Report: Long snapper used paper clip to deflate footballs last season
Chase Utley placed on 15-day DL with bothersome ankle
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New Dean Smith Award will honor spirit, values of legendary Tar Heels coach
Virginia, Vanderbilt are set for winner-take-all CWS Game 3 (Yahoo Sports)
This scrappy Virginia team with patchwork pitching and a late-to-start offense finds itself one win away from its first national title. The Cavaliers forced a winner-take-all Game 3 in the College World Series with its 3-0 victory over defending champion Vanderbilt on Tuesday night. Game 2 showed nothing is impossible for a team that has overcome injuries and rough patches that nearly cost it a spot in the ACC tournament
Verlander scratched from Wednesday's start with stiff back (Yahoo Sports)
Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been scratched from Wednesday’s start against the Cleveland Indians because of back stiffness. Verlander said he felt the stiffness during his start against the Yankees on Saturday. ”It’s just kind of lingered a hair longer than we thought, trying to get over the hump,” Verlander said after Detroit’s 7-3 win over the Indians on Tuesday.
2-time champ Rafael Nadal seeded No. 10 for Wimbledon (Yahoo Sports)
Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 10 for Wimbledon on Wednesday, his lowest seeding ever at the All England Club. The seeding means Nadal could face top contenders as early as the fourth round, and one of the top four seeded players in the quarterfinals. The All England Club stuck mainly to the rankings in its list of seedings for the grass-court Grand Slam, which starts Monday.
Florida home of former coach Lou Holtz destroyed by fire (Yahoo Sports)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former college football coach Lou Holtz and his wife Beth made it safely out of their $1.6 million Orlando home which officials say was destroyed by a fire likely caused by a lightning strike.
After appeal, what's next in Brady deflated football saga? (Yahoo Sports)
After a 10-hour hearing, Tom Brady now must wait to find out if his appeal of a four-game suspension carried any weight with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league suspended Brady for his role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game win over Indianapolis. It was growing dark when Goodell left league headquarters after he heard Brady and representatives from the players’ union during the lengthy
