B2 Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Sports on TV All Times EDT Tuesday, March 24 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Preseason, Philadelphia vs. Atlanta, at Orlando, Fla. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — NIT, quarterfinal, Miami at Richmond 9 p.m. ESPN — NIT, quarterfinal, Vanderbilt at Stanford NBA 8 p.m. TNT — San Antonio at Dallas 10:30 p.m. TNT — Golden State at Portland NHL 7 p.m. NBCSN — Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers
NBA All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 42 28 .600 — Boston 31 39 .443 11 Brooklyn 29 40 .420 12½ Philadelphia 17 53 .243 25 New York 14 57 .197 28½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB y-Atlanta 53 17 .757 — Washington 40 31 .563 13½ Miami 32 37 .464 20½ Charlotte 30 39 .435 22½ Orlando 22 50 .306 32 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cleveland 46 26 .639 — x-Chicago 43 29 .597 3 Milwaukee 34 36 .486 11 Indiana 30 40 .429 15 Detroit 26 44 .371 19 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-Memphis 50 21 .704 — Houston 47 23 .671 2½ San Antonio 44 25 .638 5 Dallas 44 27 .620 6 New Orleans 37 33 .529 12½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 44 24 .647 — Oklahoma City 40 30 .571 5 Utah 31 39 .443 14 Denver 27 44 .380 18½ Minnesota 16 54 .229 29 Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-Golden State 57 13 .814 — L.A. Clippers 46 25 .648 11½ Phoenix 38 33 .535 19½ Sacramento 24 45 .348 32½ L.A. Lakers 18 50 .265 38 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division -----Monday’s Games Houston 110, Indiana 100 Boston 110, Brooklyn 91 Memphis 103, New York 82 Chicago 98, Charlotte 86 Minnesota 106, Utah 104, OT Golden State 107, Washington 76 Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m.
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Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New York, 7 p.m. Miami at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 9 p.m. Portland at Utah, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
NHL All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 73 46 20 7 99 193 159 Tampa Bay 73 45 21 7 97 238 188 Detroit 71 39 21 11 89 204 190 Ottawa 72 37 24 11 85 212 190 Boston 73 36 25 12 84 193 190 Florida 72 33 25 14 80 177 197 Toronto 74 27 41 6 60 193 237 Buffalo 73 20 46 7 47 138 245 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 71 46 18 7 99 217 163 N.Y. Islanders 73 44 25 4 92 225 203 Pittsburgh 72 40 22 10 90 200 178 Washington 73 39 24 10 88 212 180 Philadelphia 74 29 29 16 74 192 215 New Jersey 73 31 31 11 73 164 186 Columbus 72 33 35 4 70 193 225 Carolina 72 26 36 10 62 165 199 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 73 45 21 7 97 223 180 Nashville 73 44 21 8 96 208 176 Chicago 72 44 22 6 94 206 163 Minnesota 73 41 25 7 89 209 182 Winnipeg 73 38 23 12 88 205 190 Dallas 73 35 28 10 80 228 233 Colorado 72 33 27 12 78 193 201 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 74 46 21 7 99 216 206 Vancouver 72 42 26 4 88 206 193 Calgary 73 40 27 6 86 214 191 Los Angeles 72 35 23 14 84 192 180 San Jose 73 35 30 8 78 201 206 Edmonton 73 20 40 13 53 173 251 Arizona 73 21 44 8 50 149 242 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Games Los Angeles 3, New Jersey 1 Chicago 3, Carolina 1 Minnesota 2, Toronto 1 Ottawa 5, San Jose 2 Dallas 4, Buffalo 3 Calgary 3, Colorado 2 Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 1 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m. Arizona at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Colorado at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Anaheim at Boston, 7 p.m. Arizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Scoreboard Spring Training All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Kansas City 13 8 .619 Los Angeles 11 7 .611 Oakland 13 9 .591 New York 12 9 .571 Toronto 12 9 .571 Houston 9 8 .529 Boston 10 9 .526 Tampa Bay 9 9 .500 Minnesota 9 10 .474 Seattle 9 10 .474 Cleveland 9 11 .450 Texas 7 10 .412 Baltimore 9 13 .409 Chicago 7 11 .389 Detroit 7 14 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Los Angeles 11 6 .647 Arizona 12 9 .571 Colorado 12 9 .571 St. Louis 9 7 .563 Miami 11 9 .550 New York 12 10 .545 Pittsburgh 10 9 .526 Philadelphia 11 10 .524 San Diego 11 10 .524 Cincinnati 9 9 .500 Washington 9 9 .500 Chicago 9 11 .450 Milwaukee 8 11 .421 Atlanta 9 13 .409 San Francisco 6 16 .273 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. -----Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Tampa Bay 6 Atlanta 14, Houston 10 N.Y. Mets 12, Miami 3 Philadelphia 3, Minnesota 0 Washington 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 St. Louis vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., ccd., Unplayable conditions L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 4 San Diego 10, Chicago White Sox 4 San Francisco 8, Kansas City 3 Cleveland 8, Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 0 Colorado 5, Milwaukee 1 Texas 6, Cincinnati 6, tie, 10 innings Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 6, Toronto 5 Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 3 Miami 9, Boston 4 Houston 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Colorado 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Texas 8, L.A. Angels 8, tie San Diego 6, Seattle 4 Chicago Cubs vs. Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Detroit vs. N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco vs. Cleveland, 10:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota, 1:05 p.m. Washington vs. St. Louis, 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Miami vs. Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. San Diego vs. L.A. Dodgers, 4:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. L.A. Angels, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco vs. Colorado, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City, 9:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Cincinnati, 10:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Seattle, 10:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games Atlanta vs. Pittsburgh, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Miami vs. St. Louis, 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Toronto, 1:07 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Seattle (ss) , 4:05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs. Milwaukee, 4:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Arizona, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Washington, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Texas, 9:05 p.m. Oakland vs. San Francisco, 10:05 p.m.
Golf Rankings Through March 22 1. Rory McIlroy 2. Henrik Stenson 3. Bubba Watson 4. Jason Day 5. Adam Scott 6. Jordan Spieth 7. Jim Furyk 8. Sergio Garcia 9. Dustin Johnson 10. Justin Rose 11. Rickie Fowler 12. Martin Kaymer 13. Jimmy Walker 14. Matt Kuchar 15. Patrick Reed 16. Hideki Matsuyama 17. Victor Dubuisson 18. Billy Horschel 19. Brooks Koepka 20. J.B. Holmes 21. Phil Mickelson 22. Kevin Na 23. Graeme McDowell 24. Zach Johnson 25. Bill Haas 26. Chris Kirk 27. Ryan Moore 28. Jamie Donaldson 29. Lee Westwood 30. Ryan Palmer 31. Ian Poulter 32. Hunter Mahan 33. Brandt Snedeker 34. Charl Schwartzel 35. Anirban Lahiri 36. Louis Oosthuizen 37. Keegan Bradley 38. Stephen Gallacher 39. Joost Luiten 40. Matt Every 41. Bernd Wiesberger 42. Thongchai Jaidee 43. Branden Grace 44. Webb Simpson 45. Shane Lowry 46. Gary Woodland 47. Danny Willett 48. Luke Donald 49. Paul Casey 50. Jason Dufner 51. Brendon Todd 52. Marc Warren 53. Harris English 54. Alexander Levy 55. Miguel Angel Jimenez 56. Tim Clark 57. Thomas Bjorn 58. Marc Leishman 59. Russell Henley
NIR 10.93 SWE 7.96 USA 7.68 AUS 6.61 AUS 6.57 USA 6.39 USA 6.03 ESP 5.97 USA 5.82 ENG 5.41 USA 4.76 GER 4.71 USA 4.64 USA 4.60 USA 4.59 JPN 4.26 FRA 3.72 USA 3.72 USA 3.69 USA 3.64 USA 3.50 USA 3.46 NIR 3.35 USA 3.34 USA 3.30 USA 3.28 USA 3.26 WAL 3.26 ENG 3.18 USA 3.14 ENG 3.04 USA 3.01 USA 2.94 SAF 2.92 IND 2.92 SAF 2.91 USA 2.84 SCO 2.80 NED 2.78 USA 2.66 AUT 2.66 THA 2.64 SAF 2.63 USA 2.61 IRL 2.52 USA 2.45 ENG 2.45 ENG 2.44 ENG 2.43 USA 2.42 USA 2.40 SCO 2.37 USA 2.29 FRA 2.24 ESP 2.21 SAF 2.21 DEN 2.21 AUS 2.21 USA 2.21
