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NEW YORK -- A lawyer for Alex Rodriguez declined Major League Baseballs challenge to make public the drug evidence that led to the 211-game suspension of the New York Yankees star. MLB executive vice-president Rob Manfred wrote to lawyer Joseph Tacopina on Monday, urging him to waive his clients confidentiality under baseballs Joint Drug Agreement so the documents could be released. Tacopina had said he wanted to discuss evidence publicly but was constrained by the provision. "We will agree to waive those provisions as they apply to both Rodriguez and the office of commissioner of baseball with respect to Rodriguezs entire history under the program, including, but not limited to, his testing history, test results, violations of the program, and all information and evidence relating to Rodriguezs treatment by Anthony Bosch, Anthony Galea and Victor Conte," Manfred wrote in the letter, which was released by MLB. Bosch was head of the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. Galea pleaded guilty two years ago to a federal charge of bringing unapproved drugs into the United States from Canada. Conte was head of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, the target of a federal investigation that led to criminal charges against Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and others. Manfred proposed that both sides disclose information and documents relating to: --All drug tests that were conducted on Rodriguez under the program and their results; -- All prior violations of the program committed by Rodriguez, and; -- All documents relating to the issue of whether Rodriguez obstructed the office of the commissioners investigation. Tacopina, a lawyer with one of the four firms representing Rodriguez, said the players association would have to agree to waive confidentiality. "The letter was nothing more than a cheap publicity stunt," Tacopina said in a statement. "The letter that was addressed to my law office with the words Via Hand Delivery on top was in fact never delivered to my office but was instead given to the Today show, which in and of itself is yet another violation of the confidentiality clause of the JDA. They know full well that they have to address the letter to the MLBPA and such a waiver would require the MLBAPA to be party of the agreement and signatures. Its nothing but a theatrical trap hoping I would sign knowing that I couldnt and in fact would have me breaching the JDA agreement if I did." The union didnt immediately respond to a request for comment. A three-time AL MVP, Rodriguez is playing pending his appeal, which is not expected to be decided by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz until at least November. In addition to his own lawyers, Rodriguez paid Florida-based attorney Susy Ribero-Ayala in February to represent Bosch. "A retainer of $25,000 was paid (via wire transfer) by a representative of Alex Rodriguez. Ms. Ribero-Ayala accepted this payment on behalf of Anthony Bosch as payment for his legal representation," Ribero-Ayala spokeswoman Joyce Fitzpatrick said in a statement Monday. "In April 2013, Ms. Ribero-Ayala received an unsolicited and unwarranted wire transfer of $50,000 from A-Rod Corp. The funds were immediately returned. Mr. Rodriguez does not have any involvement in Mr. Boschs legal representation." In June, Bosch agreed to co-operate with MLBs investigation. The payments were first reported Sunday by ESPN. Rodriguez declined comment, citing the JDAs confidentiality provision. "At some point, I think everybody will talk," he said early Monday. "I think everybody has to have a little patience." Rodriguez is among 14 players disciplined by MLB this summer following its Biogenesis investigation. Former NL MVP Ryan Braun accepted a 65-game suspension and 12 players agreed to 50-game penalties. The 38-year-old Rodriguez made his big league season debut Aug. 5, the same day his suspension was announced. He had been sidelined since left hip surgery in January and his return was delayed by a leg injury in July. Rodriguez batted .120 (3 for 25) with no RBIs in last years playoffs, and Tacopina claims an Oct. 11 MRI at New York-Presbyterian Hospital revealed the left hip injury. The Yankees maintain Rodriguez complained then only of a problem with his right hip, which was operated on in March 2009. "They put him out there in that condition when he shouldnt have even been walking, much less playing baseball," Tacopina said Monday during an interview with The Associated Press. Rodriguez said Sunday he asked the union to file a grievance over his medical treatment. That likely will not be part of the drug appeal. "Im sure it will be separate, but Ill leave that to those expects in labour law and the CBA process," he said. Tacopina also claims Yankees President Randy Levine told Dr. Bryan Kelly of the Hospital for Special Surgery, who operated on Rodriguezs left hip in January, that he didnt want to see Rodriguez play for the team again. Levine has denied the allegation. "This is part of the mindset of what theyre doing to this guy and working in conjunction with MLB to try to keep him off the field," Tacopina said. Tracy Hickenbottom, a HSS spokeswoman, said Kelly had no comment. The Yankees said in a statement "we relied upon Dr. Christopher Ahmad and the New York-Presbyterian Hospital for medical diagnosis, opinions and treatment. The Yankees neither had any complaints from Alex Rodriguez pertaining to his left hip during the 2012 