraw talked his way onto a spot as a therapist on “Oprah.” Now–he is the hottest talk-show commodity to come along since Queen Oprah herself. McGraw debuts next month in “Dr. Phil,” a program with so much juice–it’s syndicated in an unprecedented 96 percent of the country–that he was able to demand it never be pitted against “Oprah” in the same time period....

The reigning National Player of the Year was off to another great start this season, averaging 21.2 points, 6.2 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.7 steals through her first six games. As a result, UConn owned a 5-1 record, ranked No. 3 in the country behind only NC State (No. 2) and South Carolina (No. 1). How long will it be without their star guard? Here’s everything you need to know about Buecker’s injury....