SRU lacrosse enjoying fast startEDINBORO — Bre Vodde and Chynna Chan both scored twice to lead the Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team to a 7-3 victory over host Edinboro Tuesday afternoon.The win improves The Rock to 2-0 in PSAC play and 5-0 overall, the best start in program history.Also scoring for SRU were Tia Torchia, Ally Culhane and Caitlynn Palladino.Junior goalie Emily Bitka recorded seven saves in the win.

Jersey theft suspect gathered memorabiliaMEXICO CITY — The Mexican media executive suspected of stealing Tom Brady’s jersey went to the Super Bowl as a working journalist but spent the week collecting selfies and autographs from football greats and boasting to colleagues that he was there as a fan.Mexican journalists who were in Houston for the game and interacted with Martin Mauricio Ortega, former director of the tabloid La Prensa, told The Associated Press that he brought multiple NFL memorabilia items, including a Kurt Warner jersey he hoped to sell to the former quarterback for thousands of dollars.

Former Bulls GM Krause dead at 77CHICAGO — Respected and reviled in his hometown, this much can’t be argued when it comes to Jerry Krause: He helped take the Chicago Bulls to heights few teams have reached.Krause, the general manager of the Bulls during a 1990s dynasty that included six NBA championships with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen leading the way, has died. He was 77.The Bulls confirmed his death.A Chicago native, Krause spent 18 seasons leading the Bulls’ front office and was a two-time NBA executive of the year. He helped put together a run that ranks among the most successful in NBA history and made the franchise a worldwide brand.

Puerto Rico men bleaching blondSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Pharmacies and beauty stores across Puerto Rico are running out of hair dye as a growing number of men go blond in support of the island’s baseball players who bleached their hair as a bonding ritual ahead of the World Baseball Classic.What began as a joke among team members playing in California has spread across the island in a trend that spiked just hours after Puerto Rico beat the Netherlands in 11 innings to reach the championship game undefeated in the tournament.