Sports in Brief: Cardinals, Blue Jays reach deal on Rolen

The St. Louis Cardinals have reached agreement on a trade with Toronto that would send third baseman

Scott Rolen

to the Blue Jays for third baseman

Troy Glaus

, according to reports yesterday on foxsports.com and ESPN.com.

The deal reportedly will be completed tomorrow when the two undergo physical exams.

The trade includes a financial component, which would make it subject to the approval of commissioner

Bud Selig

. It's uncertain which club is receiving money in the deal, ESPN.com reported.

Rolen, 32, is a career .283 hitter with 261 home runs and seven Gold Gloves with the Phillies and St. Louis. He had a well-publicized falling-out with manager

Tony La Russa

that set trade talks in motion.

Glaus, 31, has 277 career homers in 10 seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto.

Brian McNamee

told federal law enforcement officials that

Roger Clemens

developed an abscess on his buttocks about the time McNamee said he was giving him steroid injections in 1998, the New York Times reported.

Though any injection can lead to an abscess, steroid injections are more likely to trigger abscesses, physician

Gary I. Wadler

, a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, told the Times.

But three members of the Toronto Blue Jays organization that season, including two trainers, said they did not recall Clemens' having an abscess in 1998, the newspaper reported.

Meanwhile, Clemens' attorney,

Rusty Hardin

, is hedging over the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's request to depose Clemens under oath because it might interfere with his defamation lawsuit against McNamee, ESPN.com reported.

Greg Ellis

of the Dallas Cowboys was voted the Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year.

Ellis went from nonfactor to Pro Bowler when he was switched to outside linebacker from defensive end.

The Cleveland Browns promoted

Mel Tucker

to defensive coordinator, replacing

Todd Grantham

, who was fired after three seasons. Tucker, 36, had been the defensive backs coach the last three seasons.

Elsewhere:

Washington interviewed assistant

Gregg Williams

, the leading in-house candidate for the Redskins' coaching vacancy.

The father of Arkansas star

Darren McFadden

denied a report that he has sent paperwork to the NFL so the running back can enter this year's draft.

ESPN.com reported that

Graylon McFadden

provided the paperwork early this week.

Elsewhere: Doc Holliday

will return to West Virginia to become coach of tight ends and fullbacks and recruiting coordinator at his alma mater. Holliday was associate head coach under

Urban Meyer

at Florida the last three seasons.

Marshall's

Bernard Morris

threw for 172 yards and a touchdown in the first half to lead the East to a 38-7 win over the West in the Hula Bowl in Honolulu.

Jean-Baptiste Grange

confirmed his status as a rising star, winning the slalom to match

Jean-Claude Killy

as the only skiers to win two different races on the Lauberhorn course in Wengen, Switzerland, in the same year.

Andy Roddick

won his third consecutive Kooyong Classic title in Melbourne, defeating

Marcos Baghdatis

, 7-5, 6-3, in an Australian Open tune-up.