Roswell Daily Record 60. Mikko Ilonen 61. Andy Sullivan 62. Matt Jones 63. Francesco Molinari 64. John Senden 65. Ben Martin 66. Tommy Fleetwood 67. Graham DeLaet 68. Marcel Siem 69. George Coetzee 70. Daniel Berger 71. Ross Fisher 72. Charley Hoffman 73. Steve Stricker 74. Kevin Streelman 75. Koumei Oda
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This Day in Sports March 25 1934 — Horton Smith wins the first Masters, beating Craig Wood by one stroke. 1947 — Holy Cross, led by George Kaftan, defeats Oklahoma 58-47 in the NCAA basketball championship. 1958 — Sugar Ray Robinson regains the middleweight title for a record fifth time with a 15-round decision over Carmen Basilio. 1961 — Cincinnati ends Ohio State’s 32-game winning streak with a 70-65 win in the NCAA championship. In the third-place game, St. Joseph’s beats Utah 127-120 in quadruple-overtime. 1967 — UCLA, led by sophomore Lew Alcindor’s 20 points, beats Dayton 79-64 for the NCAA championship. 1972 — Bill Walton scores 24 points to lead UCLA to an 81-76 victory over Florida State and the NCAA title. The Bruins finish with a 30-0 record and increase their winning streak to 45 straight. 1972 — Maryland beats Niagara 100-69 in the NIT championship, becoming the first team to score 100 points in the finals of the tournament. 1990 — Pat Bradley becomes the first LPGA player to reach $3 million in career earnings with a one-stroke victory in the $500,000 Turquoise Classic. Bradley, with career earnings of $3,059,768, makes a 2-foot par putt on the final hole to beat Ayako Okamoto. 1995 — Mike Tyson is released from a Plainfield, Ind., prison after serving three years for rape. 1995 — Scotty Bowman gets his 900th regular-season coaching victory when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Canucks 2-1 in Vancouver. 1999 — Geno Carlisle, just 3-of-17 from the field, came through with a three-point play with 4.7 seconds left, to give California a 61-60 win over Clemson and the NIT championship. 2004 — Auburn’s Fred Bousquet breaks the world record in the 50-meter freestyle at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships. Teammate George Bovell of Trinidad & Tobago also shatters the world record for the 200 individual medley in 1:53.93. 2006 — Kimmie Meissner, 16, captures the title at figure skating’s world championships. U.S. champion Sasha Cohen falters again in the free skate, winding up third overall behind Japan’s Fumie Suguri. 2007 — Cullen Jones becomes the rare black swimmer to claim a world championship, teaming with Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak on a U.S. squad that wins the 400-meter freestyle relay at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia. 2008 — Tennessee gives coach Pat Summitt her 100th NCAA tournament win, a 78-52 rout of host Purdue. The win sends the Lady Vols to the NCAA regional semifinals. 2010 — Daisuke Takahashi gives Japan its first men’s title at the World Figure Skating Championships and he does it with flair, attempting a rare quadruple flip. Canada’s Patrick Chan wins the silver for a second straight year and France’s Brian Joubert takes the bronze. 2011 — The Southwest regional is the first in NCAA men’s basketball history with three double-digit seeded teams in the semifinals. Virginia Commonwealth, an 11th seed beats 10th seed Florida State 72-71 in overtime and the
top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks beat No. 12 seed Richmond 77-57 in the region’s other semifinal. 2012 — In the NBA’s first quadruple-overtime game since 1997, Joe Johnson scores 37 points and Josh Smith adds 22 as the Atlanta Hawks beat Utah 139-133. This ties the third-longest game in NBA history. 2013 — The Miami Heat extend their winning streak to 27 games with a 108-94 win over Orlando.
Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned INF Leury Garcia, LHP Onelki Garcia and INF Andy Wilkins to Charlotte (IL) and RHP Frankie Montas to Birmingham (SL). Reassigned RHP Logan Kensing, RHP Nolan Sanburn and LHP Joe Savery to minor league camp. DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned LHP Kyle Lobstein, RHP Alex Wilson and RHP Josh Zeid to Toledo (IL). Assigned RHP Alberto Cabrera to minor league camp. MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with 2B Brian Dozier on a four-year contract. Optioned RHP A.J. Achter to Rochester (IL). Reassigned C Tyler Grimes, INFs James Beresford and Jose Martinez, and OFs Eric Farris and Danny Ortiz to minor league camp. TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned INF Hanser Alberto to Round Rock (PCL). Assigned RHPs Alex Gonzalez and Ross Wolf to minor league camp. National League MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP Carter Capps to New Orleans (PCL). Reassigned RHP Vin Mazzaro, RHP Ryan Chaffee, LHP Pat Misch, LHP Pat Urckfitz and C Vinny Rottino to minor league camp. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned INF Pete Orr and OF Bryan Petersen to minor league camp. NEW YORK METS — Optioned LHP Jack Leathersich to minor league camp. American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Signed RHP Anthony Figliolia and INF Zack MacPhee. JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed C Juan Medina. WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed INF Kori Melo. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed RHP Mark Pope and INF Aaron Baker. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed RHP Ryan Fennell. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with DT Ray McDonald and DE Jarvis Jenkins on oneyear contracts. HOUSTON TEXANS — Re-signed LB Akeem Dent. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Agreed to terms with LB Casey Matthews and S Taylor Mays. NEW YORK JETS — Signed DEs Stephen Bowen and Kevin Vickerson and OT Corey Hilliard. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Named Mike Scheper offensive line coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Kevin Fiala from Milwaukee (AHL). VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed D Chris Tanev to a five-year contract extension. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Nate Schmidt to Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Albany RW Cam Janssen two games. SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Mackenzie Weegar to Cincinnati (ECHL) and F Tony Turgeon to Allen (ECHL). Announced G Colin Stevens was reassigned to the team. Released G Jacob DeSerres from his amateur tryout contract. ECHL SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned F Brett Cameron to Adirondack (AHL).
Rich get richer: Mayweather and Pacquiao purses soar LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first ticket has yet to be sold, but the richest fight in boxing history is getting richer by the day. New estimates show Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s payoff for fighting Manny Pacquiao could easily be $180 million, up substantially from earlier predictions of $120 million. Pacquiao gets the short end of the purse, but even that is expected to be well over $100 million by the time everything is tallied up. The money is staggering, though not exactly unexpected. Five years of waiting seem to have only piqued the public’s demand for the one fight even casual fans of the sport want to see. “For whatever it’s worth, the buildup over these years has certainly enhanced the fight,” promoter Bob Arum. “Everybody knows about it now, even people who don’t follow boxing. Plus we have a good economy, unlike in 2009 when people were out of work and didn’t have the money to spend.” Fans will certainly have to pay a price to see the May 2 welterweight title bout, especially those lucky enough to score a ticket inside the MGM Grand arena itself. Ticket prices there range from $1,500 in
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Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, pose for photos after a news conference, March 11, in Los Angeles. The two are scheduled to fight in Las Vegas on May 2. the upper deck to $7,500 at ringside — and only a small percentage of the tickets will actually be put on public sale. Arum said Tuesday the gate at the MGM alone will be more than $72 million, obliterating the previous live gate record of $20 million in Nevada set by Mayweather’s 2013 fight with Canelo Alvarez. Though the MGM will provide some tickets for its biggest gamblers, Arum said even the celebrities who can normally get free tickets to sit
ringside will have to pay full fare for the fight — if they can get their hands on tickets at all. Promoters announced a deal Tuesday with Sky Sports to televise the fight on pay-per-view in England and parts of Europe, part of another $35 million expected to come in from foreign rights. Add in another $10 million in sponsorships — Tecate beer will be the main sponsor — and the fight will gross more than $100 million before a single home in North America
