CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Michael Lesley crisscrossed Harvard Yard, looking up from his copy of David Hume's "The Natural History of Religion" only to avoid the tourists that shuffled through the snow-covered quadrangle.Did he bother to watch Harvard's victory over No. 10 New Mexico on Thursday night, the first NCAA tournament win in school history?No.Will Lesley, a fourth-year doctoral student in r...

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -Tiger Woods still has plenty of work to do if he wants to defend his title at Bay Hill and go back to No. 1 in the world.Justin Rose three-putted the final hole for bogey and a 2-under 70 to share the lead Friday with Bill Haas in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Haas never had a par putt longer than 4 feet in his bogey-free round of 66.Woods was one shot out of the lead unti...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Jose Reyes bounced around the clubhouse exuding his usual energy and joked with a few teammates before putting on his Toronto Blue Jays' uniform.Back from helping the Dominican Republic win the World Baseball Classic, Reyes is eager to help his new team contend in a tough AL East. There's no WBC hangover for the four-time All-Star shortstop."I don't want to play down. I want t...

DETROIT (AP) - Mixed martial arts promoters Christo Piliafas and Scott DiPonio were shocked to learn that one of their fighters was a suspect in the holdup of a Michigan gun shop this week.After all, it was only two weeks ago that they raised more than $1,000 to help the amateur heavyweight's family pay for his funeral.Charles Rowan, 25, didn't die in a February car wreck while en route to his fif...

(Eds: Updates. With AP Photos.)Associated PressSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Skylar Diggins enters her final NCAA tournament with a sense of calmness after losses in the championship game the past two seasons."I'm really coming in with a light mood, approaching practice wanting to have fun and enjoy this moment, because it's my last go around. But the sense of urgency is greater," Diggins said Friday be...

HOUSTON (AP) - Free agent safety Ed Reed is finally a Houston Texan.The nine-time Pro Bowl safety signed a contract with Houston on Friday, a week after leaving town with no deal in place.The Texans did not disclose terms, though the Houston Chronicle reported it was a three-year deal worth $15 million, with $5 million guaranteed.The move is another blow to Baltimore, where Reed played his first 1...

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - President Barack Obama is going with Brittney Griner and Baylor to win back-to-back titles in the NCAA women's basketball tournament.Obama's pick was announced Friday on ESPN. In his 2013 bracket, he has Baylor defeating Notre Dame in the April 9 final in New Orleans, a repeat of last year's NCAA title matchup.The president also selected Connecticut and California to advance ...

When Ireland's Katie Taylor was taking hits and striking blows for boxing's Olympic debut in an east London ring last year, John Hardy did not want to look.To this leading neuroscientist and molecular biologist, a boxing bout is little more than a session of mutual brain injury. He was horrified to see women boxing at Olympic level for the first time at the London 2012 Games."We shouldn't get our ...

(Eds: With AP Photos.)AP Auto Racing WriterST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - It's been more than six months since Ryan Hunter-Reay became the first American driver in six years to win the IndyCar championship.Finally, with a new season set to begin, he may finally get some attention for his achievement.As IndyCar heads back to the race track with Sunday's season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersbur...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods figured it was worth going public about his relationship with Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn rather than having paparazzi make money off them.The star athletes simultaneously posted messages on their Facebook pages this week to confirm they are dating. The 14-time major champion included four studio photos of himself and Vonn, both smiling in a casual setting -...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) - Jane Park shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to take the lead after the opening round of the Kia Classic on Thursday at Aviara.Park, who lives in Rancho Cucamonga and went to UCLA, had a one-stroke lead over Caroline Hedwall and Karrie Webb.Stacy Lewis, playing her first round since taking over the No. 1 spot in the world from Yani Tseng, was four shots off the lead after a round...

Four years ago or so, Mike Matheny did what I suspect every single youth coach in every sport in America has wanted to do at some point in his or her life. He laid out his demands. He opened up his computer on a flight to St. Louis, and he started typing. And typing. And typing.The first few words might tell you where he was going.“I always said that the only team that I would coach would be a tea...

The great thing about being a super hero is that you get to disappear into a secret identity after you save the world. You can put your hands on your hips, stick out your chest, and announce: “My work here is done.” And then you dash off, maybe to the Fortress of Solitude or the Bat Cave or an invisible plane, but eventually you take off a mask, put on glasses, do something with your hair, and mel...

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati has been charged after police said she punched her ex-boyfriend on Valentine's Day while he was working out at a gym. Palm Beach County court records show Capriati was charged by prosecutors Wednesday. She has been issued a summons to appear before a judge April 17 on stalking and battery charges, though she has not been arrested. ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Justin Rose started out as another guy in Tiger Woods' group Thursday at Bay Hill. He wound up in the lead.Rose put on a clinic with the putter and ran off four straight birdies late in his round for a 7-under 65, giving him a two-shot lead after the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.Woods had two sloppy bogeys from greenside bunkers and didn't hit it as well as ...

CHENGDU, China (AP) - A 12-year-old Chinese boy will become the youngest player to compete in a European Tour event after qualifying for the Volvo China Open.

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) - Defending champion and formerly top-ranked Yani Tseng was dropped from the Kia Classic field after missing her 9:10 a.m. pro-am tee time Wednesday.