FOOTBALL

NEUROSURGEON: BILLS’ EVERETT MOVED ARMS AND LEGS

Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs yesterday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills’ tight end would walk again — contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before.

“Based on our experience, the fact that he’s moving so well, so early after such a catastrophic injury means he will walk again,” said Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Miami school of medicine.

“It’s totally spectacular, totally unexpected,” Green told the Associated Press by telephone from Miami.

Green said he’s been consulting with doctors in Buffalo since Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury Sunday after ducking his head while tackling the Denver Broncos’ Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff of the Bills’ season opener.

BROWNS TRADE QB FRYE TO SEATTLE; QUINN NOW NO. 2

Browns starting quarterback Charlie Frye, benched before halftime in the season opener, was traded to Seattle for a sixth-round draft pick yesterday, a stunningly swift move that pushes rookie Brady Quinn to no. 2 on the depth chart.

Frye’s departure means Derek Anderson, who lost the quarterback competition to Frye during the preseason, will start for the Browns on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals and Quinn will be his backup.

“This move obviously clarifies our quarterback situation,” general manager Phil Savage in explaining the deal.

The Browns said Frye must pass a physical for the trade to be completed. Cleveland also signed veteran free agent quarterback Ken Dorsey, cut 10 days ago by the club, to a one-year contract.

BASEBALL

WHITE SOX’S GUILLEN GETS EXTENSION THROUGH 2012

Ozzie Guillen took the White Sox to a World Series championship two years ago. Now he’s trying to keep them from having the worst record in the major leagues.

Sounds like a strange time to give him a new contract, but that’s what the team did yesterday when it announced Guillen had agreed to an extension through the 2012 season. Guillen’s previous deal ran through next year, with a club option for 2009.

“The problems that we are having right now, I simply do not believe that they are problems that are with our coaching staff or with our manager,” general manager Ken Williams said, calling the contract extension an easy decision.

Associated Press