TOKYO (AP) - It's "Play Ball" for real as the Major League Baseball regular season opens with a two-game set in Tokyo between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics this morning, starting at 6:10 a.m. (Eastern time). The Mariners send out their ace, Felix Hernandez, against the A's Brandon McCarthy.
NEW YORK (AP) - L.A. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt says he has a deal to sell the bankrupt team for $2 billion to a group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and former Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten. The $2 billion price tag would easily be a record for a North American sports franchise.
UNDATED (AP) --Connecticut and Notre Dame filled out the last two spots and joined Baylor and Stanford in the all No. 1 seed NCAA women's Final Four, which gets under way next Sunday in Denver. UConn downed Kentucky 80-65 and will meet Notre Dame, which trounced Maryland 80-49 in the other regional final last night.
WASHINGTON (AP)- On NHL ice, the Buffalo Sabres came to Washington and routed the Capitals 5-1 to nudge ahead of the Caps into the eighth and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. Ryan Miller turn back 44 shots and Drew Stafford scored twice for the Sabres, who have five games left.
UNDATED (AP)-With the London Olympics approaching fast, Paul Hamm is retiring from gymnastics a few months shy of his 30th birthday following surgery 14 months ago to repair a torn right labrum and rotator cuff. Hamm is the only American man to win a world or Olympic all-around title in gymnastics.
