CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The owner of 2nd Chance Motorsports has filed a police report alleging larceny charges against Jennifer Jo

Cobb, the driver who walked away from his Nationwide Series car five minutes before the start of Saturday's race at Bristol Motor

Speedway over a start-and-park issue.
Rick Russell alleged that Cobb and crew chief Steve Kuykendall stole $16,000 worth of race car parts from his Mooresville, N.C.

facility. Russell said police found about half of the missing parts on Sunday in a storage bin used by Cobb not far from the shop.
"Both her and her crew chief said they didn't know how it got there," Russell said. "I'm in the race parts-selling business. There were

containers of parts that came right off the shelves with the prices still marked on them."
Cobb said the storage units belonged to Russell and that he agreed to let her and Kuykendall move some of the parts there while

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She said there was no attempt to steal anything and that she told Russell on Sunday to take all the parts that were his.
"I'm not sure how you steal something from someone when you move it from their property A to their property B," Cobb said. "It's just

him trying to stir up more trouble. I'm not concerned. He's just trying to rattle us.
"Picture a divorce. You move out of house and accidentally take the ex-wife's favorite hair brush you both use. That's what this is

like.Ochocinco insisted he would have stayed with soccer and given up football if it had been practical.
"I had that talk with grandma. We talked about what do you want to do for your career," he said. "In that time in 1994, soccer was not

the thing in the states, especially in high school. Football was the route I had to go and I put all my energy into that. With the lockout

here, this is something I always wanted to do. It was her choice for me not to play soccer and now I have the opportunity to do it. It

was always my No. 1 sport, my No. 1 love."
He also said he encountered no resentment from the established players when he showed up.
"I don't think I'm going to take anybody's job. It's not going to happen," he said. "These guys have been playing this game for years

and I'm trying to make the transition from football to football. To come in here and take someone's job is pretty farfetched."
Knowing he'll eventually return to the Bengals when the players and owners settle their differences, Ochocinco said he would be

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Sgt. S.D. Elliott of the Mooresville police department told ESPN.com on Thursday that Russell accused both Cobb and Kuykendall.

Elliott said he has talked to all parties in the case, no charges have been filed and no arrests have been made.
Elliott said the matter remains under investigation and that nothing will be done until all parties return to North Carolina after

Saturday's Nationwide race in California.
Russell had said arrests would be made. But Cobb said neither she nor Kuykendall have been served a warrant and she doesn't

expect one.
"His name is on the storage unit," Cobb said. "How can he accuse us of stealing something when it was just transferred from their

shop to their storage unit? It was just a matter of freeing up space."
Russell said he also has turned all the necessary information over to his attorney to sue Cobb for breach of contract. Cobb said she

doesn't plan any legal action against Russell, but said Russell still has several items that she owns in his possession, including the

car seat.
"I have receipts and some things have serial numbers, like my seat," she said. "There's several items they wouldn't be able to race

without this weekend."
Cobb signed with 2nd Chance Motorsports to drive the first five Nationwide races. She walked away from the car at Bristol in protest

of having to start and park.
Cobb said there was no mention of parking before then, and that when she informed Russell of plans to drive the entire race he

threatened to have NASCAR black flag her.
Russell said it was clear after Cobb crashed at Las Vegas that he would park early at Bristol to preserve the car for California, noting

he didn't hire a pit crew or buy tires to run the entire race. He said Cobb and her crew chief purchased tires and hired a pit crew.
Russell added that Cobb already had breached her contract because she didn't provide the engines for Las Vegas and Bristol as

the contract states. Cobb insisted she lived up to the contract, noting a second party provided $15,000 toward a $30,000 engine

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Russell said Cobb knew well before the race she was going to have to park and that the move in front of a national television

audience on ESPN was premeditated.
"It was going to be done after California if she didn't make restitution for repairs on the car and the rental of motors," Russell said of

the partnership. "I was giving her until the end of the race at Bristol to give me the money. She didn't have any money.
"They [Cobb, Kuykendall and pit crew] stood on pit road watching their watches until five minutes before the start time and left."
Cobb said in Friday's team meeting the discussion of driving conservatively to protect the car was the only thing that came up.
"We were in it for the entire race," she said. "The word start and park or X-amount of laps was never said."
Cobb will drive this weekend at Auto Club Speedway in California for Rick Ware Racing, which signed her on Sunday to a one-race

deal. Tim Andrews will drive for Russell.

A strenuous squat-lifting workout was the primary cause of 13 Iowa football players being

hospitalized with a muscle disorder in January, a university investigation has concluded.
The investigation found the hospitalized players weren't responsible for their injuries and

that the condition was not linked to use of drugs or supplements, according to the Des Moines

Register, which obtained a copy of the report.
University of Iowa president Sally Mason was expected to formally present the results of the

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The investigation, conducted by a five-person committee, found that the school's strength and

conditioning staff did not intend to punish players during the Jan. 20 workout, which had been

conducted successfully twice before but not after a three-week break from athletic activities.Wearing No. 85, of course, Ochocinco worked out with more than 40 media representatives lining

the practice field, roughly 10 times the number that normally show up for a midweek workout.

He moved fluidly on the cold, blustery day and was taller than almost all the professional

soccer players on the field.
His athleticism was obvious and so was his soccer rust after so many years away from the game.
"The time I've had off from the game of this football has been a very long time," he said.

