Jarrett set for his final NASCAR races
BRISTOL, Tenn., March 14 (UPI) -- Veteran NASCAR diver Dale Jarrett runs the next-to-last points race in his career Sunday at the Food City 500 at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
Over his 26-year career, the Hickory, N.C., native has compiled 16 poles, 32 victories, 163 top fives and 260 Top-10 finishes and Sunday's race will be his 668th start.
His career earnings total more than $48 million.
"It feels very good about this being my time to walk away from the sport (as a driver)," the three-time Daytona 500 (1993, 1995, 2000) winner said recently. "It's going to be somewhat emotional because it's going to be close to my home and I am going to be able to have a lot of family and friends around."
Jarrett, 51, is following his father, Ned, into the announcer's booth when he joins the ESPN/ABC broadcast team later this year.
He plans to drive in an all-star race in Concord, N.C., in May.
Report: Four WVU players face charges
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., March 14 (UPI) -- Four West Virginia University football players face battery charges stemming from a recent fight outside a Morgantown, W.Va., bar, a report said Friday.
Morgantown police said Noel Devine, 20; Jock Sanders, 19; Brantwon Bowser, 20; and Eain Smith, 19, were involved in an altercation Feb. 16, the State Journal reported.
The newspaper said the players were arrested Thursday and arraigned in Municipal Court.
The four entered no-contest pleas, the newspaper said.
Devine, a running back, rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns in the Mountaineers' 48-28 Fiesta Bowl victory against Oklahoma.
Sanders, also a running back, saw significant action during his freshman season.
Smith, from Miramar, Fla., redshirted last season and Bowser, a sophomore, transferred from Phoenix College and is expected to compete for a starting safety position next season.
"Discipline with the situation has already been handled within the program," Coach Bill Stewart said.
All four players are expected to participate in spring practice.
Rick Sutcliffe has colon cancer
BRISTOL, Conn., March 14 (UPI) -- Former major league pitcher Rick Sutcliffe has been diagnosed with a treatable and curable form of colon cancer.
The former Cy Young Award winner, now an analyst for ESPN, will undergo chemotherapy and surgery over the next few months, hoping to make a healthy comeback to his ESPN position later this year.
The diagnosis was made earlier this week during a routine test in a physical examination.
"I deeply appreciate the support of the ESPN family and my family and friends around the country," he said in a statement.
"Rick is an integral member of our baseball team and we wish him a full recovery," said ESPN Vice President for Event Production Tim Scanlan. "We will keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers."
Sutcliffe joined ESPN in March 1999 and has been an analyst for game telecasts since 2002.
In an 18-year career, he was a three-time All-Star and won the 1984 National League Cy Young with the Chicago Cubs.
Three suspended in Yankees-Rays fracas
NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- New York Yankees' Shelley Duncan and Melky Cabrera and Tampa Bay's Jonny Gomes were all suspended for their actions in a bench-clearing incident this week.
Yankees Duncan and Cabrera were suspended for three games and the Rays' Gomes' suspension was set at two games by Major-League baseball officials. The suspensions are to begin Opening Day, unless the decisions are appealed.
In addition all three players, New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi and coaches Kevin Long and Bobby Meacham were fined.
MLB Vice President Bob Watson said Duncan started Wednesday's incident with a hard, spikes-high slide into Tampa Bay's Akinori Iwamura. Watson called the slide "violent and reckless."
Gomes rushed in from right field and hit Duncan in the back and both benches emptied. Cabrera was suspended for what were described as violent and aggressive actions during the incident.
The incident seemed to stem from a play last week when Tampa Bay's Elliot Johnson ran into Yankees' catcher Francisco Cervelli on a play at the plate. Cervelli suffered a broken wrist on the play, which the Yankees said was unnecessary in a spring training game.
BRISTOL, Tenn., March 14 (UPI) -- Veteran NASCAR diver Dale Jarrett runs the next-to-last points race in his career Sunday at the Food City 500 at the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
Over his 26-year career, the Hickory, N.C., native has compiled 16 poles, 32 victories, 163 top fives and 260 Top-10 finishes and Sunday's race will be his 668th start.
His career earnings total more than $48 million.
"It feels very good about this being my time to walk away from the sport (as a driver)," the three-time Daytona 500 (1993, 1995, 2000) winner said recently. "It's going to be somewhat emotional because it's going to be close to my home and I am going to be able to have a lot of family and friends around."
Jarrett, 51, is following his father, Ned, into the announcer's booth when he joins the ESPN/ABC broadcast team later this year.
He plans to drive in an all-star race in Concord, N.C., in May.
Report: Four WVU players face charges
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., March 14 (UPI) -- Four West Virginia University football players face battery charges stemming from a recent fight outside a Morgantown, W.Va., bar, a report said Friday.
Morgantown police said Noel Devine, 20; Jock Sanders, 19; Brantwon Bowser, 20; and Eain Smith, 19, were involved in an altercation Feb. 16, the State Journal reported.
The newspaper said the players were arrested Thursday and arraigned in Municipal Court.
The four entered no-contest pleas, the newspaper said.
Devine, a running back, rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns in the Mountaineers' 48-28 Fiesta Bowl victory against Oklahoma.
Sanders, also a running back, saw significant action during his freshman season.
Smith, from Miramar, Fla., redshirted last season and Bowser, a sophomore, transferred from Phoenix College and is expected to compete for a starting safety position next season.
"Discipline with the situation has already been handled within the program," Coach Bill Stewart said.
All four players are expected to participate in spring practice.
Rick Sutcliffe has colon cancer
BRISTOL, Conn., March 14 (UPI) -- Former major league pitcher Rick Sutcliffe has been diagnosed with a treatable and curable form of colon cancer.
The former Cy Young Award winner, now an analyst for ESPN, will undergo chemotherapy and surgery over the next few months, hoping to make a healthy comeback to his ESPN position later this year.
The diagnosis was made earlier this week during a routine test in a physical examination.
"I deeply appreciate the support of the ESPN family and my family and friends around the country," he said in a statement.
"Rick is an integral member of our baseball team and we wish him a full recovery," said ESPN Vice President for Event Production Tim Scanlan. "We will keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers."
Sutcliffe joined ESPN in March 1999 and has been an analyst for game telecasts since 2002.
In an 18-year career, he was a three-time All-Star and won the 1984 National League Cy Young with the Chicago Cubs.
Three suspended in Yankees-Rays fracas
NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) -- New York Yankees' Shelley Duncan and Melky Cabrera and Tampa Bay's Jonny Gomes were all suspended for their actions in a bench-clearing incident this week.
Yankees Duncan and Cabrera were suspended for three games and the Rays' Gomes' suspension was set at two games by Major-League baseball officials. The suspensions are to begin Opening Day, unless the decisions are appealed.
In addition all three players, New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi and coaches Kevin Long and Bobby Meacham were fined.
MLB Vice President Bob Watson said Duncan started Wednesday's incident with a hard, spikes-high slide into Tampa Bay's Akinori Iwamura. Watson called the slide "violent and reckless."
Gomes rushed in from right field and hit Duncan in the back and both benches emptied. Cabrera was suspended for what were described as violent and aggressive actions during the incident.
The incident seemed to stem from a play last week when Tampa Bay's Elliot Johnson ran into Yankees' catcher Francisco Cervelli on a play at the plate. Cervelli suffered a broken wrist on the play, which the Yankees said was unnecessary in a spring training game.
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