NEW ORLEANS (AP) - John Harbaugh had just finished answering the masked man in front of him when a caped crusader from a children's network swooped in to ask how he really felt about his brother.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman has been trying to keep a lid on his wife's health issues that caused him to be away from the team for three weeks, preferring to deal with the situation privately while keeping his eye on the team from afar.

DENVER (AP) - Snowmobiler Caleb Moore was in critical condition Tuesday in a Colorado hospital after a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Aspen, and a relative said the family wasn't hopeful about the 25-year-old's chances for survival.

NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.

It is time for the bodies that control sports to speak out and protect the safety of athletes -- pro, college and high school -- from the carnival barkers now running rampant in too many locker rooms.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -Tiger Woods hates the question, even though the answer should be simple enough.

PST: AC Milan have agreed to a deal to sign Mario Balotelli from Manchester City, a club with which the temperamental striker had an up-and-down relationship.

CBT: In CollegeBasketballTalk's latest bracket projections, there is no denying that Florida is the top seed in the East.

A Sports Illustrated report links Alabama players Quinton Dial and Alex Watkins to using banned substances before the national title game.

The worldwide media descends upon Super Bowl XVII on Tuesday, hoping anyone from the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers will say anything wacky, or controversial, five days before Super Bowl XLVII.

PBT: Lakers forward Pau Gasol said that now is not the right time to request a trade from the club, and he accepts a move from the starting five.