FOOTBALL

PACMAN JONES APPEALS SEASON-LONG SUSPENSION

Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has filed his appeal of a season-long suspension and a hearing with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell should be held with in the next two weeks, a league spokesman said yesterday.

Jones said earlier this month he planned to appeal and NFL spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed yesterday that Jones’s letter arrived at league offices over the weekend.

“He will have a full opportunity to present his case,” Aiello said.

BASEBALL

BRAVES PLACE WICKMAN ON DL; ORIOLES’ WRIGHT AS WELL

Braves closer Bob Wickman went on the disabled list with an upper back injury yesterday, one day after the veteran blew a save for the second straight time.

The team called the injury a strain. Wickman said he has tendinitis in his upper back, and he attributed his recent struggles to “stubbornness on my part.”

Wickman says he has been feeling no discomfort in pregame warmups while throwing in the outfield, so he keeps telling pitching coach Roger McDowell he was available to pitch. The troubles come when he threw off mounds.

The Orioles put right-handed pitcher Jaret Wright on the 15-day disabled list yesterday with a recurrence of soreness in his right shoulder.

Baltimore recalled lefty Birkins from Triple-A Norfolk. He was expected to join the Orioles last night in Detroit.

BASKETBALL

SPURS’ DUNCAN AND BOWEN HIGHLIGHT ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

Tim Duncan made his 10th straight NBA All-Defensive first team yesterday, and San Antonio teammate Bruce Bowen was the top vote-getter in being selected for the seventh time.

Completing the team were: Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby and guards Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Raja Bell of the Phoenix Suns.

Bowen, a forward, received 42 votes, six more than Duncan. Camby, the Defensive Player of the Year, was chosen for the first time.