regular season and the Yankees post-season, nor did the Yankees receive any diagnosis pertaining to his left hip during that same period of time." Bryan Dotson, a spokesman for New York-Presbyterian, said the hospital had no comment on Rodriguezs treatment, Also Monday, a woman indicted last year on charges of stalking Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed a petition in New York State Supreme Court asking for an order to block Tacopina from representing Rodriguez. Louise Motherwell claimed Stephen Turano of Tacopinas firm has represented her in a New Jersey case. One of Motherwells lawyers said last year she had a consensual relationship with Cashman, and the filing said she shared information with Turano claiming Cashman "intentionally misled federal investigators during the Roger Clemens investigation," "knew of Yankee clubhouse steroid use by various Yankee players by name" and "was ambivalent to the use of performance-enhancement drugs so long as nothing came back to the Yankees organization." Tacopina said Motherwell never retained his firm, and that Turano has his own firm in New Jersey. 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PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills are running out of backups to their backups at linebacker.IK Enemkpali sustained a season-ending right knee injury, and he will be released after being placed on the waived/injured list on Monday. The move freed up a roster spot for the Bills signing Kroy Biermann to address their already-thin pass-rushing depth.Enemkpali tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the second quarter of Buffalos 19-18 preseason-opening loss Indianapolis on Saturday. His foot caught in the turf and he fell awkwardly while being blocked by Colts lineman Jonotthan Harrison.Enemkpali was playing in place of projected rookie starter Shaq Lawson, who will miss at least the first month of the season because of shoulder surgery. Lawsons primary backup, Manny Lawson, is expected to miss a few more weeks recovering from a partially torn pectoral muscle.Its a concern, coach Rex Ryan said. I think wed all feel better if Manny was practicing. But hes not. And until he does, you dont have that comfort level.Until Lawson returns, Ryan intends to shift Lorenzo Alexander into the starting spot. Though Alexander has experience at the position, Ryan planned to have the offseason free-agent addition focus more on his various special teams duties.Biermann is listed at 6-foot-3 and 255 pounds, and spent his first eight NFL seasons in Atlanta. He had 2+ sacks and a forced fumble in 16 games, all as a backup, last season.Overall, he has 23+ sacks and 37 tackles for a loss in 114 games, including 37 starts.Enemkpalis tenure in Buffalo ended a year since Bills claimed him off waivers. The addition was notable coming a day after Enemkpali was released by the New York Jets for punching and breaking the jaw of quarterback Geno Smith during a locker-room confrontation.The Bills are also thin at inside linebacker with projected rookie starter Reggie Ragland to miss the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. The injury led to Buffalo signing Brandon Spikes and David Hawthorne on Aug. 7.Later in the day, the Bills bulked up their defensive line by signing Brandon Deaderick and Alameda Taamu. Deaderick did not play in the NFL last season, but has five seasons of experience split between New England, Jacksonville and New OOrleans.dddddddddddd Taamu was cut 10 days ago by Kansas City. He spent 2013 and `14 with Arizona before being cut by the Cardinals before the start of last season.Buffalo freed up roster room by releasing receiver Leonard Hankerson, who had several dropped passes against Indianapolis last weekend, and defensive tackle T.J. Barnes.On the bright side, backup running back Karlos Williams passed his physical and practiced for the first time Monday.Williams was overweight when reporting to training camp, and spent the past two weeks working out individually while on the teams active/non-football injury list.Williams weight issues date to June when he reported for the teams mandatory minicamps. He blamed the weight gain on snacking with his pregnant fiancee so she didnt have to eat alone.The second-year players troubles mounted last month, when the NFL suspended Williams for the first four games of the regular season for violating the leagues substance abuse policy.Williams made a splash as a rookie backing up starter LeSean McCoy last season. He had 517 yards rushing and scored nine touchdowns, including two receiving.Williams called it difficult missing the first two weeks of camp, and said it will be even tougher to miss the first month of the season.Theres no way you can really describe that feeling, he said. Its going to be tough. And its a process you have to live and learn. Im learning from it, and its time to move on.As for staying in shape, Williams said hes altered his eating habits by cutting out big meals, especially late at night.He has also leaned on teammates for advice, including defensive tackle Marcell Dareus, who had several off-field issues two years ago. Hes also talked to defensive tackle Kyle Williams, who has five children, about how he balances family and his career.I pretty much got that I cant take care of my family if I dont take care of myself first, said Williams, who has four children. So thats really something that Im trying to change about the atmosphere of my family now.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '