In Brief
Two Mars wrestlers recently placed in the top 10 at the Junior Olympics State Wrestling Tournament in Johnstown.
Shane Smith placed seventh in the 160-pound, 12-under bracket while Scott Haraczy was eighth in the 200-pound, 12-under field.
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Busch won the pole at Phoenix International Raceway Thursday, putting himself in prime position to win a second straight race in the desert.Busch, who won at Phoenix last November, ran a lap at 133.745 mph to take the top qualifying spot for Saturday night's Subway Fresh 500. Greg Biffle qualified second and Tony Stewart was third.
TORONTO — The Maple Leafs fired Pat Quinn Thursday, two days after Toronto missed the playoffs for the first time in his seven seasons as coach.Quinn led Toronto to a 41-33-8 record this season. It was only the second time in his 19-year coaching career that he missed the playoffs.He's fourth all-time in coaching victories with 657 behind Scotty Bowman (1,244), Al Arbour (781) and Dick Irvin (692).
CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee broke two bones in his right wrist in a collision with the Dodgers' Rafael Furcal and is expected to be in a cast up to six weeks.The reigning NL batting champion and a two-time Gold Glove winner fractured the distal radial and distal ulna bones in a freak play during the seventh inning Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Top jockey John Velazquez was injured at Keeneland when his horse collapsed and rolled onto him after winning the Forerunner Stakes Thursday.The two-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital, where he was stable.Velazquez was injured when Up an Octave broke down and fell about a sixteenth of a mile past the finish line. The horse fractured a leg after the race and had to be euthanized on the track.