"There's no way I can make up that ground, the years I've been away from the game. But I do

have a love for it."
The strength staff did reference close losses from the 2010 season and said the workouts would

determine "who wants to be there."
The players were hospitalized after some of them complained to medical staff after the

workout. Their symptoms included soreness throughout the body and tea-colored urine.
They were diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a stress-induced syndrome that can damage cells and

cause kidney damage. The 13 players were hospitalized starting Jan. 24-25, and all were

released by Jan. 31.
According to the report obtained by the Register, the committee recommended that the football

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Other recommendations included testing for all players when a few develop symptoms from a

workout, and finding better ways to determine potential complications from specific workouts.
"Interviews with the strength and conditioning coaches revealed that their intent for the

workout was to put the team through a tough challenge that would strengthen their confidence,"

the report said. "The strength and conditioning coaches were aware of heat injury and

dehydration, but they did not know about rhabdomyolysis until the cluster [of 13 players]

occurred."
The strength and conditioning staff had met with players Jan. 18 and "stressed the importance

of the upcoming workouts."
Iowa's report emphasized the need for better communication between players, strength coaches,

athletic trainers and team doctors. A timeline included in the report shows three instances

where players had discolored urine -- a primary symptom of rhabdomyolysis -- but didn't report

it to staff.
It was only after a trainer found a player to have high blood pressure on Jan. 24 that the

initial rhabdomyolysis diagnosis was made.
Players' parents interviewed by the investigators criticized Iowa's football coaches for poor

communication about the situation. According to the report, "Some parents expressed anger and

distrust as a result of this event and suggested that some of the coaches should have been

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Ferentz said in a statement Wednesday that he had no explanation as to why players who did the

January workout were injured when no problems were experienced by athletes in past years.
"It'd be nice to know why this time and not the other three times," Ferentz said, referring to

the 2004 and 2007 workouts and one in 2000 that the committee report does not mention. "I was

glad the committee was clear in saying that the players were not at fault and the staff was

not at fault.
"We will not do that drill again. That's one thing we have learned for sure."
Athletic director Gary Barta said he will move forward with the committee's recommendations.
"Many of the things recommended are already things being recommended or we're going through,"

he said. "Everything is rational and makes sense."
Iowa opens spring football practice Wednesday. Ferentz said all 13 players have been medically

cleared to participate.

Mike Anderson is returning to Arkansas to become the Razorbacks' basketball coach, the school

confirmed Wednesday night.
Anderson leaves Missouri after five seasons to return to the school where he was an assistant

to Nolan Richardson for 17 seasons.
"I am extremely excited to once again be a part of this special University and Razorback

Athletics," Anderson said in a statement released by the school. "With the continued

passionate support of all Razorback fans, I am confident that we will have the opportunity to

succeed on and off the court and continue to build on the University of Arkansas' championship

tradition."Ed Hardy clothing Locked out of his day job, Ochocinco opened a four-day tryout with Sporting Kansas City on

Wednesday and by the end of his first day with the Major League Soccer team the star receiver

for the Cincinnati Bengals was panting for breath.
"Exactly what I expected," the six-time Pro Bowler explained. "I would be a little winded

being that I haven't ran at this pace or this level since the end of our season of football.

It was fun. I didn't expect to come in here and be Superman."
Ochocinco plans to go through with the tryout, and, if possible, join the MLS team. The

famously spotlight-hungry player insisted he was motivated by love for a sport that was

actually his first choice until his grandmother persuaded him to focus on football after the

10th grade.
Anderson had been the coach at Missouri since 2006. He was an assistant at Arkansas under

Nolan Richardson from 1985-2002.
"We are extremely excited to welcome home Mike Anderson to the University of Arkansas as our

new head men's basketball coach," Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long said. "Mike is one of

the outstanding head coaches in college basketball. His teams play an exciting brand of

basketball that has already proven successful at both UAB and Missouri.
Under Mike's leadership, I am confident the Razorbacks will be successful in the future on and

off the court. The decision to hire Mike Anderson as head coach is based on my firm belief

that he is the right person to lead the Razorback program today and in the years to come."
Several Missouri players were seen entering Mizzou Arena for an emergency team meeting with

Anderson on Wednesday night. The school scheduled a 10 p.m. ET news conference.
Earlier Wednesday, a source at Missouri said the school had expected Anderson to stay.
Anderson had wrestled with his decision the past few days, especially with the majority of the

Tigers returning. Anderson had been negotiating a two-year extension that would raise his

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son was Richardson's assistant and replaced him as interim coach at Arkansas to finish the

2001-02 season after Richardson was fired. Richardson filed a discrimination suit against the

school in 2004 but the suit was dismissed, as was his appeal in 2006.
Richardson's fallout at Arkansas was with former athletic director Frank Broyles. Long has

reached out to Richardson and also honored the 1994 national title team.
Anderson played for Richardson at Tulsa and was an assistant at Arkansas when the Razorbacks

won the title. Anderson and Richardson were in Tulsa Wednesday for the funeral of longtime

Tulsa and Arkansas fan Jim Pharr.
"Mike told me it was 50-50 since he was still negotiating," Richardson said Wednesday morning

by phone. "I'm happy for him. I support Mike and I will support him wherever he goes. He's

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Stan Heath, who was at Kent State at the time, replaced Richardson, and then was fired before

South Alabama's John Pelphrey replaced him for the 2007-08 season.
Long fired Pelphrey earlier this month despite a top-10 recruiting class.
"It's a new administration there, it's not the same people who were there when I was there or

Mike," Richardson said.
Anderson has led Missouri to three NCAA appearances, including an Elite Eight berth in 2009.

