Email Citing Paterno Brings Defense Of Late Coach (yahoo! Sports)

Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus has broken his pitching hand punching a locker in frustration following a rocky outing.

Giving anabolic steroids to a teenage girl does a whole lot more than help her win a gold medal - it can change her body forever. Exhibit A: East German shotput champion Heidi Krieger, who was so masculinized by the drugs her coaches gave her that she later chose to become a man, undergoing a sex-change operations to become Andreas Krieger.    

The AL East was supposed to be turned upside-down this year, a continuation of the shuffling of the standings that began in 2012. So wouldn’t it be something if this season, against all odds, instead turns out to be a back-to-the-future battle for divisional turf between the Yankees and the Red Sox?    

Just as Carmelo Anthony finished his interview with reporters on Monday in Greenburgh and was to about exit the 2012-13 season for good, he stopped briefly to close a different kind of door. “Do you think Chris Paul will re-sign with the Clippers,” he was asked.    

Fear not, Rangers fans, your king is well. Henrik Lundqvist insisted Monday that his injured left shoulder won’t keep him sidelined for Tuesday night’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Bruins.