Woods likely to return at Masters (AP)

Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press. Woods has been practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home the last two weeks, and swing coach Hank Haney flew there during the weekend to work with him. That led [...]

Hoyas beat top-seeded Orange in quarters (AP)

Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past No. 3 Syracuse with an impressive second-half surge, beating the top-seeded Orange 91-84 in the Big East tournament quarterfinals Thursday. Though still a strong candidate for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, Syracuse (28-4) sustained a potentially costly loss when starting center [...]

Rockies extend Helton for 2 years, $9.9M (AP)

The Colorado Rockies and Todd Helton agreed on Thursday to a two-year, $9.9 million contract extension that runs through the 2013 season. The first baseman also agreed to defer $13.1 million of his $19 million salary in 2011 over a 10-year period beginning in 2014, the team said. “We reached out for Todd in the [...]

Pro Football Hall of Famer Olsen dies (AP)

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69. Utah State, Olsen’s alma mater, said he died outside of Los Angeles early Thursday after battling cancer. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining, last year. “This was the voice of a man who not [...]

Hunter: black Latino players ‘impostors’ (AP)

Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter has called black Latino baseball players “impostors” when it comes to the appearance of the number of African-Americans in the major leagues. Hunter’s comments were made two weeks ago in one of a series of USA Today roundtables about baseball and published in Wednesday’s editions.
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Cubs GM Hendry lashes out at Bradley (AP)

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry says Milton Bradley should stop blaming the team, manager and fans for his failure to produce during his tumultuous season in Chicago. “I think it’s time maybe Milton looked himself in the mirror,” an agitated Hendry said Wednesday in response to Bradley’s latest charges that he was mistreated by the [...]

Bryant’s late jumper ends Lakers’ slide (AP)

Kobe Bryant never gets tired of being the Lakers’ closer. And though he savored the chance to stop Los Angeles’ longest losing streak in nearly three years with yet another flawless game-winning shot, Bryant is hoping he won’t have to bail out the Lakers quite so frequently in the final weeks before they defend their [...]

Chiefs sign former Jets RB Jones (AP)

The Kansas City Chiefs’ running game just got a big boost. The Chiefs signed free agent running back Thomas Jones, who led the New York Jets to the AFC championship game last season and was the NFL’s third-leading rusher. The team announced the deal Tuesday, but declined to disclose the terms.

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Edwards placed on 3 weeks’ probation (AP)

Sticking with its “boys, have at it” attitude, NASCAR won’t force Carl Edwards to miss any races after he deliberately wrecked Brad Keselowski’s car last weekend in Atlanta.

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Garciaparra retires as member of Red Sox (AP)

Nomar Garciaparra has retired as a member of the Boston Red Sox. The 1997 American League MVP signed a one-day contract with his former team Wednesday, then announced he’s ending his 14-year career. Garciaparra will become an analyst for ESPN. “From the first day I had the thrill of putting on a Red Sox uniform [...]

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