The News Review:
- Sports in brief: NCAA approves ’sand’ volleyball for women
- Sports Briefing | Polo Horse Deaths Investigated
- Sports Briefing | Auto Racing
- Carolina tops NJ on late goal 4-3 Sports Digest
- CTPUS GARDEN Commissioner Gary Bettman livens up Fox Sports telecast
- Sports Briefing | Hockey Warming Up for Worlds
Sports in brief: NCAA approves ’sand’ volleyball for women
San Jose Mercury News
The organization will spend the next year developing rules that will govern play including regulations on financial aid playing dates and recruiting. “The opportunity to play sand volleyball in the spring will spur growth in the sport. I wish I had that opportunity when I was at Stanford” said San Jose’s Kerri Walsh a two-time lympic champion who like most beach players competed indoors in college. “This development will give more women an opportunity for a professional volleyball career in the United States.
Sports Briefing | Polo Horse Deaths Investigated
New York Times
css); Sports Briefing – Polo – Horse Deaths Investigated – NYTimes. State officials have said they believe the horses died from an adverse drug reaction toxins in their food or supplements or some combination. Two days after the horses’ deaths the authorities said they had not uncovered any crime but would continue to investigate. The necropsies were completed Tuesday and revealed some bleeding but offered no definitive clues. The veterinary investigators said the results from the testing of blood and tissue for toxins would be more important in pinpointing a cause of death but those could take weeks.
Sports Briefing | Auto Racing
New York Times
css); Sports Briefing – Auto Racing – Probation for 2 Drivers – NYTimes. and Casey Mears were penalized for intentionally bumping cars after a race Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway. Nascar put the two on probation for six races; neither was fined or lost points. Contact between the two caused Earnhardt to crash with 11 laps to go in the race. He led for 63 laps and appeared headed for a top-10 finish but the accident dropped him to 31st. After the race Earnhardt spun Mears on the cool-down lap.
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Carolina tops NJ on late goal 4-3 Sports Digest
Baltimore Sun
on late goal 4-3 — baltimoresun. 2 of a second remaining and the host Carolina Hurricanes evened their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with New Jersey at two games apiece by beating the Devils 4-3. Eric Staal Ryan Bayda and Chad LaRose also scored for the Hurricanes who blew a 3-0 lead but regrouped just in time to avoid a third straight overtime game. digest222apr220415219.
CTPUS GARDEN Commissioner Gary Bettman livens up Fox Sports telecast
Detroit Free Press
See instructions for fixing the problem. CTPUS GARDENCommissioner Gary Bettman livens up Fox Sports telecastBY DAVID DARBY • FREE PRESS SPRTS WRITER• April 22 2009.
Sports Briefing | Hockey Warming Up for Worlds
New York Times
css); Sports Briefing – Hockey – Warming Up for Worlds – NYTimes. The 16-nation tournament begins Friday. The United States opens play Saturday against Latvia in Group C which also includes Sweden and Austria. The Americans adapted well in the first period to the larger rink used in international play taking a 2-0 lead on a two-man advantage and while short-handed. But the undermanned American team which has practiced once since landing in Europe dressed only 18 players compared with 23 for the Swiss.
