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Lakers’ Gasol wins award as NBA’s top citizen (Yahoo! Sports)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
Peyton Manning grateful for Rockies’ hospitality (Yahoo! Sports)
DENVER (AP) Peyton Manning felt right at home with Todd Helton and the Colorado Rockies. Manning dropped by Coors Field on Sunday morning to visit his pal before the Rockies played the New York Mets. Manning and Helton were quarterbacks at the University of Tennessee in the mid-1990s.
Former NFL safety Easterling dies at 62 (Yahoo! Sports)
ATLANTA (AP) Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who helped lead the team’s vaunted defense in the 1970s and later filed a high-profile lawsuit against the NFL targeting the league’s handling of concussion-related injuries, has died. He was 62
At N.Y.U., Worshiping Baseball, for Credit
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Wearing a Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers jersey, John Sexton led a discussion in his class, “Baseball as a Road to God.” On the night before opening day, the end of a baseball fan’s version of Advent, John Sexton entered his classroom at New York University to speak of Joe DiMaggio
Auto Racing Capsules: Indianapolis 500 will start with 34 cars entered
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis’ traditional 33-car starting grid seems safe, for now. There could even be some bumping on qualifying weekend. On Thursday, last year’s 500 runner-up, JR Hildebrand, drove up in a Hummer to personally deliver the 34-car entry list — one more than necessary — to speedway CEO Jeff Belskus just inside the track’s main gate.
Vikings threatened? NFL boss headed to Capitol
By DAVE CAMPBELL and PATRICK CONDON | Associated Press – ST. PAUL, Minn
Baseball Players Aren't Overpaid, They're Underpaid—Here's Why
Salaries have skyrocketed the past few decades. Revenues have skyrocketed even higher. Here’s a plan to make things fair for baseball’s 99%.
Warren Sapp files for bankruptcy in Florida (Yahoo! Sports)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Arkansas coach Petrino put on leave after crash
By KURT VOIGT | Associated Press – FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bobby Petrino has improved every step of the way at Arkansas — not just his team’s performance but his image.
Rugby star Smith, projected NFL TE, joins Jets
Updated: April 4, 2012, 8:00 AM ET By Rich Cimini | ESPNNewYork.com The New York Jets on Tuesday signed Australian rugby star Hayden Smith, a 6-foot-7, 240-pound former basketball player who projects as a tight end in the NFL, to a three-year contract, his agent, Jack Bechta, confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com’s Rich Cimini. Financial terms weren’t immediately available and the Jets had yet to acknowledge the deal