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2C Sun Sentinel SunSentinel.com Saturday, March 17, 2012 pn Leading Off Sports briefing Alleged Marshall victim: Hold him accountable ON AIR NASCAR AT BRISTOL SATURDAY BOXING Points leader Biffle's lap at 125.215 mph wins pole spot 10:00 Rodriguez-George; Marti nez-Macklin COLLEGE BASEBALL 1:00 Vandy-Florida 7:00 Miss.St-LSU ESPNU LINEUP 8:00 Virginia-FSU COLLEGE BASKETBALL NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES FOOD CITY 500 LINEUP Afterqualifying At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee Lap length: 0.533 miles By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press BRISTOL, Term. Greg Biffle knows he won't be perfect all season. He'll take what he can get right now The Sprint Cup points leader continued his season's strong start Friday by winning the pole at Bristol Motor Speedway. "I know this isn't going to last all season, but I'm enjoying it right now," Biffle said. He turned a lap of 125.215 mph in his Roush Fenway Racing 11:00 UMass-Seton Hall ESPN 11:00 NCAA tourney whiparound ESPN2 Noon Kansas St -Syracuse QtB 2:30 Gonzaga-OhioSt.

QtB 5:00 Murray QtB 6:00 Vandy-Wisconsin TNT 6:30 Idaho St- Miami ESPN3 7:00 VCU-lndiana fTBS eye and caused her to be violently thrown to the ground." "She has a serious eye injury. She's under the care of a physician," Rubenstein said. "She still has problems with her eye." Myles was out celebrating her birthday with friends and family that night. Myles is currently in-between jobs but moved to New York to pur sue a career in media New York City Police received a report Monday about the alleged assault outside the tony club Marquee in Manhattan at about 3:30 am. An argument between a group of men and Marshall that had begun inside spilled outside when Marshall allegedly hit her.

Police said Myles was not taken to the hospital. Marshall has not been charged. Rubenstein said Myles is under medical care. Myles' mother declined to comment when reached Thursday. By Jared Hopkins Tribune Newspapers The 24-year-old woman who alleges new Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall punched her in the face in the early hours of Sunday outside a Manhattan night club is a former basketball player at San Diego State University and has retained a high-profile attorney.

Christen Myles is cooperating with detectives and met with her lawyer, San-ford Rubenstein, Thursday at the 10th precinct in Manhattan, according to a statement from Rubenstein. Myles, originally from Chino, Calif, told the New York Daily News, "My eye still hurts. I still have problem with my vision. I want him held criminally accountable for what he did to me." According to the statement, Myles said Marshall "hauled back and punched her in the face, hitting her 7:30 lowaSt-Kentucky QtB 8:30 Colorado-Baylor TNTj 9:30 N.Mexico-Louisville TBS COLLEGE HOCKEY 8:00 Hockey East final NBCSP) COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1:00 S. Carolina-Florida SUN 5:00 Marshall-Memphis FSF 6:00 ESPNU COLLEGE WRESTLING Ford to take the top qualifying spot for Sunday's race.

Biffle has opened the season with three third-place finishes, and has not qualified lower than ninth. "I've got to pinch myself. I think I'm dreaming," he said. "I'm having a great time, the id SP NO. DRIVER MAKE MPH 1.

16 Greg Biffle 125.215 2. 22 AJ. Allmendinger 125.207 3. 39 Ryan Newman 125.158 4. 24 Jeff Gordon 125.085 5.

2 Brad Keselowski 124.865 6. 78 Regan Smith 124.816 7. 43 AricAlmirola 124.719 8. 99 Carl Edwards 124.687 9. 20 JoeyLogano 124.662 10.

5 KaseyKahne 124.355 11. 27 Paul Menard 124.339 12. 9 Marcos Ambrose 124.331 13. 18 KyleBusch 124.178 14. 56 Martin TruexJr.

124.106 15. 29 Kevin Harvick 124.106 16. 15 ClintBowyer 124.002 17. 1 JamieMcMurray 123.953 18. 10 David Reutimann 123.866 19.

