Sports Briefs April 10, 2012
Football
The state trooper assigned to protect Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said he took a call from an unidentified woman to come and get the injured coach and then fielded a call from the coach's wife as they were pulling into the hospital in Little Rock, Ark.
In a memo released Monday, Capt. Lance King also said he called Petrino shortly before the police report that landed him in hot water was released to the public last week.
Petrino called athletic director Jeff Long about 20 minutes later, and was put on paid leave later that night. Petrino failed to disclose he had been riding with a female employee half his age when his motorcycle skidded off the road on April 1.
The Arkansas State Police said King didn't violate police policy or state law.
Lamar Odom is done after 50 games in Dallas, a mutual decision that comes with the defending NBA champion Mavericks trying to make sure they get back in the playoffs.
General manager Donnie Nelson said it has been a difficult year for Odom, the team and the fans.
"The timing is what it is. These things never come at the best of times, so we felt with the playoff push coming up it was probably in everyone's interest,"
Odom has been placed on the inactive list and will not play for the Mavericks, who have nine games left the regular season and are seventh in the Western Conference standings.
The NBA's reigning Sixth Man of the Year was traded to Dallas just before the start of the lockout-shortened season, right after the Los Angeles Lakers tried to send him to New Orleans in the Chris Paul deal that was nixed by the league.
Baseball
• AMERICAN LEAGUE
Angels 5, Twins 1: At Minneapolis, C.J. Wilson won his Angels debut with seven smooth innings to lead Los Angeles past Minnesota.
White Sox 4, Indians 2: Chris Sale limited host Cleveland to one run in 6 2/3 innings in Chicago's win.
Yankees 6, Orioles 2: New York finally won its first game of the season, using four hits by Derek Jeter to win at Baltimore.
Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2: Ryan Sweeney singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth and visiting Boston beat Toronto.
Athletics 1, Royals 0: Tommy Milone allowed three hits over a career-high eight innings and host Oakland beat Kansas City.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Astros 8, Braves 3: Travis Buck drove in two runs and Justin Maxwell homered to help host Houston beat Atlanta.
Mets 4, Nationals 3: Daniel Murphy singled home the winning run in the ninth and host New York beat Washington.
Brewers 7, Cubs 5: Aramis Ramirez drove in two runs in his return to Wrigley Field and visiting Milwaukee beat Chicago.
Cardinals 7, Reds 1: Matt Holliday, David Freese and Yadier Molina homered to lead St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Giants 7, Rockies 0: At Denver, Barry Zito threw a four-hitter for his first shutout to lead San Francisco over Colorado.
Marlins 6, Phillies 2: Anibal Sanchez took a three-hitter into the seventh to lead Miami at Philadelphia.
Prep track and field
The postponed Christina Finney Co-ed Relays will be held today at Post Falls High at 3:30 p.m.
Correction
Chloe Hutter of Lake City placed second in the 800 meters and third in the 1,600 at Saturday's Kootenai Invitational. An improper spelling of her name and an incorrect school were printed in Sunday's editon of The Press.
- From staff and The Associated Press