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I’ll Have Another did just that, winning another Triple Crown race with even more flash and dash than he did in the Kentucky Derby.

I’ll Have Another did just that, winning another Triple Crown race with even more flash and dash than he did in the Kentucky Derby.

Pacers reserve guard Lance Stephenson has apologized to his coach for making a choking gesture toward LeBron James during Indiana’s Game 3 win over Miami.

Updates with detail, lineups. With AP Photos.

Tim Duncan scored 19 points, helping engineer a 24-0 run in the third quarter after the Spurs trailed by 24 points earlier, and San Antonio defeated the Clippers 96-86 on Saturday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday.

Roger Penske ran out the clock on Michael Andretti’s team, giving the Indianapolis 500 pole to Ryan Briscoe.

Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade and coach Erik Spolestra both attempted to downplay their fiery exchange in the team huddle Thursday night as they attempt to focus on a vital Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.

Game 4 between the Clippers and Spurs, scheduled for Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Staples Center, would be moved to Monday if the hockey game between the Kings and Coyotes delays the start of the NBA game too much.

Jimmie Johnson won his third All-Star race on Saturday night by pulling away over the 10-lap sprint to the $1 million prize.

New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora offered to buy and return Lawrence Taylor’s Super Bowl XXV ring to the Pro Football Hall of Famer, but only if Umenyiora attained 500,000 Twitter followers by 10 p.m. Saturday.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t need the fan vote this year.

Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood expressed his gratitude at his official retirement announcement.

Two days after telling the Boston Herald that his contract negotiations had “gotten worse,” New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker backtracked on his comments on Saturday.

Midfielder Drew Snider scored three goals and goalie Niko Amato led a solid defensive effort and Maryland upset second-seeded Johns Hopkins 10-4 on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested early Saturday morning in Binghamton, N.Y., on suspicion of drunken driving.

Time for another round. …

Q: Has there been a study done on shoulder injuries? I know they track concussions and there was a recent report on the correlation between turf and ACL injuries. It seems to me that with the new lighter, smaller shoulder pads there have been a lot more shoulder injuries than there used to be.

A: I looked around a little and couldn’t really find anything definitive like that on shoulder injuries. My feeling is there have probably always been a lot of shoulder injuries — given the nature of football, shoulder injuries will be impossible to ever eliminate.

But like almost everything involving everything these days, there’s so much more information available — and by-the-minute coverage of everything — that news of things such as injuries may simply resonate more than it did before. I haven’t really hard from coaches or others in the sport that there are more now, or that they need to go back to the old pads or anything.

Also, if you are referring simply to some of the shoulder injuries UW has had of late, it’s worth remembering that two of the more high-profile ones — those of Colin Porter and James Sample — dated to old high school injuries. And I point that out in part because it’s things like that that make it hard to make sweeping judgments on this stuff, sometimes. That unless you know every aspect of a player’s medical history (and we rarely get access to that) it’s really hard to assess a cause or a reason.

Q: I’m curious if you know why ESPN has a dedicated Stanford blog? If you scroll to the top of the Pac 12 blog, you’ll see Stanford next to Notre Dame. Yes, USC has a blog associated with an affiliated fan website, but that is different from Stanford’s blog. Stanford has the smallest fan base in the P12….strange…are they paying ESPN?

A: Obviously, since I don’t work for ESPN, I’m not real privvy to their decision-making process. But I would point out that they have dedicated sites for lots of teams around the country — Texas, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma, just to name a few — and are adding new sites all the time. They may have just wanted to jump on the Stanford bandwagon last year due to Andrew Luck and knowing the Cardinal would be a legit BCS contender.

Also, they may have thought Stanford was a pretty underserved team in terms of media coverage with an alumni base that is all over the place, and maybe that would allow it to attract more of an audience. Stanford may have a small fan base, but I also think it’s a pretty influential and attractive one to try to capture. And again, I’m sure Luck and a national-title team had a lot to do with it. If the current team sites are a success, it would be no surprise to see ESPN continue to expand.

Q: Any idea when we might hear about Oregon and its possible sanctions?

A: Not really. The NCAA doesn’t give out specific timelines so it could be next week and it could be much later — just depends on how long it takes. Also worth remembering is that the school is usually given notice the day before an announcement, so sometimes something leaks the day/night before an actual announcement. When the NCAA does have an official announcement it sends out an e-mail notice that morning of a press release/news conference later in the day.

Q: If you just look at the first 6 games of next season, do you think the Huskies have the toughest schedule in the country? What about the last 6 games? Any teams there that could end up being ranked?

