BASEBALL

SELIG UNSURE IF HE WILL ATTEND BONDS’S HOME RUN CHASE

Barry Bonds might get a telephone call from baseball commissioner Bud Selig instead of a handshake if the San Francisco Giants slugger breaks Hank Aaron’s home run record.

Selig wouldn’t say yesterday whether he would attend any Giants games if and when Bonds closes in on the mark.

Selig insisted that Major League Baseball would celebrate Bonds potential feat exactly as it does any other major milestone, such as a pitcher’s 300th win. Last year Selig telephoned San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman when he became the career saves leader.

ARROYO GETS $25 MILLION, 2-YEAR EXTENSION FROM REDS

In their biggest spending splurge since they brought Ken Griffey Jr home, the Cincinnati Reds have locked up their top two starting pitchers for the next four years. It’s a sign of how priorities have changed.

Right-hander Bronson Arroyo got a two-year extension yesterday that will pay him an additional $25 million and keep him under contract through at least 2010. There’s a team option for the following season.

FOOTBALL

TANK JOHNSON PLEADS GUILTY TO PROBATION VIOLATION

Bears defensive lineman Terry “Tank” Johnson pleaded guilty yesterday to violating probation in a 2005 gun case.

Cook County Judge John Moran denied a request to lift the player’s home confinement, but said Johnson could leave his house to attend practices. Moran delayed sentencing until March 15 so that a presentencing investigation can be done.

The hearing yesterday came four days after Indianapolis beat Chicago 29-17 in the Super Bowl. The same judge allowed Johnson to travel to Miami for the game.

VIKINGS HIRE COLTS’ FRAZIER AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Surrendering control of the defense worked well for Brad Childress in his first season as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. So he will do that again in 2007.

Leslie Frazier became the first assistant to leave Super Bowl champion Indianapolis yesterday when he accepted the job as defensive coordinator of the Vikings.

A special assistant to Colts coach Tony Dungy and also in charge of the team’s defensive backs, Frazier couldn’t interview for the position until after the Super Bowl. But Childress was willing to wait for someone with a diverse background and a strong familiarity with the Tampa Cover 2 scheme run primarily by Minnesota under Mike Tomlin this past season.

GOLF

MICKELSON EAGLES FINAL HOLE FOR SHARE OF LEAD

Phil Mickelson finally showed signs of turning the corner yesterday.

Nowhere near the leaderboard since his collapse at the U.S. Open last summer, Mickelson hit 4-iron from 230 yards into 18 feet for eagle on his final hole at Poppy Hills for a 7-under 65 to share the lead with rookie John Mallinger and Nick Watney at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.