IN BRIEF
PITTSBURGH - A jersey worn by No. 1 draft pick Sidney Crosby in his first NHL game was found Tuesday at Pittsburgh International Airport, two days after it vanished from luggage checked onto a flight by his father.
The jersey, worn by Crosby in the Penguins' season opener in New Jersey last week, disappeared from one of two bags checked onto a flight to Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday by the 18-year-old player's father, Troy. The luggage was partially unzipped and the shirt missing when the elder Crosby picked it up at baggage claim.
It was unclear whether the shirt had fallen out of the bag or was removed.
CHICAGO - Injured ace Bartolo Colon was left off the Los Angeles Angels' roster for the AL championship series.A 21-game winner during the regular season, Colon left his start Monday night against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the AL playoffs after only 23 pitches because of inflammation in his right shoulder.
DETROIT - New Detroit manager Jim Leyland took his Pittsburgh connection to the extreme by filling out his coaching staff with five others who also wore Pirates uniforms.Like Leyland, two of them - Lloyd McClendon and Gene Lamont - were former Pittsburgh managers. McClendon will run the bullpen and Lamont will be the third base coach.Former Pirates players Rafael Belliard, Don Slaught and Andy Van Slyke also were hired.
CANTON, Ohio - Angelo Argea, who spent two decades on the bag for Jack Nicklaus and became an iconic figure among caddies for his shock of silver hair, died of liver cancer. He was 75.Argea died Monday night at the home of his nephew, according to close friend Bill Taylor.
PITTSBURGH - LeBron James sat out Cleveland's NBA exhibition game Tuesday night at Mellon Arean against the Boston Celtics as a precaution after experiencing some pain in his left arm in the Cavaliers' preseason opener a day earlier.
BALTIMORE - Mike Flanagan will replace Jim Beattie as the Baltimore Orioles' executive vice president for baseball operations, a move that puts the former Cy Young award winner in charge of ending the team's run of eight straight losing seasons.The announcement was made Tuesday, one day after Orioles owner Peter Angelos dismissed Beattie as the team's executive vice president.