A: No question UW has as tough a schedule in the first six weeks as any team in the country. We’re beginning to now see some of the more traditional/respected national rankings unveiled, and in some of those, UW is playing four teams ranked among the top 12 in the country in the first six weeks (LSU, Oregon. USC, Stanford) with two on the road (LSU, Oregon).

It’s a gauntlet, to be sure, and the Pac-12 part of it is simply the way the schedule fell this year and being in a six-team North Division that looms as stronger than its South counterpart this year.

As for how tough the second half is, a lot may depend on how UW navigates the first half. If UW is 2-4 and beat up physically and mentally, some of those games (such as at Arizona and home to Utah) might be that much more difficult. If UW is 3-3 or better and relatively unscathed physically, then the Huskies could make a good second-half run. What makes the schedule a little tougher this year than last year is having five Pac-12 road games instead of four — essentially, having the Apple Cup on the road instead of in Seattle.

So while the second half of the schedule could include six unranked teams, it also includes four games on the road (Arizona, Cal, Colorado and WSU). UW could be favored to win them all, but also could be underdogs in at least two (Cal and WSU the most likely). And a game at Colorado on Nov. 17, when who knows what the weather might deliver, could be dicey depending on the health of the two teams, the direction of their respective seasons, etc.

I say this not to be all doom-and-gloom. But by any realistic measure, the schedule isn’t easy even if in many ways it’s not all that different than last year’s — the same sort of A-B-C non-conference with the A team on the road and B and C at home, and the same nine conference opponent. It’s simply where and when UW plays some of these teams that makes it look a little more difficult right now than last year’s did.

A little late getting to it today — hey, it’s Friday.

And the big news in college football today is already almost old news in the new Twitter-fied media world we live in — an agreement between the Big 12 and the SEC to play annually in a bowl game.

As this story notes, the agreement is as much about the SEC and Big 12 aligning for political purposes, to allow them to rival the longtime Pac-12-Big Ten alliance, as it may be about a football game.

And as a few others have pointed out on Twitter, this also seems to create a clear wall between those four conferences and everyone else in college football — not that it maybe wasn’t already there, but now it’s more obvious than ever. What it also does is give a lot more security to a Big 12 that a year or so ago seemed pretty tenuous — and maybe for now put an end to thoughts of a further expansion of the Pac-12 that would include the likes of Texas and Oklahoma.

IN OTHER NEWS. …

— ESPN’s Mark Schlabach rates UW No. 21 today in his latest “way too early” pre-season Top 25.

Schlabach writes of UW:

“About the only defense that looked worse than Washington’s during bowl season was Clemson’s. The Huskies were ripped for 777 yards, including 482 rushing, in a 67-56 loss to Baylor in the Valero Alamo Bowl. As a result, Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian revamped his coaching staff, bringing in five new assistants, including former Boise State and Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox. The Huskies bring back quarterback Keith Price, who threw for 3,063 yards and 33 touchdowns last season. But they’ll have to replace tailback Chris Polk, who ran for 1,488 yards and 12 touchdowns. Perhaps no team faces a more difficult start to the season; UW plays LSU (road), Stanford (home), Oregon (road) and USC (home) in its first six games.”

Catching up on a little news and a few links. …

— As was expected, running back Justin Davis of Stockton, Calif., said tonight he will sign with USC. Davis was among those who visited UW for Junior Day and had listed the Huskies and Cal as his other two finalists but said today he is firm on his decision to sign with the Trojans.

— The Sporting News writes that it’s hard not to compare Keith Price with Robert Griffin III.

— Scout.com writes about the big turnout expected at the Barton Football combine Sunday in Issaquah. The Barton in question is former UW QB Taylor Barton.

— The National Football Post asks if Jake Locker is ready to take the next step in Tennessee.

— Interesting stuff from ESPN.com on proposals to stiffen the penalties for programs who commit NCAA violations.

— The Orange County Register details the monster class USC is putting together.

— Here are highlights from Ted Miller’s Pac-12 chat today.

— Finally, speaking of Price, Draft Breakdown has videos of his games against WSU, and further below, Baylor:

UW coach Steve Sarkisian is scheduled to be a guest on the Kevin Calabro Show on ESPN 710 Seattle today at 4:30 p.m. He’s supposed to be on for about a half-hour.

From what it says here, he will “talk about the O-line and the backup QB battle and his boat and Mike Leach and his comments about every kid in the state someday wanting to be a Husky.” The latter comment is sure to be well received by co-host Jim Moore.

You can listen here or find a podcast later here.

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