INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The New York Giants and New England Patriots
are about deal with the toughest part of Super Bowl week, the
annual Super Bowl media day in Indianapolis. The league has issued
around 2,000 credentials and is selling tickets to the public for
the first time. The Giants landed in Indianapolis yesterday, a day
after the Patriots reached town.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - NCAA President Mark Emmert has
reiterated his support for a two-round, four-team BCS championship
for college football. Emmert says there are ongoing discussions
about what he described as a Final Four model, a scenario which
would've matched LSU against Stanford and Alabama versus Oklahoma
State last season with the winners advancing to the title game. He
also notes the eventual decision for a playoff is in the hands of
the BCS and not the NCAA.
PISACATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers is expected to introduce Kyle
Flood as the new head football coach at a news conference later
today. Flood had been on former coach Greg Schiano's
staff since 2005 and was promoted to interim coach
last week. Schiano left to become head coach of the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers.
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit Tigers star Victor Martinez is recovering
from microfracture surgery on his left knee to repair an
offseason-conditioning injury. The club also announced that
Martinez needs ACL reconstruction surgery on the same knee in six
to eight weeks and is expected to miss the entire 2012 season.
Martinez hit .330 with 103 RBIs in 2011, helping the Tigers win the
division in his first season with Detroit.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers have given manager Ron
Washington a two-year contract extension after he led the team to
consecutive American League pennants. Washington is 427-383 in five
seasons and is the first manager in major league history to
increase his team's win total in four straight years after his
initial campaign with a club. He's now signed through 2014.
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