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April 10, 2006

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Who's Hot

San Antonio
One-team town has been buoyed by Tony Parker (left) and their defending champion Spurs, who have the best record in the Western Conference. Soon the Alamo City may land a big fish. Marlins owner Jeff Loria says talks of relocating there are "getting serious."

Stats Geeks
Baseball's back--which means number guys have every batter's OPS and every pitcher's WHIP to savor. Good news for numbers guys in NBA, too: Celtics' stat man Daryl Morey, 33, was named assistant (and probable heir) to Rockets G.M. Carroll Dawson.

Fence Climbers
Both NASCAR's Tony Stewart (right) and the IRL's Helio Castroneves capped victories on Sunday by scaling the nearest fence. Whatever happened to the good ol' tire-smokin' donut?

Phil Mickelson
Speaking of drivers, Lefty had two in his bag--one to fade the ball and one to draw--as he shot 28 under and crushed the BellSouth Classic field by 13 strokes. In eight events this year he has seven top 15s.

Who's Not

Portland
One-team town is bummed by Sebastian Telfair (right) and lowly Blazers, losers of 11 straight and, says owner Paul Allen, set to lose $100 million in next three years. The City of Roses, once on short list to get Marlins, now appears to be coming up short in that as well.

LSU
Waaaah! The men were run out of the gym by UCLA in the Final Four. (It was so bad that winded Big Baby Glen Davis had to call two timeouts to catch his breath.) Women got wiped out just as easily, trounced 64-45 by Duke in semis.

Coach K Prot�g�s
Tommy Amaker (left) and Michigan Wolverines fell in NIT final, ending a sorry season for Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's eight Division I pupils: Three were canned, and none finished better than sixth in his conference.

Casey Fossum
At his house in Bradenton, Fla., Devil Rays lefty (right) had tires stolen off a truck he'd borrowed from teammate Scott Kazmir; nearly got beaned by golf ball from a neighboring course; and cut his left foot on broken tile near his swimming pool. And his spring ERA? 7.16.

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