He also led UAB to three NCAA appearances when he was the coach there.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee wanted to stick with the coach who led the Volunteers program to

its greatest achievements. In the end, the university fired Bruce Pearl for too many

transgressions away from the court.
Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton said in a statement released late Monday that school

officials decided to dismiss Pearl, who has been charged by the NCAA with unethical conduct,

after learning of additional violations committed on Sept. 14, 2010, and in March 2011.
Tennessee has agreed to pay Pearl $948,728 worth of salary and benefits as part of his

dismissal agreement.
"Upon receipt of our NCAA Letter of Inquiry in September, we made the difficult decision to

forgo common national opinion and forge ahead with Bruce and his staff pending any further

major infractions or issues that would preclude our basketball program from representing the

University of Tennessee in the right manner," Hamilton said. "The cumulative effect of the

evolution of the investigation combined with a number of more recent non-NCAA-related

incidents have led to a belief that this staff cannot be viable at Tennessee in the future."cheap nike air max shoes
The non-NCAA related incident, multiple sources told ESPN.com's Andy Katz and Chris Low, was a

violation of the Tennessee athletic department substance abuse policy by UT senior forward

Brian Williams. Williams missed the last two regular-season games at South Carolina and at

home against Kentucky due to what team officials said was a bad back.
Sources told Low that it was ultimately UT-Knoxville chancellor Jimmy Cheek's call to fire

Pearl. It's also expected that Cheek will be heavily involved in the search for Tennessee's

next coach and will play a leading role on the search committee.
"I care about Coach Pearl and his family. I appreciate the job that he has done at Tennessee,"

Cheek said in the statement. "From the University's perspective, this decision is an

institutional decision, with counsel and input from many who know and love this university."
Associate head coach Tony Jones, who filled in while Pearl served a suspension earlier this

season, thanked the fans on Twitter on Monday night.
Sorry Vol Nation it had to end," Jones wrote. "I love each and everyone of you to the bottom

of my heart."
Pearl met with Hamilton on Monday morning, and the parameters of the settlement were outlined

during that meeting, the sources told Low.
Later Monday afternoon, Pearl and all of his assistants met with Hamilton for a final time in

Hamilton's office for about 20 minutes.
Houston Fancher will serve as interim coach until Pearl's replacement is hired. Fancher is the

former head coach at Appalachian State and was the Vols' director of video scouting this past

season. The school said the search for a new coach would begin immediately.
"This is a great job and will attract a significant number of interested coaches," Hamilton

said. "Much of that interest is a tribute to what coach Pearl has helped to build, but more

importantly, what our fans have built. We will take an appropriate amount of time, but will

move as swiftly as is effective to bring this to conclusion."
Pearl has been working without a contract since October after his old contract was terminated

following the university's receipt of an official letter of inquiry in September from the

NCAA. Contractually, Tennessee wasn't obligated to pay Pearl a buyout.
Tennessee officials, including Cheek and Hamilton, had been staunchly in Pearl's corner

throughout the season. At one point, Hamilton said the university was prepared to stand behind

Pearl even if he were suspended by the NCAA for a year.
But the tide began to shift as the regular season came to a close. Sources told Low there was

a growing concern the basketball program would be hammered by the NCAA with severe sanctions

if Pearl were still the Vols' coach when Tennessee appeared in front of the NCAA Committee on

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Hamilton backed off his support for Pearl last week when he went on a Knoxville radio talk

show and said the "jury was still out" on whether Pearl would be back next season as

Tennessee's coach. Hamilton said there had been a lot of "soul-searching" on whether that was

the right thing to do -- a total departure from his past comments.
Monday night, Hamilton apologized for the timing of his comments, admitting they became a

distraction for a Vols team that was routed 75-45 by Michigan in the first round of the NCAA

tournament in Pearl's final game as coach.
"While my comments were never intended for harm, they became an unneeded distraction to what

has already been a year of distractions," he said.
Pearl said after the game that he planned to be accountable for the mistakes he had made but

his "goal and desire is to be the basketball coach at Tennessee next year and for a long

time."
In a tearful news conference on Sept. 10, Pearl acknowledged that he had given investigators

false information when asked about a cookout at his home attended by high school juniors.

Pearl was charged with unethical conduct by the NCAA for misleading investigators and the NCAA

has since charged the Tennessee basketball and football programs with a dozen violations.
However, failing to notify Tennessee of another possible recruiting violation that occurred

just four days after the tearful news conference may have ultimately caused Pearl to lose the

support of his bosses.
Tennessee officials learned from the NCAA in December that Pearl would be charged with a

violation of the NCAA's "bump rule" after speaking with a high school junior on a recruiting

trip to Georgia on Sept. 14.
Multiple sources told Katz that both Pearl and the school will contest the "bump" violation.
However, it was likely the March incident that tipped the scales against Pearl. On March 6, a

source told Katz, Pearl's staff committed a violation in the procedural manner of the player

pass list for the home game against Kentucky.
According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the player pass list violation will be

treated as a separate secondary violation and not part of the case that the Committee on

Infractions will hear in June.
"In September, I said that Bruce Pearl was our coach and I expected him to be our coach for a

long time," Cheek said in the school's statement Monday. "I am disappointed with the events

that have brought us to this point today, events that I would call 'the cumulative effect of

evolving circumstances.'"
The new coach could also be facing a depleted roster by the time he arrives on campus.
Tennessee's star freshman forward, Tobias Harris, planned to test the waters of the NBA draft

for a few weeks before deciding whether to return for his sophomore season. Junior guard

Scotty Hopson may do the same.
Pearl's departure has already affected Tennessee's recruiting. Kevin Ware, a guard from

Conyers, Ga., and one of Tennessee's two incoming freshmen, have asked Tennessee for a release

from their commitments. Chris Jones, a point guard from Memphis, had not publicly announced

whether he would seek a release.
"Was loyal to my commitment but its been stressful on me going threw all this so I decided to

open my recruitment back up," Ware wrote on Twitter on Monday. "At the same time depending on

what coach comes in I can definately [sic] consider UT again. Its a great atmosphere."
Pearl, who had a 145-61 record, leaves the school as a popular coach. An unscientific online

poll conducted by The Knoxville News Sentinel after Tennessee received its notice of

allegations from the NCAA on Feb. 24 showed 70 percent of the 9,600 respondents still

supported Pearl. Fans gathered Sunday in a rally to show support, Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt responded to Pearl's chest painting later that season by showing

up to a Vols game dressed as a cheerleader. She said Pearl had become a brother-like figure to

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"I hope he finds a place that's right for him, because he'll keep coaching," Summitt said.