88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 123.866 20. 11 Denny Hamlin 123.834 21. 17 MattKenseth 123.666 22. 48 JimmieJohnson 123.538 23.

14 TonyStewart 123.467 24. 55 BrianVickers 123.419 25. 13 CaseyMears 123.419 26. 38 David Gilliland 123.269 27. 51 KurtBusch 123.182 28.

30 David Stremme 123.087 29. 83 LandonCassill 123.047 30. 42 JuanMontoya 122.992 31. 34 David Ragan 122.968 32. 33 Brendan Gaughan 122.866 33.

31 JeffBurton 122.78 34. 93 Travis Kvapil 122.701 35. 36 DaveBlaney 122.638 36. 47 Bobby Labonte 122.623 37. 26 Josh Wise 122.38 38.

74 ReedSorenson 122.287 39. 98 Michael McDowell 121.968 40. 249 JJ.Yeley 121.829 41. 87 JoeNemechek 121.713 42. 32 KenSchrader 120.626 43.

23 ScottRiggs 121.374 Biffle 11:00 NCAA medal round! ESPNU 7:30 NCAA final ESPN GOLF 9:00 Open de Andalucia GOLF Tiger still on for Palmer Invitational 1:00 Transitions Champ. GOLF) 3:00 Transitions Champ. BO 4:00 Founders Cup GOLF 7:30 Toshiba Classic (T) GOLF MLB 1:00 Astros-Yankees MLBN 4:00 Brewers-Angels MLBN 1 7:00 Rangers-Cubs MLBN Giants-Dodgers jyjLBNj MOTOR SPORTS 10:00 Ford 300 q. SPEED Noon Food City 500 p. SPEED time of my life." It's the 10th pole of Biffle's career but his first at Bristol.

He credited his strong start to the season to an off-season overhaul to his No. 16 team. Biffle has a new crew chief in Matt Puccia, and every crew member was changed. "They are a great group of guys; I'm happy to have them," Biffle said. "Just plain and simply Matt Puccia is the reason why we're running and competing and finishing where we are.

This team needed leadership, and he was willing to step up and take the task on, and he's done a fantastic job so far." AJ Allmendinger qualified second in a Penske Racing Dodge. It's his first top-10 starting position of 2012, but third in 10 previous Sprint Cup races at Bristol. Allmendinger has had a rough start to his first season with Penske, opening the year with a 34th-place finish at Daytona followed by an 18th at Phoenix and a 37th at Las Vegas. "This has never been a place that I'm really good at," Allmendinger said. "We tested this week and learned some things, came into here, and was able to put them on the race car and really just have a solid day overall.

We've had a tough start to the season and definitely not the way we imagined when we signed. But it's still early." Ryan Newman qualified third in a Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing. Jeff Gordon grabbed fourth in a Hen- 2:00 Ford 300 ESPN 1:30 Fl Australian G.P. SPEEDj NBA Haas' addition gives the Palmer lineup nine of the PGA Tour's 12 winners so far this year. The South Carolina pro won the Northern Trust Open a month ago, winning a three-way playoff with Phil Mickelson and PGA Championship titleholder Keegan Bradley.

Mickelson will be back at Bay Hill for the fifth time in the past six years, along with newly crowned Doral champion Justin Rose and WGC Match Play winner Hunter Mahan. In all, Bay Hill will host 13 of the top 25 in this week's world (WGN NBATV 8:00 76ers-Bulls 9:00 Spurs-Mavs Tiger Woods is still on for next week's Arnold Palmer Invitational, which picked up another prominent addition Friday when reigning FedEx Cup champion Bill Haas put his name on the roster before deadline. Woods, a six-time Bay Hill champion, had seen his return to Arnie's Place thrown into limbo when forced to withdraw from last week's World Golf Championships event at Doral with a strained left Achilles tendon. Doctors gave Woods the go-ahead to start hitting balls again Friday. The session apparently went encouraging enough to keep his name in the mix.

MLB NHL drick Motorsports Chevrolet. Brad Keselowski was fifth to put both Penske cars in the top five. Regan Smith was sixth, followed by Aric Almirola, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne. Timmy Hill was the only driver who failed to qualify. Robby Gordon withdrew because of mechanical problems.

Brian Vickers will make his first start of the season, driving the No. 55 Toyota in place of Mark Martin for Michael Waltrip Racing. He has a six-race deal to drive the races Martin does not. Vickers will start 25th and said Bristol is not the ideal track for a season debut "This would not be my pick," he said. "If someone said, 'OK, you're going to be out of the car for a while, miss a few races and where do you want to it wouldn't be Bristol.

That's all right." 7:30 Sabres-Panthers Radio: 560-AM 10:30 Red Wings-Sharks NBCSP TENNIS 2:00 Indian Wells 7:30 Indian Wells available online SUNDAY JeffShain COLLEGE BASEBALL 1:00 Vanderbilt-Florida FSF COLLEGE BASKETBALL ESPN 11:00 NIT tourney SPRING TRAINING RESULTS, SCHEDULE FRIDAY'S RESULTS QUICK HIT "SPLIT SQUAD Noon NCAA tourney tripleheader QtB Noon NCAA tourney whiparound ESPN2 5-6-2 7-4-1 3-10 4-8-3 10-1-3 8-6 8-6 8-8 7-8 10- 3-1 11- 4-1 3-9-3 3-9-1 12- 2-1 2:30 NCAA tourney whiparound ESPN2 Baltimore 3, Minn. 1 St. Louis 5, Miami 0 Pittsburgh 3, Phila. 2 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y.Yankees 4, Wash. 3 Detroit 9, N.Y.

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late SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE Chris Tillman, 1 ER in 3.1 IP for O's. Five Cardinals combine for shutout Starling Marte lead-off HP. off Cliff Lee Ricky Romero 4 scoreless IP for Jays Brett Carrol I scores on GW sac fly Delmon Young 2-3, 2 2 RBI, .480 Padres score all 8 runs in 7th Pujols 2-for-3, 3rd spring HR DH Butler now hitting .423 M's Dustin Ackley 3-3, RBI 3B Burriss 2-2, run scored James Loney hit 1st spring HR Daniel Hudson 6 2 ER in 4 IP Wandy Rodriguez's ERA now sits at 9.95 Justin Morneau 0-4; hitting .115 Jay Bruce hitting .529 in spring Jemile Weeks leads A's with 3 HRs SITE TIME ESPNU 3:00 NIT tourney 5:00 NCAA tourney whiparound ESPN2 SPRING RECORDS AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Oakland Seattle Tampa Bay Texas Toronto NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona Atlanta Chicago Cincinnati Colorado Houston Los Angeles Miami Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Diego San Francisco Washington 5:00 NCAA tourney whiparound ESPNU 6:00 NCAAtourney doubleheader 7:00 NCAAtourney doubleheader 7:30 NCAAtourney TRUTV 5-9-1 3-11-1 6- 8 5- 9-1 7- 6-1 7- 6 8- 3-2 7-4-1 6- 8-1 3-9-1 6-8-2 6- 7 6-5-1 7- 8 10-4-2 5-7-2 game 7:30 NCAAtourney whiparound 1:05 1:05 1:05 1:05 1:05 1:05 1:05 1:05 1:10 1:35 4:05 4:05 4:05 4:05 4:05 4:05 4:10 10:05 10:05 Sarasota, Fla. Tampa, Fla.

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Dodgers ESPN2 GOLF 9:00 Open de Andalucia GOLFj 1:00 Transitions Champ. GOLF) 3:00 Transitions Champ. BO 4:00 Founders Cup GOLF March 28-29: Seattle vs. Oakland at Tokyo. MEDIA Sileo out in Tampa Tampa radio host Dan Sileo, a former defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the University of Miami, is no longer with WDAE 620-AM after making a controversial remark, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Earlier this week, the 49-year-old Sileo referred to black NFL players Cortland Finnegan, Vincent Jackson and Jonathan Vil-ma as "monkeys" when talking about the possibility of all three signing with the Bucs. "If they got those three monkeys, I'm good. I'm ready, man. I'm ready. I want those guys.

