Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
Draft suspense unfolds after top two picks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 2012 NFL draft will likely be
remembered for its leading men, with quarterbacks Andrew Luck
and Robert Griffin III the certain top two picks as players who
will always be measured against one another. But after the
Indianapolis Colts name Stanford’s Luck with the first pick and
the Washington Redskins follow by claiming Baylor’s Griffin
(nicknamed RG3) as the second overall choice, the next 30
first-round selections are a guessing game.
Washington oust Stanley Cup champs Boston
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Saints player penalties in final stages: Goodell
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The NFL is close to determining
punishment for players who were involved in the New Orleans
Saints’ bounty scandal but a ruling is unlikely to come this
week, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday. Goodell
said National Football League (NFL) officials would probably be
too busy with the three-day player draft starting on Thursday
night in New York to wrap up a decision on punishment for
players who were rewarded for injuring opponents.
Bulls closer to home-court advantage
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Rangers offense wakes up to batter Yankees
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Ex-football star Deion Sanders charged in altercation with
wife
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former football star Deion Sanders has
been charged with simple assault in his altercation with his
estranged wife that got her arrested and jailed earlier in the
week on a similar charge. Sanders, 44, had claimed Pilar
Sanders, 38, and her friend Dianna Boswell attacked him on
Monday afternoon in his bedroom at the suburban Dallas mansion
the divorcing couple still share.
Djokovic pulls out of Serbia Open defense
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Rangers’ Lundqvist earns fourth Vezina nomination
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Mets’ bullpen prevails after starters duel
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Nestle man lined up for F1 chair
LONDON (Reuters) – Peter Brabeck, the chairman of Swiss
food group Nestle, has been lined up to chair Formula One motor
racing should it go ahead with a planned flotation in
Singapore, a source close to the matter said. Brabeck, an
Austrian, already sits on the board of the Formula One holding
company, Jersey-based Delta Topco Limited. He would become
chairman if the expected $2 billion initial public offering
proceeds.
