From Wire Services

It's no wonder the Boston Red Sox are so comfortable putting the team in the hands of 28-year-old Theo Epstein. After all, the New York Yankees won three World Series after they hired the youngest general manager in the major leagues.

The Red Sox made Epstein the youngest GM in big league history on Monday, giving the local boy wonder a promotion and hoping he can lead the team to its first World Series title since 1918.

"We're going to become a championship organization," he said at a news conference at Fenway Park, about a mile from where he was raised. "We're going to win a World Series."

Much has been made of Epstein's age -- the joke on talk radio is that he can be a San Francisco Giants bat boy when he grows up -- but the only difference between him and previous Boston GMs is the era in which the Red Sox first broke their hearts.

It's now 84 seasons since the Red Sox last won it all.

New York Giants rookie uninjured in carjacking

New York Giants rookie Tim Carter was carjacked at gunpoint by two men who drove him around for four hours and stole his car, cash and jewelry before giving him $40 and forcing him from the car.

The 23-year-old wide receiver, on crutches because of a season-ending Achilles' tendon injury, was not hurt.

It does not appear the carjackers knew Carter was a football player, Clifton, N.J., police Detective Capt. Robert Rowan said Tuesday. The car had not been recovered by Tuesday, and police had received no tips.

Carter had gone to a mall Sunday night for a movie, authorities said. He left the theater about midnight and was confronted by two men as he hobbled toward his luxury car.

Sapp won't be fined

Tampa Bay defensive tackle Warren Sapp will not be fined by the NFL for a wicked hit, and Green Bay Coach Mike Sherman will not be disciplined by the league after an ugly confrontation with Sapp after the Buccaneers' 21-7 victory Sunday over the Packers at Raymond James Stadium.

Sherman was incensed with Sapp for what he considered to be a cheap-shot block on Packers tackle Chad Clifton on a third-quarter interception return by Brian Kelly that helped turn the game in the Bucs' favor. Sherman approached Sapp afterward and told him "what you did was wrong."

Sapp responded with an obscenity-laced tirade that included "you're so tough, put a jersey on. Win some more games." A Packers security guard stepped between the men.

Clifton remained hospitalized Monday in Tampa, Fla., with hip and pelvis injuries.