Written by RUSTY MILLER,AP Sports Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Loui Eriksson said the game was no work of art — unless you can mold a masterpiece out of hard work, muscle and grit.
Written by SCOTT BAIR,Associated Press
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Yasmani Grandal will miss the first 50 games of the regular season while serving a suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. San Diego's second-year catcher can still show the Padres what he'll be able to do once he is able to rejoin the team in late May.
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Terry Francona named his opening-day starter and then watched the Kansas City Royals thump a couple of Cleveland's relievers.
Written by DAVE CAMPBELL,AP Sports Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Retaining that No. 1 national ranking has been elusive throughout this wild season in college basketball, and Indiana was the latest to lose at the top — again.
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy faced off Sunday in match play, just like so many golf fans wanted to see.
Written by JOHN LEICESTER,AP Sports Writer
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star athlete violated basic gun-handling regulations and exposed himself to a homicide charge by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it.
Written by JENNA FRYER,AP Auto Racing Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson won't have a second thought about getting back in a race car following his frightening crash at Daytona International Speedway.
Written by JEAN H. LEE,Associated Press
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — on Tuesday to a country with possibly the world's strictest dress code: North Korea.