In his first two seasons in Major League Soccer, David Beckham has played in every MLS city but one. Houston will have to wait until 2009.
Beckham was yellow-carded in the Galaxy's 1-0 loss at Columbus on Saturday night and must serve a one-game suspension, meaning he will miss the team's Oct. 18 road game against the defending league champion Houston Dynamo.
Beckham will also miss Sunday's home game against the Colorado Rapids because he has been called up for England's next two World Cup qualifying matches.
That means that unless the Galaxy qualifies for the playoffs, the league's highest-paid and highest-profile player has only one MLS game left this season -- the Oct. 26 regular-season finale against FC Dallas in Carson.
-- Grahame L. Jones
BASEBALL
Padres part ways with Bard and Estes
The San Diego Padres opened space on their 40-man roster when catcher Josh Bard and left-hander Shawn Estes cleared outright waivers and chose to become free agents.
Bard was limited to 57 games because of injuries, batting .202 with one home run and 16 runs batted in. Estes was 2-3 with a 4.74 earned-run average in nine appearances, including eight starts. Estes was sidelined for more than two months because of a broken left thumb.
The Padres, meanwhile, are pursuing a grievance against shortstop Khalil Greene for breaking his left hand when he punched a storage chest out of frustration.
The Padres are trying to recoup a prorated portion of Greene's $4.5-million salary. He sat out the final 52 games.
Former Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Joe Nuxhall was selected as a finalist for the baseball Hall of Fame's Ford Frick Award.
Nuxhall, who died in 2007, led fan balloting and was followed by former Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet and Toronto's Tom Cheek, who also will appear on the ballot. They join seven broadcasters selected by a Hall of Fame committee: Billy Berroa, Ken Coleman, Dizzy Dean, Lanny Frattare, Tony Kubek, Graham McNamee and Dave Van Horne.
Voting will be conducted by the 15 living winners of the award, given for excellence in baseball broadcasting, and five broadcast historians/columnists. The winner will be announced Dec. 9 at the winter meetings in Las Vegas.
JURISPRUDENCE
Judge moves Henry's trial to Montana
Former Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry's trial over an alleged cocaine deal will take place in Montana after a U.S. magistrate judge ordered the case moved.