"We'll always be friends. I've really, really enjoyed being around Bruce. Obviously if he can

paint his chest and I can be a cheerleader it tells you we have a pretty good thing going

here."
Pearl also contributed to the Knoxville community in a way his predecessors hadn't. He led

Tennessee's annual Outlive campaign to raise money for cancer prevention programs and research

and endowed a scholarship in the name of former Vol Dane Bradshaw.
Pearl was hired in March 2006 to replace Buzz Peterson, who had gone 61-59 and failed to reach

the NCAA tournament in four seasons at Tennessee. Pearl had just led Wisconsin-Milwaukee to

the Sweet 16 and compiled a 51-13 overall record there after four seasons.
In six seasons, Pearl, 51, led the Volunteers to their first No. 1 ranking in 2008 and first

NCAA tournament regional finals appearance, missing out on a trip to the 2010 Final Four by a

single point.
He spent six years as an assistant at Iowa under the tutelage of coach Tom Davis. It was

during his Iowa tenure that Pearl recorded a phone conversation with recruit Deon Thomas about

Thomas' recruitment by rival Illinois. Pearl turned the recording over to the NCAA, which

investigated and uncovered unrelated recruiting violations by Illinois.
Pearl also spent nine seasons at Southern Indiana, leading the Screaming Eagles to the 1995

Division II national championship.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says there is no timeline for bringing back

suspended wide receiver Michael Floyd.
Kelly suspended Floyd indefinitely on Monday following his weekend arrest on suspicion of

drunken driving. Authorities say his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. Later Monday afternoon, Pearl and all of his assistants met with Hamilton for a final time in

Hamilton's office for about 20 minutes.
Houston Fancher will serve as interim coach until Pearl's replacement is hired. Fancher is the

former head coach at Appalachian State and was the Vols' director of video scouting this past

season. The school said the search for a new coach would begin immediately.
"This is a great job and will attract a significant number of interested coaches," Hamilton

said. "Much of that interest is a tribute to what coach Pearl has helped to build, but more

importantly, what our fans have built. We will take an appropriate amount of time, but will

move as swiftly as is effective to bring this to conclusion."

He is scheduled to appear in court on May 2.
Floyd's senior season could be in jeopardy due to repeated alcohol offenses. According to a

Hennepin County (Minn.) District Court spokeswoman, Floyd was cited for underage alcohol

consumption on May 15, 2009, and later pleaded guilty. He was also cited for underage drinking

in Minneapolis on Jan. 8, 2010, not far from his hometown of St. Paul, Minn.
The Notre Dame student handbook says that a second violation of the school's alcohol policy

allows for the Office of Residence Life and Housing to "separate the student from the

University for at least one academic semester."
The handbook has a definition for a second violation:
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Kelly said Tuesday he wasn't aware of the 2009 incident involving Floyd.
"Let's put it this way, from my perspective, those incidents, if they are brought to my

attention, we are going to handle them like any other scenarios," Kelly said. "We are going to

get the facts. And I don't know that we processed through any of those."
Floyd was driving a white Cadillac at 3:18 a.m. Sunday when he ran a stop sign about a block

from the school's main entrance, according to an affidavit from St. Joseph County deputy

prosecutor Chris Daniels.
Floyd failed three sobriety tests and a breathalyzer test showed he had a blood-alcohol level

of 0.19, well above Indiana's legal limit for driving of 0.08 percent, Daniels said.
Floyd was supposed to be a team captain in 2011.
"There's a range of emotions that you have. I think it's a lot like a parent would have, from

anger to disappointment to making sure that something like that in his life never happens

again," Kelly said Tuesday, the day before spring drills begin.
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The 6-foot-3, 227-pound Floyd holds the school record for touchdown catches (28) and ranks

second in school history in catches (171) and third in receiving yards (2,539). He had 79

catches for 1,025 yards and 12 TDs last season. Floyd wasn't listed on the depth chart, roster

or returning statistical leaders in the team's spring prospectus handed out Tuesday.
Kelly said the Irish will turn to John Goodman, Daniel Smith and Luke Massa to fill in at wide

receiver spot. Returning starters at wideout are T.J. Jones and Theo Riddick, while Robby Toma

also has experience.
Kelly said quarterback Dayne Crist, who ruptured a patellar tendon last season and underwent a

season-ending surgery for the season straight year, should be able to practice during spring

drills but could be limited.
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Star linebacker Manti Te'o will be limited in the spring after arthroscopic surgery to clean

up cartilage in a knee. Nose guard Sean Cwynar, who had surgery on both his back and his foot,

will not participate in spring drills.
The Irish have moved two receivers and special team performers, Bennett Jackson and Austin

