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NCAA: Big East shocked, loses 3 teams to start
(AP)
 AP - The opening day of the first round of the NCAA tournament shocked the Big East — three teams lost and another won in overtime, thrilled double-digit seeds — three of them won and wore out fans with three games going overtime, including BYU's 99-92 double-overtime win against Florida.
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Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger Woods texts
(AP)
AP - A former porn actress says she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about Tiger Woods after releasing sexually graphic text messages that she claims prove her affair with the golfer.
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Obama sends Molson beer to cover hockey bet
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister.
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Wake Forest tops Texas 81-80 in OT on Smith's shot
(AP)
 AP - From No. 1 to one and done: Ishmael Smith's last shot meant one more collapse for Texas.
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Jayhawks struggle through 90-74 win over Lehigh
(AP)
AP - For a while, it appeared Lehigh was going to take down the biggest Goliath of them all.
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Nadal reaches semifinals at Indian Wells
(AP)
 AP - Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-6 (4) Thursday night to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in his first tournament since returning from a six-week injury layoff.
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Calvin Johnson keeps the faith in the lowly Lions
(AP)
 AP - Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson believes in what he can't see.
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WADA president calls on MLB to test for HGH
(AP)
 AP - World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey called on Major League Baseball and its players' union to start testing for human growth hormone.
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Photogs stopped after tailing Lakers' Pau Gasol
(AP)
 AP - Police in Redondo Beach, Calif., say two men they stopped for following Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol (pow gah-SOHL') turned out to be Spanish paparazzi.
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2nd former Seton Hall player arrested
(AP)
AP - Police have arrested a second former Seton Hall men's basketball player on charges stemming from an armed robbery in New Jersey.
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Barcelona to face Arsenal in Champions League
(AFP)
 AFP - Arsenal face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of the 2006 final won by the Spanish giants.
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Gastro rules Armstrong out of Milan-Sanremo
(AFP)
 AFP - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will not take part in the season opening Milan-Sanremo classic because he is suffering from gastroenteritis, his RadioShack team said Friday.
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Kariya scores 400th goal, Blues top Rangers 4-3
(AP)
 AP - Paul Kariya scored his 400th NHL goal to snap a third-period tie and the St. Louis Blues took advantage of uncharacteristically shaky Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and beat New York 4-3 on Thursday night.
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Ljubicic books semi-final berth at Indian Wells
(AFP)
 AFP - Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic rallied to beat Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000.
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Willis makes most of exemption
(AP)
 AP - Padraig Harrington was playing the Transitions Championship for the first time, and there were no surprises.
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UFC to show upcoming events in movie theaters
(AP)
AP - The UFC is headed to the big screen.
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Champ Klitschko wary of "Fast Eddie"
(Reuters)
Reuters - No trash-talking, no tempers boiling over at the weigh-in. The build-up to Saturday's Vladimir Klitschko-Eddie Chambers world heavyweight fight in Duesseldorf has so far been all about boxing.
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Here's hoping Formula One gets even more boring
(AP)
AP - With luck, the deadly dull Bahrain Grand Prix was not an unfortunate one-off but the first in a parade of mind-blowingly boring races that will ruin the Formula One season.
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Visually impaired skier wins more Paralympic gold
(AP)
AP - Brian McKeever of Canada won his second gold medal of the Paralympics, the 10-kilometer classic cross-country race for the visually impaired.
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