01:00 AM EDT on Friday, June 23, 2006

Ozzie Guillen was fined and ordered to attend sensitivity training yesterday as commissioner Bud Selig punished the outspoken Chicago White Sox manager for using a slur during a tirade against a sports columnist.

In a separate penalty, Guillen was suspended for one game, punishment for reliever David Riske intentionally hitting St. Louis' Chris Duncan with a pitch Tuesday night. Riske drew a three-game suspension, but appealed.

Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti and called him a number of names, including a derogatory term that is often used to describe someone's sexual orientation.

"Ozzie Guillen used language that is offensive and completely unacceptable," Selig said in a statement. "Baseball is a social institution with responsibility to set appropriate tone and example. Conduct or language that reflects otherwise will not be tolerated. The use of slurs embarrasses the individual, the club and the game."

Guillen met with reporters yesterday before leaving U.S. Cellular Field to serve his suspension, saying as he did Wednesday that he used the wrong word. He said he agreed with Selig's punishment. He also vowed not to let up on Mariotti.

"The commissioner did what he had to do," Guillen said. "They don't agree with what I say. Me either. I agree with what I say about Jay. . . . I'm not going to change. One thing I'm going to make clear is I apologize to the community, but to Jay, no chance. This thing is on, and on for good."

Major League Baseball asked the White Sox to set up the sensitivity training, and spokesman Scott Reifert said the team would do so, using its employee assistance program, with specifics to be determined.

Guillen said he wasn't sure what sensitivity training would entail, but would abide by the ruling.

"What class? What is it? Mr. Selig said I have to do something about this," Guillen said. "It was not good for me and baseball to be involved in this."

ROUNDUP

REHAB STINT STARTS: San Diego right-hander Woody Williams began his rehabilitation assignment without allowing a hit in three innings of a Class-A game and is on target to rejoin the Padres by July 1. Williams, on the disabled list since May 13 because of a strained left calf, struck out five and walked one for Lake Elsinore against Rancho Cucamonga in a California League game Wednesday night.

E-MAILS ARE REVEALING: E-mails seized by federal authorities identify the convicted founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative as a source in the San Francisco Chronicle's reporting on the steroids scandal, according to an online court filing that accidentally revealed confidential information. The filing details exchanges between Chronicle reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada and Victor Conte, who jokingly suggests in one message that he be placed on the newspaper's payroll in exchange for information about grand jury testimony by elite athletes. It was unclear from the filing whether Conte provided the reporters with grand jury transcripts, but it does show Conte discussing the testimony of athletes about their steroid use.

ALL-STAR COACHES: Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Tracy and Jerry Narron of the Cincinnati Reds were picked yesterday by Houston's Phil Garner to be National League coaches in the All-Star Game. Garner will manage the N.L. team on July 11 in Pittsburgh after guiding the Astros to their first World Series last season. Ozzie Guillen of the Chicago White Sox will lead the A.L. squad. The league that wins will get home-field advantage in the World Series again.

LIEBER MAKES REHAB START: Phillies pitcher Jon Lieber allowed one run over three innings last night in his first minor-league rehabilitation start since being sidelined last month by a strained left groin. Pitching in a Gulf Coast League game against Cleveland minor-leaguers, Lieber gave up four hits, hit a batter with a pitch and struck out one. The right-hander threw 27 of 39 pitches for strikes in 94-degree weather. "It felt good to get back out there and start facing hitters again," Lieber said. "I was really surprised that I wasn't drained. My legs felt great and my arm felt great. I was just really pleased all around." Lieber, who is 3-5 with a 5.79 E.R.A. in 11 starts this season, was hurt while fielding a grounder on May 29 against Washington. He came off the mound to field a ball in the second inning last night.