ANAHEIM, Calif. - Los Angeles Dodgers closer Eric Gagne was placed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in his career because of a sprained right elbow.

Gagne felt soreness in his elbow, the same one he had repaired with Tommy John surgery in 1997, after Thursday's game. He also has been hampered this spring by a sprained ligament in his left knee, which he injured while playing pepper during the Dodgers' first full-squad workout.

Gagne, 29, won the NL Cy Young Award in 2003 with a club-record 55 saves and 1.20 ERA. The three-time All-Star agreed to a $19 million, two-year contract in the offseason, after recording 152 saves during his first three seasons as a closer - including a major league-record streak of 84 in a row that ended last July.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay All-Star outfielder Carl Crawford agreed to a $15.25 million, four-year contract that could be worth up to $32.5 million over six seasons.The two-rime AL stolen base champion, who is 23, gets a $500,000 signing bonus, $500,000 this year, $2.5 million in 2006, $4 million in 2007 and $5.25 million in 2008.Tampa Bay has an $8.25 million option for 2009 with a $2.5 million buyout. If the Devil Rays exercise that option, the team gets a $10 million option for 2010 with a $1.25 million buyout.In addition, the contract includes escalators that could boost Crawford's salary to $11.5 million in the final year.

CLAYTON, Mo. - St. Louis Rams defensive end Leonard Little was found innocent of drunken driving by a St. Louis County Circuit jury.Jurors ruled that Little was speeding at the time of his arrest April 24 on Interstate 64 in a St. Louis suburb. He will be sentenced on that charge May 6.Little will not be considered a persistent offender, which had been a possibility under the charges because he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a 1998 drunken-driving accident in downtown St. Louis that killed 47-year-old Susan Gutweiler.Little served three months in jail and completed 1,000 hours of community service and four years of probation for the earlier crime.

ST. LOUIS - Andrew Bogut of Utah was selected as The Associated Press player of the year in college basketball.Bruce Weber, who led Illinois to its winningest season ever and a berth in the Final Four, was an overwhelming choice as AP's coach of the year.Bogut led Division I with 26 double-doubles in 35 games this season. He was second in rebounding at 12.2 per game and fourth in field goal percentage at 62 percent. He averaged 20.4 points per game (15th in the nation) and 2.3 assists. He was the leading vote-getter on the AP's All-America first team.Bogut received 31 votes for player of the year from the 72-member national media panel that selects the AP's weekly Top 25. J.J. Redick of Duke was second with 15 votes, and Wayne Simien of Kansas was third with nine.Weber received 54 votes from the panel. Mike Krzyzewski of Duke received six votes, while Al Skinner of Boston College had five.It was just the latest reward for a spectacular season for Weber. The Illini (36-1), who play Louisville in the national semifinals Saturday, were ranked No. 1 the final 15 weeks of the season.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Top-ranked Roger Federer beat Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3 in the semifinals of the Nasdaq-100 Open.Federer hit 30 winners to reach the final. He'll bid for his first Key Biscayne title Sunday against 18-year-old Rafael Nadal, who advanced by beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-4, 6-3.Federer extended his winning streak to 21 matches and improved to 31-1 this year, the best start on the men's tour since John McEnroe was 39-0 in 1984. He has won 17 consecutive finals going into Sunday.

Mark Farrell, Treesdale Country Club, using a 6-iron on 147-yard No. 3 on the Orchard Course.