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WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:
MLB: Red Sox at A’s, 10:05 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
AROUND THE WEB:
♦ A 63-year-old woman from Yonkers, N.Y., sued the Yankees, claiming her late uncle designed the team’s top-hat logo in 1936. Tanit Buday claims then-Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert asked Kenneth Timur to make the design, long credited to sports artist Henry Alonzo “Lon” Keller. Yankees spokeswoman Alice McGillion said there’s no proof of Buday’s claim. “This is a wonderful country, where anybody can sue for anything, even when the allegations are over 70 years old,” McGillion said.
♦ The NBA admitted that a key Thunder basket in Game 1 vs. the Nuggets should not have counted because of goaltending by Kendrick Perkins. In the Denver Post, Mark Kiszla writes that the league must avoid the appearance of showing favoritism toward its stars.
♦ ESPN analyst Bobby Knight apologized to the University of Kentucky and coach John Calipari after implying that some Wildcats players who bolted for the NBA after one college season last year did not attend classes in the second semester. “My overall point is that ‘one-and-dones’ are not healthy for college basketball,” Knight said in an ESPN statement. “I should not have made it personal to Kentucky and its players and I apologize.” In the Louisville Courier-Journal, Eric Crawford complains that Knight has yet to admit his facts were wrong.
♦ The New York Times pays tribute to marathon legend Grete Waitz, who died of cancer Tuesday at the age of 57.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On April 20, 1986, the Celtics beat the Bulls in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series, 135-131, in double overtime. in the game, Bulls guard Michael Jordan set an NBA playoff record by scoring how many points?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Celtics didn’t do anything special. They won two games on their home court. Now it’s our turn to go to our home court and try to do the same thing.” — Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony
STAT OF THE DAY: 1 — Earned runs allowed by A’s starting pitchers over their last five games, following Tuesday’s 5-0 decision over the Red Sox
‘NET RESULTS: A toddler shows off some impressive soccer (and cleanup) skills.
Manchester City soccer fans do “the Poznan.”
TRIVIA ANSWER: 63
SOOTHING SOUNDS: Johnny Tillotson turns 73 Wednesday.