Collinsworth, to the secondary. Early enrollee Brad Carrico has been moved from the defensive

line to the offensive line.From the University's perspective, this decision is an

institutional decision, with counsel and input from many who know and love this university."
Associate head coach Tony Jones, who filled in while Pearl served a suspension earlier this

season, thanked the fans on Twitter on Monday night.
Sorry Vol Nation it had to end," Jones wrote. "I love each and everyone of you to the bottom

of my heart."
Pearl met with Hamilton on Monday morning, and the parameters of the settlement were outlined

during that meeting, the sources told Low.
Later Monday afternoon, Pearl and all of his assistants met with Hamilton for a final time in

Hamilton's office for about 20 minutes.
Kelly said he's also hired a new head trainer in Rob Hunt from Oklahoma State and juggled some

coaching responsibilities. Offensive line coach Ed Warinner has added run game coordinator

duties; Kerry Cooks switches from outside linebackers to cornerbacks with defensive

coordinator Bob Diaco adding outside linebacker to his duties; and recruiting coordinator

Chuck Martin, who worked with defensive backs a year ago, will coach the safeties.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL asked a federal judge Monday to keep its lockout in place, saying there

are no legal grounds to stop it while accusing the players of trying to manipulate the law

with a bogus antitrust lawsuit.
The NFL filed its arguments in federal court in St. Paul, Minn., where U.S. District Judge

Susan Richard Nelson has scheduled an April 6 hearing on the players' bid to stop the lockout.
The NFL said any decision on a lockout should wait until the National Labor Relations Board

rules on an unfair labor practice charge against the now-dissolved players' union that

contends the players failed to negotiate in good faith. The charge, filed Feb. 14, was amended

on March 11 to include reference to the union's decertification.The NLRB said the case is

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The legal salvo is just the latest in the fight between the league and players, who failed to

forge a new collective bargaining agreement on March 11. That same day, Tom Brady, Drew Brees,

Peyton Manning and six other current NFL players filed the antitrust suit and injunction

request in federal court here, and the NFL owners locked out the players, putting the 2011

season in jeopardy.
The NFL made three main points in Monday's filing. It said the injunction issue shouldn't be

in federal court at all, the decertification of the union was a sham and the players' claim of

"irreparable harm" has no merit.
Stopping the lockout, the NFL argued, would open all 32 teams up to additional antitrust

claims even for working together to solve the labor fight. Antitrust claims carry triple

damages for any harm proven, meaning hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.
In arguing that Congress has barred judges from halting lockouts, the league cited the Norris

-LaGuardia Act -- Depression-era legislation passed with the intent of limiting employers'

ability to crack down on unions, including their ability to seek court orders halting strikes.Jurors were identified by number rather than name, and U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said

their identities won't be revealed until the day after the verdict.
"We got a fair and impartial jury selected after an open process," said Bonds' lead lawyer,

Allen Ruby, said outside the courthouse.
From the initial pool of potential jurors who filled out 19-page questionnaires last week,

Illston dismissed 38 based on answers, which included whether they had attended Giants games

in the last five years, and whether they were familiar with the Mitchell Report on drugs in

baseball or congressional hearings into steroids use. Several were dismissed because they said

they had formed opinions on the case.

The NFL contends the law also protects an employer's right to impose a lockout in a labor

dispute.
The league said the NFLPA dissolved eight hours before the labor agreement expired simply to

avoid a six-month delay in filing its multimillion-dollar antitrust lawsuit -- a delay spelled

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Decertification, the league says, proved the players did not want to negotiate in good faith

and is a step used whenever it serves the union's purposes at the bargaining table.
The 57-page court filing includes statements from the players themselves that the league says

backs its argument.
"We decertified so that we could fight them from locking us out and go back to work," Jeff

Saturday, the NFLPA vice president, said the day after the March 11 decertification, according

to the court filing. "And we feel like ... we can still negotiate this anytime you

want."According to the filing, NFLPA president Kevin Mawae said in a Sept. 29 interview that

decertification was an "ace in our sleeve" that worked in the late 1980s in favor of the

players.
"It's been a part of the union strategy since I've been in the league," Mawae said.
The league also cited comments from Baltimore Ravens receiver Derrick Mason nine days before

the union was dissolved.
"So are we a union? Per se, no. But we're still going to act as if we are one," Mason, an

NFLPA player representative, said on March 2, according to the court filing.
The NFLPA did not respond specifically to Monday's filing, but spokesman George Atallah said:

"The NFL's actions don't match their words. They say they want a fair deal, but instead they

locked out the players and now are trying to preserve that lockout through litigation."
The league, meanwhile, accused the union of an illegal "heads I win, tails you lose" strategy,

claiming the players want the NFL subject to antitrust claims "if it ceases or refuses to

continue football operations" yet also "subject to antitrust liability if it does not" in a

"flip of a switch" approach.
The players' antitrust suit -- forever to be known as Brady et al vs. National Football League

et al -- attacked the league's policies on rookie salaries and free-agent restrictions such as

franchise-player tags.
Peter Ruocco, the NFL's senior vice president of labor relations, wrote rebuttals to those

contentions as part of Monday's court filing.
He argued that franchise tags are lucrative options for players, noting that Manning signed a

multiyear contract worth nearly $100 million after being designated a franchise player in

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As for the league-wide limit on rookie salaries, in which teams are permitted a certain pool

to spend on players they draft, Ruocco noted that rookies last season, as a whole, signed

contracts totaling $658.9 million in guarantees.
Ruocco also wrote that missing offseason workouts does not do "irreparable harm" to players,

as they allege of the lockout. He noted that players work out on their own regardless.
NFL players would "undoubtedly argue" that free agency should begin promptly if the lockout

were to be lifted, Ruocco added. That, he said, would create "considerable uncertainty" about

the rights and abilities of teams wishing to re-sign their players and have a "detrimental

effect" on the league's competitive balance.
That scenario would be "difficult, if not impossible, to unscramble the egg and return those

players" to their original teams if the NFL were to win this case.

