Briefly

Ryan Franklin is ready to put what he considered an unlucky 2005 behind him.

His first step was changing teams, agreeing Thursday to a $2.6 million, one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies after six lackluster seasons in Seattle.

“I don’t want to say I wore out my welcome in Seattle, but I was ready to move on,” he said.

Franklin had some of the worst run support of any starting pitcher last year, when he went 8-15 with a 5.10 ERA in 1902/3 innings with the Mariners.

Franklin was suspended Aug. 2-11 for violating baseball’s steroids policy. He said he has no idea how he tested positive, though he did say that he took supplements he bought at a nutrition store.

“Manny Ramirez, the enigmatic Red Sox outfielder who asked for a trade earlier this winter, seemingly came off his demand in an interview with ESPNdeportes.com, saying, “There will be no trade. I’m staying in Boston, where I’m familiar with the system and where I have a lot of friends, especially David Ortiz.”

New York Mets GM Omar Minaya has pursued Ramirez the last two winters, but any deal was complicated by Ramirez’s hefty price tag and his incredible talent.

“Infielder Miguel Cairo returned to the New York Yankees, finalizing a $1 million, one-year contract.

“The Detroit Tigers agreed to a minor league contract with Ramon Santiago, bringing back an infielder they traded two years ago to Seattle in a deal for shortstop Carlos Guillen.

“Utility infielder Jamey Carroll agreed to a one-year, $700,000 contract to return to Washington.

College football

Hokies plan to suspend Vick

Virginia Tech will suspend quarterback Marcus Vick for an undetermined number of games next season if he returns to school, according to two sources within the athletic department who wished to remain anonymous. The suspension is the result of Vick stomping on a Louisville player’s leg in the first half of Monday’s Gator Bowl.

“LSU defensive end Claude Wroten Jr. was arrested on a drug charge after police stopped him for speeding and found marijuana in his car, authorities at Sterlington, La., said.

“Auburn defensive end Stanley McClover said he will forgo his senior season and make himself eligible for the NFL draft.

Winter sports

Miller admits skiing while drunk

Bode Miller knows he puts his life at risk when he skis drunk, but the outspoken Olympic favorite admits he may try the dangerous activity again.

“Talk about a hard challenge right there. … If you ever tried to ski when you’re wasted, it’s not easy,” Miller told “60 Minutes” for a segment that will air Sunday.

Asked if the risk meant he would never ski drunk again, Miller replied “No, I’m not saying that.”

“Michael Blunden scored two power-play goals and Justin Pogge stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the world junior championships, leading Canada to a 5-0 win over Russia in the final at Vancouver, B.C.

Earlier in the day, Lauri Tukonen scored the tiebreaking goal at 13:20 of the third period, and Finland won the bronze medal with a 4-2 victory over the United States.

“Marlies Schild of Austria won a World Cup slalom event and Olympic champion Janica Kostelic fought through pain to finish third in her home event at Zagreb, Croatia.

“U.S. Skeleton coach Tim Nardiello will get his day in court Monday, when the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation has been ordered to show that it had good reason to suspend him while sexual harassment allegations are investigated.

“Olympian Kikkan Randall won her third national title, and Chris Cook cruised to his first in 1.3-kilometer freestyle sprint races at the U.S. Cross Country Championships at Midway, Utah.

Golf

Browne leads in PGA opener

Olin Browne was the only player to break 70 in blustery conditions at Kapalua and finished with a 4-under-par 69 to take a one-shot lead over Vijay Singh as the PGA Tour season began without some of its biggest stars in the winners-only Mercedes Championships at Kapalua, Hawaii.

Miscellany

Former USC coach Dedeaux dies

Rod Dedeaux, who coached Southern California to a record 11 NCAA baseball championships and turned out many future major leaguers, died at Glendale, Calif., of complications from a Dec. 2 stroke. He was 91. He coached USC for 45 years until 1986.

“Martina Hingis’ perfect record in her comeback tournament ended today with a 1-6, 7-6 (2) 6-2 loss to fourth-seeed Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the semifinals of the Australian women’s hardcourt championships at Gold Coast.