Ex-CFLer arrested in connection with murder of girlfriend (TSN.ca)

Former CFL player James Edward Curry has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Jennifer Flores last Friday, according to a report in the Fresno Bee.

Pacman and ‘The Cincinnati Nine’ are kind of jealous right now. Kinda.

More baseball clubs joining spending spree (USA Today)

Esteemed columnist Hal Bodley reports that seven of the 30 MLB member clubs have payrolls exceeding $100 million, up two from last season.  He reports that the average player salary has risen to $2.9 million, a jump from $1.6 million during the last ten years.

News and notes while picking out lunch items…

Furyk not interested in being a ‘Tiger rival’ (Reuters)  We don’t think anyone wants to be Tiger’s personal bulls-eye.

Chris Henry, Pacman await Goodell’s ruling (USA Today/The Tennessean) Wonder what it would be like to lose that much in pay for such a short amount of time.

DA: Investigation to continue before Pacman is charged (AP/ESPN) Speaking of Pacman…

This commercial featuring Blue Jays slugger Frank Thomas hitting kid with pillow getting scrutiny for portrayal of ‘violence’ (Globe & Mail) Amazing.

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Coaching legend Eddie Robinson dies at 88 (Yahoo! Sports)

Former Grambling State University coach Eddie Robinson, who sent more than 200 players to the NFL and won 408 games, died after battling Alzheimer’s disease.  He was 88.

News and notes while rolling out of bed…

Lady Vols win seventh national championship (AP/Yahoo! Sports) You didn’t think I’d use the phrase ‘reach summit’ in the headline, did you?

Titans GM: Talks underway with running back Turner (AP/USA Today) Titans in search of running back after releasing Travis Henry.

Sabres number on in NHL’s Eastern Division (AP/USA Today) Sabres lock up number one seed after knocking off Pittsburgh 4-1.

Palmer to hit ceremonial opening shot at Masters (Reuters) The legendary Palmer takes over from Sam Snead, who handled the chores till 2002.

Spiezio gets World Series ring from dad (MLB.com)  The Spiezios became the first father-son combination in the history of Major League Baseball to each receive a World Series ring from the same team.

Altman stuns Arkansas, jumps back to Creighton (ESPN.com)  Shades of Bobby Cremins  in 1993, when Cremins was hired by South Carolina, only to return to Georgia Tech.

Mavs clinch division with win over Kings (AP/USA Today) And let’s see what they can do in the post-season.

Italy’s senate approves anti-hooligan law (ESPN Soccernet) Nice to implement — let’s see how it’s executed.