Jake Peavy has possible setback

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The positive momentum surrounding Jake Peavy's recovery from surgery hit a

snag Sunday as the Chicago White Sox shut down the right-handed pitcher with what is believed

to be rotator cuff tendinitis.
Not only is Peavy out for his next spring start, Thursday against the Cubs, manager Ozzie

Guillen is also saying the right-hander likely will miss the start of the season, which means

a stint on the 15-day disabled list could be forthcoming.Ed Hardy clothing
On top of all that, Guillen appears to have lost his trust in Peavy. The right-hander

convinced the White Sox last season that he could pitch through pain and he blew out his

latissimus dorsi muscle. This spring he told them he was capable of pitching through sorenessDecertification, the league says, proved the players did not want to negotiate in good faith

and is a step used whenever it serves the union's purposes at the bargaining table.
The 57-page court filing includes statements from the players themselves that the league says

backs its argument.
"We decertified so that we could fight them from locking us out and go back to work," Jeff

Saturday, the NFLPA vice president, said the day after the March 11 decertification, according

to the court filing. "And we feel like ... we can still negotiate this anytime you

want."According to the filing, NFLPA president Kevin Mawae said in a Sept. 29 interview that

decertification was an "ace in our sleeve" that worked in the late 1980s in favor of the

players.

and then came Sunday's setback.
"Believe me as long as I am the manager of this ballclub that is the last time he convinces

me," Guillen said after Sunday's 9-7 defeat to the Dodgers. "I will make the call. I will have

the power to let him go out or not. I know it sounds powerful but the last two times he didn't

convince me, he convinced everybody he could go out there and perform and the next day we get

bad news.
"I am the manager of [this] club and I was the guy who was against [him pitching Saturday],

but he said he was fine and ready to pitch. I have full responsibility of players and at end

of the day it's on my shoulders how people get hurt or not."
Peavy, who is on anti-inflammatories, will be reassessed Monday. Ed Hardy clothing sale
"I know they said the first 48 [hours] will be a telling tale," Peavy said. "It's a day-by-day

kind of deal. We've been going full-steam ahead since we started this thing and we were told

[to] expect this. I wouldn't buy into it and I never expected it. I'm not going to sit here

and call it a setback because we don't know what it is yet. But certainly things have slowed

down."
Guillen was optimistic Peavy would start the season with the White Sox after he threw 83

pitches Saturday. It was his longest outing of spring training as he continues to rehab from

surgery last summer to reattach his latissimus dorsi muscle.
Peavy has admitted to shoulder soreness for most of the spring, but tried to blow it off as

the typical discomfort associated with trying to get his arm in shape for the season. Clearly

it was something more.
Peavy has made four starts this spring: March 4 against the Angels, March 9 against the

Giants, Monday against the Padres and Saturday against the A's.
"Obviously you have soreness and different stuff pop up, but this is something that I kind of

felt a tad after the [Angels] start and felt it a little more after throwing [against the

Giants]," Peavy said. "It's just been creeping up and reared its head in the last week. Today

I didn't do so well in tests they wanted to put me through. It caused them to go, 'You know

what, let's pull back a little bit and make sure ...'
"I can tell you this: When I get back to Chicago and on this team I will be ready to go as

much as I can be. There will not be anything ailing me out on the field. I will be as good as

I can possibly be. The decision was made today to slow things down to nip things in the bud."
While set to take a stand against Peavy's determination, Guillen did say that he isn't mad at

his pitcher for trying to be a hero.
"I respect him because he wants to be out there," Guillen said. "I love when players want to

be on the field. That's the best thing that can happen to any manager. In the meanwhile, he's

a different dog. He wants to be out there fighting. He's that type of guy who has the

[temperament] and passion for the game. He wants to help. Sometimes when you want to help, you

don't really help."
Not only has Peavy been rehabbing from surgery, he's also been battling a stomach virus that

kept him bedridden for two days last week. Despite it all, he continues to put a positive spin

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"Once you start going close to game speed and then game speed like I have, things can pop up,"

Peavy said. "You're asking your body to do exactly what you're going to do in the regular

season. It obviously has caused a little bit of discomfort. It's a small step back and we'll

re-evaluate the situation in the next couple of days to see where we go from there."
Philip Humber will start Thursday's game against the Cubs. If he fares well he could be lined

up to take the fifth spot in the rotation, which could be pushed back to April 10 because of

an off day early in the season.

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- The situation was perfect for Carl Edwards to issue some payback on Kyle

Busch.
Instead, Edwards passed on a chance to knock Busch out of the lead over the closing laps at

Bristol Motor Speedway.
As Busch pulled away for Sunday's win -- his fifth straight dating back to last August at the

Tennessee track -- Edwards regretted not racing harder to potentially steal the victory. The

two have a history at Bristol, and Edwards is still smarting from contact last month at

Phoenix that he believed wrecked a car capable of winning the race.
"I told him after Phoenix that I still owe him one, but I'll save it up," Edwards said. "I

thought I'd be able to race with him harder for those last 15 to 20 laps, but he took off and

I just couldn't get back to him to race. If I would have known that was the only shot I was

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That Edwards considered revenge was a surprise to Busch, who seemed mystified that Edwards

could be holding any sort of grudge against him.
"I have no idea what I'm owed from, you'd have to ask Carl," Busch said, later adding when

asked specifically about Phoenix, "Carl says what Carl says. I don't know. And when and where

it comes, I do not know."
It didn't come Sunday after Busch beat Edwards and Jimmie Johnson off pit road following the

final pit stops. It gave him the lead and ability to hold them off over the final 60 laps. The

racing at the start of each restart was intense, but Busch consistently pulled away from

