M's fizzle in 4th straight defeat (The Olympian) SEATTLE -- John Lackey doesn't want to make too much out of his start. "It's a long season," the Los Angeles Angels' pitcher said. "I'm not going to evaluate where I am right now. I'm just going to keep working hard at it and hopefully in the end the results will be good."
Smith's successor ready to blossom (Denver Post) Utah's spring football game didn't exactly bode well for the rest of the Mountain West Conference. The two-time defending champion Utes will head into fall without a returning starter at quarterback, after Heisman finalist Alex Smith became the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.