Those guys are great players," said Sileo, who has hosted a show for the WDAE since 1998. The radio station released an apology and Sileo told the Tampa Bay Times via twitter, "I didn't even realize I said it 'til someone told me." Sileo's manager, Gabe Hobbs, told the Ledger he didn't understand why his client was fired. Shannon J. Owens GOLF 7:30 Toshiba Classic (T) MLB NFL: The Raiders released linebacker KamerionWimbleyoneday before the team would have had to guarantee him $17.5 million, according to reports. With the Titans and Broncos in pursuit, the Falcons re-signed defensive end John Abraham to a three-year deal, according to ESPN.

The Ravens re-signed center Matt Birk, pending a physical, to a three-year contract Former Raiders wide receiver Chaz Schilens signed with the Jets, according to reports. The Redskins signed free-agent cornerback Cedric Griffin. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Former Bradley and NBA coach Dick Versace, 71, told the Charleston (III.) Times Courier he is interested in the vacant head coaching position at Eastern Illinois. Mike Davis told ESPN.com he had been fired by UAB with one year remaining on his contract GOLF: Jason Dufner held a two-shot lead at 10-under 132 after the second round of the Transitions Championship after tying the low round of the day witha5-under66in Palm Harbor, Fla. Tseng posted a 2-under 70 in Phoenix to grab a one-stroke lead after 36 holes of the LPGA Founders Cup.

Bernhard Langer birdied the final hole to grab a share of the lead at 6-under 65 after the first round of the Champions Tour Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Eduardo de la Riva posted a 3-under 69 to grab the midpoint lead of the Open de Andalucia in Spain. AUTO RACING: By the thinnest of margins, Greg Biffle won the pole for Sunday's Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Biffle posted a lap at 125.215 mph (15.324 seconds) in Friday's time trials. TENNIS: Third seed Roger Federer eased into the men's semifinals of the BNP Paribas Masters with a 6-3, 6-2 win over ninth-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro in Indian Wells, Calif. Federer's opponent will be No.

2 seed Rafael Nadal, who ousted unseeded David Nalbandian 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Women's top seed Victoria Azarenka charged into the final with a 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 18 Angelique Kerber. PENN STATE: Several school employees received subpoenas regarding the trial of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the university announced on its website. General counsel Cynthia Baldwin, the school's in-house lawyer, didn't reveal how many subpoenas were issued, when they were received and by whom, and what information was sought.

Sandusky, 68, is facing 52 criminal counts of sexually assaulting young boys. Pennsylvania's registered voters favor renaming Beaver Stadium in honor of former football coach Joe Paterno, who died in January, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. ALSO: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff assured FIFA chief Sepp Blatter the country would be ready to host the 2014 World Cup, easing tensions over the slow pace of preparations for the finals. Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to make 100 international centuries. fsW MLBN 1:00 Red Sox-Rays 4:00 Rockies-Mariners 7:00 Yankees-Orioles MLBN MOTOR SPORTS 12:30 Food City 500 am NBA ESPN 1140-AM 7:00 Magic-Heat SUN Radio: 790-AM, ESPN 1 9:30 Blazers-Thunder NHL 12:30 Penguins-Flyers BO 7:00 Capitals-B'hawks NBCSP J.

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Shortstop Derek Jeter will be out until Tuesday with a tender left calf. PHILLIES: Left-hander Dontrelle Willis, 30, was released. Me had hoped to stick as a reliever but had a 16.87 ERA in three spring outings. First baseman Ryan Howard, who tore his Achilles tendon in the playoffs last year, won't be available until late May or early June, according to CBSSports.com. However, Howard is taking grounders in a walking boot.

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Lucie, Fla. Albert Pujols slugged his third homer in as many games as the Angels beat the Indians 7-0 in Tempe, Ariz. Rookie Garrett Richards, trying to become the fifth starter, struck out six in four scoreless innings. Ricky Romero pitched four hitless innings and Travis Snider hit his fourth homer as the Blue Jays blanked the Rays 5-0 in Dunedin, Fla. Evan Longoria went 0-for-3 and is 0-for-9 this spring.

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