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- Q & A with David Wells
During spring training, Wells, who turned 44 yesterday, learned he had Type 2 diabetes. The player known as “Boomer” talks about life with diabetes.
- MY TURN
Cruz cherishes baseball winters of family fun
My father is a smart man. For several years, he had tried to get me to play in the Puerto Rican Winter League for the Ponce team he manages.
- GALLERY
Infield Fly Rule baffled Einstein
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- MINOR LEAGUE REPORT
Blanks has a big future – literally
At 6 feet 6 and 280 pounds, Kyle Blanks may warrant a look from the Chargers if the Padres can't use him. Blanks, 20, is nearly as athletic as he is large, able to reach first base in 4.35 seconds, a shade slower than major league average.
- On the air / local events
- Spurs ride Big Three, tough 'D'
SAN ANTONIO – With three NBA championship flags high above the court, and many of the key players from those title teams in the lineup, the San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals like a team ready to add to their collection.
- STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Selanne, Giguere put Ducks up 3-2
DETROIT – Teemu Selanne scored 11:57 into overtime to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 comeback win over the Detroit Red Wings yesterday and a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals.
- TENNIS
Federer stops Nadal's clay-court streak at 81 matches
Roger Federer had the perfect response to questions about his status as the world's top-ranked player – he ended Rafael Nadal's winning streak on clay at 81 matches.
- NBA REPORT
In the East, both teams have something to prove
DETROIT – When threatened, the Detroit Pistons are at their best. Too much cockiness usually doesn't work for the Pistons because it lulls them into a false sense of security, leading to 1-on-1 moves and lackluster effort on defense and the glass.
- 'Drome sweet 'Drome
Light-brown, water-starved weeds dominate the San Diego Velodrome infield. That's where vegetation even exists. Dirt and gopher holes fill out the rest of the infield.
- MOTORSPORTS ROUNDUP
Moreno busts out of Indy bubble
As the minutes ticked away yesterday, the final day of qualifications for next week's Indianapolis 500, Roberto Moreno and his team took stock of their situation.
- GOLF ROUNDUP
Johnson tops Imada with birdie in playoff
Masters champion Zach Johnson won the AT&T Classic yesterday in Duluth, Ga., beating Ryuji Imada with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
- Yankees may consider voiding Giambi contract
Jason Giambi might lose his spot on the the Yankees' roster if it's determined he used performance-enhancing drugs, according to a story on ESPN.com.
- Aztecs set to leave for Vegas
The San Diego State baseball team departs today for the Mountain West Conference Tournament in Las Vegas and a shot at the conference's automatic berth in the NCAA Regionals.
- Cheney loses in doubles final
Dodo Cheney of La Jolla won another of the balls yesterday that the USTA awards to tennis players who place in national events. For once, it wasn't one of the gold balls that go to winners.
- Yanks rookie, Steinbrenner boost Torre
NEW YORK – The weekend did not pass without an exchange between George Steinbrenner and Joe Torre. But The Boss' words were encouraging, and they were uttered in a private phone conversation – not in a cryptic press release issued through the Yankee owner's public relations firm.
- U.S. is ousted despite changes
VALENCIA, Spain – Facing the first of four must-win races, BMW Oracle Racing swapped helmsman, put its owner back onboard and even changed its dock-out song yesterday.
- HORSE RACING ROUNDUP
Trainer: Street Sense 'probably' will skip Belmont
BALTIMORE – No Triple, no buzz. And maybe no Kentucky Derby winner for the Belmont Stakes, either. On the morning after Curlin edged Street Sense by a head in the Preakness, trainer Carl Nafzger said he's leaning against running Derby winner Street Sense in the Belmont on June 9.
- IN BRIEF
Defar breaks women's 2-mile world record; two U.S. marks set
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia won the women's 2-mile run with a world-record time yesterday at the Adidas Track Classic in Carson, while pole vaulter Jenn Stuczynski and javelin thrower Breaux Greer set American records.
- SOCCER ROUNDUP
Romario at 1,000? It depends
Veteran striker Romario scored the 1,000th goal of his career yesterday, converting a 48th-minute penalty in Vasco da Gama's 3-1 victory over Sport of Recife in the second round of the Brazilian national championship in Rio de Janeiro.
- Escobar gives Angels sweep of Dodgers
ANAHEIM – Words tend to flow easier after victories, but there were perhaps as many shaking heads in the Angels clubhouse yesterday afternoon as there were on the Dodgers' side.
- BASEBALL REPORT
Short starting stint for Cubs' Dempster
Ryan Dempster was all set to go from closer to starter. The switch was a short one. After telling reporters yesterday how excited he was to join the Cubs' rotation, he was called in for a meeting with manager Lou Piniella.
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