buys the pay-per-view. Less certain is how many people will spend what is expected to be $100 or so for the pay-per-view in the U.S., but that could easily break records, too. Mayweather’s 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya currently tops the charts with 2.44 million buys, but many think Mayweather-Pacquiao could do more than 3 million homes despite softness in the pay-perview market in the last few years. “That’s the one element
that’s a mystery,” Arum told The Associated Press. “It seems like it will break the record, but who really knows? Anyone who predicts the total pay-per-view is whistling in the dark.” Cable networks HBO and Showtime have yet to announce the pay-per-view price, saying they are still in negotiations with cable systems and satellite providers. Those negotiations are mostly about how the money will be divided between the broadcasters and the fight promoters,
who historically have split revenues fairly equally. With promoters holding the upper hand for this fight, though, that split could end up 65-35 in favor of the promotion. And if 3 million homes buy the fight at $100, that would mean about $200 million in revenue to Mayweather Promotions and Arum’s Top Rank from pay-per-view alone. Add in the other money and the two camps will have more than $300 million to divvy up. With Mayweather getting a 60-40 split, that would mean a purse of $180 million or more to Mayweather and $120 million or more to Pacquiao. Both purses would dwarf the biggest ever in boxing, including the 2007 fight with Mayweather in which De La Hoya made a reported $52 million. Mayweather’s biggest payday was against Alvarez, when he was guaranteed $41.5 million and may have made another $20 million off the pay-per-view sales. “You get to this level where you’re making nine figures in 36 minutes,” Mayweather said at the fight press conference this month in Los Angeles, “and you have to be a winner.” Judging from the money on the table in this bout, it’s hard to find a loser.
Browns expect Manziel on field in April Former NFL star
PHOENIX (AP) — Browns coach Mike Pettine expects quarterback Johnny Manziel to take part in the team’s practices next month after leaving rehab. Pettine said the team has received “good” feedback about Manziel, who entered a treatment facility on Jan. 28 for an undisclosed problem. A first-round draft pick in 2014, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M backed up Brian Hoyer before playing poorly in two starts. Following the season, Manziel acknowledged he should have taken his job more seriously. Pettine does not know when Manziel will be discharged from rehab, but he expects the young QB to return to football immediately. The Browns will work out on April 20. “When he is back, it will be full speed ahead for him,” Pettine said. “I think
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In this Dec. 21, 2014 file photo, Cleveland Browns’ Johnny Manziel (2) looks to pass against the Carolina Panthers in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C. he’s very anxious at this point.” Pettine emphasized Manziel’s personal issues outweigh anything related to his profession. “Football, it’s a back seat,” Pettine said. “For his football life to get it where
it needs to be, he needs to get the personal life where it needs to be. ... This takes precedence, so however long of time he needs, the football will be there when he gets out.” While at the owners’ meetings, the Browns have
had discussions with HBO about being featured on “Hard Knocks,” the cable network’s popular reality series that gives viewers and inside look at an NFL team during training camp. Pettine knows all about “Hard Knocks” from when he was an assistant coach with the New York Jets. Pettine said Manziel’s situation is a factor in the Browns’ hesitancy to be on the program. “When we decided not to volunteer for ‘Hard Knocks,’ we discussed everything that was involved with it. That (Manziel) was certainly something we needed to consider. I wouldn’t say (Manziel) loomed large. You just weigh everything in. Because being a part of ‘Hard Knocks,’ knowing they’re going to look to cover the team’s biggest, current story lines — it’s obvious that he would be a point of attention.”
Sharper pleads guilty in sexual assault case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL star Darren Sharper pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to reduced felony attempted sexual assault as part of a fourstate plea deal that’ll put him to federal prison for about nine years. Sharper appeared Tuesday by Internet hookup from a courtroom in Los Angeles before a Clark County District Court judge who accepted his plea and scheduled sentencing June 25.
A plea agreement calls for Sharper to serve his 38 months to eight years in prison for the Nevada conviction at the same time he’s serving sentences from California, Arizona and Louisiana. On Monday, the 39-yearold Sharper pleaded guilty to sexual assault in Arizona and no contest to raping two women he drugged in Los Angeles. Sharper is due in federal court in New Orleans on April 6.