Edwards to prevent any real challenge for the win.
"I was trying to drive away from him so he wouldn't have the opportunity to get to me," Busch

said of his strategy with Edwards. "When he got to me that one time, I'm like 'Oh, man. That

was your shot. Nice try. You didn't get it done.' I just thought, man, if I could get away

from him I wouldn't have to worry about it, so concentrate, get going."
He did, pulling away to complete a sweep of the weekend -- he also won the second-tier

Nationwide Series race on Saturday -- and it was Busch's fifth consecutive victory at Bristol

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He's now won five Cup races at Bristol, which ties him with older brother Kurt in NASCAR's top

series, and has 11 victories spanning the three national series.
Busch, who drives a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, dedicated the win to the manufacturer and its

employees in Japan still trying to recover from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Edwards settled for second and lamented not pushing Busch harder after the final restart with

37 laps remaining. Busch, Edwards and Johnson pulled away from the field, and Edwards had

several opportunities to move Busch's No. 18 Toyota out of the way.
But Edwards, in a Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, figured he'd have plenty of chances closer to

the finish, so he tried for a clean pass as he and Busch raced side-by-side for several laps.

Busch eventually pulled away, and Edwards never had another shot.
"My gut told me there was going to be another caution," Edwards said of his decision not to

move Busch. "I figured we'd let it calm down and we'd just race. It ended up the fastest car

at the end won the race. Hindsight is 20/20, but that's the way it panned out."
On the other hand, Jeff Gordon was none too pleased with Brad Keselowski over contact between Guillen was optimistic Peavy would start the season with the White Sox after he threw 83

pitches Saturday. It was his longest outing of spring training as he continues to rehab from

surgery last summer to reattach his latissimus dorsi muscle.
Peavy has admitted to shoulder soreness for most of the spring, but tried to blow it off as

the typical discomfort associated with trying to get his arm in shape for the season. Clearly

it was something more.
Peavy has made four starts this spring: March 4 against the Angels, March 9 against the

Giants, Monday against the Padres and Saturday against the A's.

the two midway through the race.
Keselowski was involved in the first caution of the race, which took him out of contention for

the win. But his Penske Racing team worked hard to salvage a good finish -- and it came at the

expense of Gordon, who was racing for a top-10.
Gordon wound up 14th, while Keselowski was 18th.
"He's trying to keep from going a lap down and hey, you've got to give him credit, they fought

back and got back on the lead lap and got a decent finish out of it," Gordon said. "But I'll

just tell Brad that the next time I'm three laps down, and he's on the lead lap, just expect

the same out of me, you know? I don't expect him to just let off. He had a fast race car.
"But when you're three laps down and then you door-slam the guy trying to pass -- that's what

ticked me off."
Johnson, the defending race winner, finished third in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and

said he was waiting patiently for a dustup between Busch and Edwards that could have given him

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"We were all running really hard, and there were a couple moments where I thought I might be

given a big gift," Johnson said. " It's not like I was really riding. There was nowhere for me

to go if I got up in there and raced with those guys. I left myself a little bit of room.

These guys were digging up front and I was just waiting to see what was going to happen."
Kenseth, Edwards' teammate, was fourth and was followed by Paul Menard and Kevin Harvick for

Richard Childress Racing. Kurt Busch was seventh and the highest-finishing Dodge driver. Greg

Biffle finished eighth to give RFR three drivers in the top eight.
Kasey Kahne was ninth for Red Bull Racing and Ryan Newman was 10th for Stewart-Haas Racing.
There were no tire issues despite heavy concern when Goodyear's product struggled through

Friday's full day of on-track action. The supplier called for almost 1,300 new right-side

tires to be shipped into Bristol from North Carolina overnight, and they were distributed to

teams before Saturday's final two practice sessions.
But teams were given only one set of the new tires to use on Saturday, and everyone was

scrambling to adapt to the effect the new tires had on their car.
NASCAR called a competition caution at Lap 50 on Sunday to check the new tires. With no

noticeable issues, the race continued with little discussion of the entire flap.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. -- So this is what the NFL and players are reduced to: Both sides are

writing letters and issuing statements to and about each other, disputing "facts" and seeking

to frame the back-and-forth about the sport's first work stoppage since 1987.
The locked-out players wrote a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell on Saturday, responding to

an email he sent them Thursday and telling him: "Your statements are false."
In a four-page letter, the 11 members of the NFL Players Association executive committee told

Goodell that, during labor negotiations, the league's owners did not justify "their demands

for a massive giveback which would have resulted in the worst economic deal for players in

major pro sports."Ed Hardy clothing
When Goodell wrote all active NFL players on Thursday, he outlined the league's description of

its last proposal, which was made March 11."I told him after Phoenix that I still owe him one, but I'll save it up," Edwards said. "I

thought I'd be able to race with him harder for those last 15 to 20 laps, but he took off and

I just couldn't get back to him to race. If I would have known that was the only shot I was

going to have, I might have raced a little harder."
That Edwards considered revenge was a surprise to Busch, who seemed mystified that Edwards

could be holding any sort of grudge against him.
"I have no idea what I'm owed from, you'd have to ask Carl," Busch said, later adding when

asked specifically about Phoenix, "Carl says what Carl says. I don't know. And when and where

it comes, I do not know." That turned out to be the 16th and final day of

mediated talks, and the old labor deal expired. Goodell ended his letter by saying: "I hope

you will encourage your union to return to the bargaining table and conclude a new collective

bargaining agreement."
Players were upset by that line, particularly the reference to "your union." When the NFLPA

dissolved March 11, it renounced its status as a union that can bargain on behalf of its

members and said it is now a trade association, which allowed players to sue the league under

antitrust laws. The league calls that move a "sham."
A hearing on the players' request for a preliminary injunction to stop the lockout is

scheduled for April 6 in Minnesota, and there appears little chance of a return to bargaining

