BASEBALL

CURT SCHILLING, RED SOX FINALIZE ONE-YEAR DEAL

Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox finalized an $8 million, one-year contract yesterday that keeps the star right-hander with the World Series champions.

The deal provides for him to make an additional $5 million in bonuses and match his 2007 salary. It contains $3 million in performance bonuses based on innings pitched and $2 million based on weight clauses.

“We need some protection in case he wasn’t able to stay healthy,” Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said.

BASEBALL GENERAL MANAGERS RECOMMEND INSTANT REPLAY

Baseball could soon have a new position: replay judge. General managers recommended for the first time yesterday that instant replay be used to help umpires on boundary calls — whether potential home runs are fair or foul, whether balls go over fences or hit the tops and bounce back, and whether fans interfere with possible homers. The proposal was approved by a 25-5 vote. There was no specific time frame on when such a system might be put in place.

FOOTBALL

GOODELL SUSTAINS PACMAN JONES SUSPENSION

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones in April to sit out the 2007 season. Yesterday, the commissioner informed Jones he still hasn’t changed his mind. Jones had met with the commissioner last week in New York, pleading for some leniency and an early return. But the cornerback whose biggest community service was buying wrestling tickets for Atlanta students to watch him at a pay-per-view event last month didn’t convince Goodell.