McNamee did not speak to reporters, only shaking his head when asked if he would comment, when he arrived at the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington accompanied by his lawyers, Richard Emery and Earl Ward.

McNamee has told federal agents, baseball investigator George Mitchell and a House of Representatives committee that he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998-2001. This was McNamee's first meeting with assistant U.S. attorney Daniel Butler, who is presenting evidence to the federal grand jury determining if Clemens should be indicted for lying to Congress.

CUBAN FINED -- AGAIN

NEW YORK -- The NBA fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $25,000 (all terms US) yesterday for "improper interactions with Denver Nuggets players" at halftime and his conduct immediately following the Mavs' 99-97 loss on Tuesday. Cuban, who has been fined about $1.5 million by the NBA over the years, went onto the court at halftime to complain to J.R. Smith about an elbow he saw the Nuggets player throw at the Mavs' Antoine Wright.

RAPS LOSE 4TH IN A ROW

INDIANAPOLIS -- Danny Granger scored 23 points and Mike Dunleavy provided the biggest play of the game with less than a minute to go, goading Chris Bosh into a foul on a three-pointer and making all three foul shots to help seal the Indiana Pacers' 111-104 win over the Toronto Raptors last night. Bosh had 25 points and 16 rebounds for the Raptors (16-25), who chopped a 24-point deficit down to one before Dunleavy's heady play.

GREEN PLAYS WITH GUST-O

HONOLULU -- Nathan Green made the most of a windy day at Waialae for another 4-under 66 and a one-stroke lead among early starters at the Sony Open yesterday. The Australian dropped only one shot when the weather was at its worst, picked up two birdies on some of the tougher holes and wound up one shot ahead of Shigeki Maruyama, who was playing in his group and had a 68. Green was at 8-under 132.

RAVENS VANQUISH VEES

SUDBURY -- Ines Jelic had 14 points and Kelly Killoran hooped 12, all on her specialty three-pointers, leading the Carleton Ravens to a 63-51 OUA women's Basketball win over the Laurentian Lady Vees last night. Eight different Ravens scored at least six points, including frosh guard Alyson Bush, who had a game-high four steals. Carleton (8-4) faces York tonight.

GGS MEET THEIR WATERLOO

WATERLOO -- Aminata Diallo and Ariane Thibault each had 11 kills for the Ottawa Gee-Gees, but the host Warriors scored a four-set 26-24, 17-25, 25-18, 25-14 OUA women's volleyball win last night. The Gee-Gees (10-4) play Laurier tonight.