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In a statement emailed to reporters by the league Saturday, hours after the NFLPA released its

letter to Goodell, NFL executive vice president Jeff Pash began: "We are pleased now to have

received a reply to the comprehensive proposal that we made eight days ago."
Pash, the league's lead labor negotiator, also said: "Debating the merits of the offer in this

fashion is what collective bargaining is all about. ... This letter again proves that the most

sensible step for everyone is to get back to bargaining."
As if anticipating that the league would seek to portray the players' letter as a formal reply

to the owners' proposal, the NFLPA executive committee noted in its final paragraph: "We no

longer have the authority to collectively bargain on behalf of the NFL players. ..."
Their letter began, "Dear Roger," and closed with "Sincerely," followed by the names of

Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch, Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Broncos safety Brian

Dawkins, Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth, Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, Jets fullback

Tony Richardson, Colts center Jeff Saturday, Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel, Chiefs guard Brian

Waters and former players Sean Morey and Kevin Mawae, the NFLPA president.
"We were due to respond," Fujita said Saturday at Marco Island, where the NFLPA is holding its

annual convention for players. "The letter gives a true testament to what went on, what the

offer was, and what it meant to the players."
The owners begin two days of meetings Monday in New Orleans.
In Saturday's letter, the players went through various parts of the last NFL offer, including

saying that the league's salary-cap proposals "were based on unrealistically low revenue

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"You had ample time over the last two years to make a proposal that would be fair to both

sides, but you failed to do so. During the last week of the mediation, we waited the entire

week for the NFL to make a new economic proposal," the players wrote to Goodell. "That

proposal did not come until 12:30 [p.m.] on Friday, and, when we examined it, we found it was

worse than the proposal the NFL had made the prior week when we agreed to extend the

mediation."
They concluded their letter by telling Goodell that if he has "any desire to discuss a

settlement of the issues" in the antitrust suit filed by 10 players -- including star

quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Brees -- he should contact their lawyers.

Ken Griffey Jr. issued a prepared statement when he suddenly retired from baseball last June
-- and didn't say another word about it.
Finally, at spring training Wednesday with the Seattle Mariners, Griffey discussed his reasons
for leaving the game and the way he did it, insisting it will be the only time he addresses
it.
"I just felt that it was more important for me to retire and instead of being a distraction,
it no longer became the Seattle Mariners, it became, 'When is Ken doing this? When is Ken
doing that?' and that's something I didn't want to have my teammates, who I truly cared about,
having to answer these types of questions day in and day out," Griffey said in Peoria, Ariz.
Griffey reminded reporters that he previously had said when it came time to walk away, he
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steals, 2.0 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. McFarland shot 55 percent from the field and 77

percent from the free-throw line. The three-time Class B Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference

Player of the Year, he also led Camden Hills to the 2009 Class B state title as a sophomore.
McFarland has maintained an A-minus average in the classroom and serves as a member of Camden

Hills High¡¯s student and captains¡¯ councils. The recipient of the Hugh O¡¯Brian Youth

Leadership and Maine Principals Association¡¯s awards for outstanding citizenship, he has also

donated his time as part of his school¡¯s peer-mentoring program and as a youth basketball

instructor.
Griffey was batting .184 with no home runs and seven RBIs when, on June 2, he issued a
retirement statement through the Mariners, got in his car and drove home to Orlando, Fla.,
abruptly ending a 22-season career.
Griffey said Wednesday that he previously had told the Mariners' front office "that if I
become a distraction or feel that I would be a distraction, then I would retire, because
that's the one thing that I didn't want," according to the Seattle Times.
"Second, I gave myself a little bit of a head start. There are a lot of people that are
friends of mine that would have tried to talk me out of it. And I just felt that it was best
for me and the organization to retire. Through no fault of its own. Things happen. I'm not
upset," he told reporters. "I think people thought I was upset about certain things, but
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Griffey, who was drafted No. 1 overall by the Mariners in 1987 and played 13 of his 22 seasons
with Seattle, said he was happy to be back with the team as a special consultant. He reported
to camp Wednesday after fulfilling earlier commitments and said he will be working with the
club's minor league prospects and make an occasional appearance in the TV booth.
"I'm happy to be back. I'm glad the Mariners gave me an opportunity to be part of the future,"
Griffey said. "This is the organization I grew up in. If there was going to be an opportunity
for me to be in baseball, it was going to be here."
He said his message to the team's prospects will be: "Hard work doesn't start during the game.
Hard work starts the night before," according to the Seattle Times.
Amid Griffey's struggles last season before he retired -- and a report that he had fallen
asleep in the clubhouse during a game in May -- he also had a strained relationship with
manager Don Wakamatsu, who was fired two months after Griffey left. Griffey said they haven't
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"My phone rings," Griffey said. "That's just the way it is."
He ended his career with 630 home runs -- fifth all-time -- as well as 2,781 hits and a .284
career batting average. His 1,836 RBIs are 14th all-time and led all active players when he
retired.
Many believe Griffey would have challenged Henry Aaron's 755 home runs -- a record since
surpassed by Barry Bonds -- had he not been dogged by numerous injuries late in his career.
A 13-time All-Star, Griffey was American League MVP in 1997, led the AL in home runs four
times and earned 10 Gold Gloves.