Fits, Starts Marked Long Stadium Drive

Berry TramelGary Desjardins is the long-time general manager of Chesapeake Energy Arena. Which means Desjardins has been busy the last few days, making sure his building is doing well as host of the Big 12 Tournament. I chatted with Desjardins on Saturday as he strolled through the arena. You have partitioned off the west-side upper deck with massive curtains.

The other day, ESPN published a story, citing data from the ESPN Sports Poll Annual Report, claiming that Major League Soccer now "equals MLB in popularity with kids." The story was quickly picked up by MLS, CBS, The Big Lead, the Orlando Sentinel, the Seattle Times, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, brandished as proof of baseball's terminal decline and soccer's rise to glory.

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Track star Oscar Pistorius, on trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, wept and vomited into a bucket in a South African courtroom on Monday after hearing graphic details from her autopsy. Pathologist Gert Saayman was interrupted several times by the 27-year-old Paralympic and Olympic athlete's sobbing and retching but the defense team argued against an adjournment, saying a break would not improve his state of mind.

Soaring salaries could further encourage the Chargers to draft a cornerback or two.

Connecticut stays No. 1 in The Associated Press poll Monday after three victories this week. UConn improved to 33-0 after routing Louisville, Cincinnati and Rutgers.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bernie Ecclestone is looking forward to an unpredictable 2014 season when new engines threaten to overturn the established order, the Formula One boss said on Monday.