NEW YORK — Joe Torre takes some harsh swings at Alex Rodriguez, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees in a book due out early next month, according to New York newspaper reports.

"The Yankee Years" reveals that Rodriguez was called "A-Fraud" by his teammates and the star slugger developed an obsession with shortstop Derek Jeter, the New York Post and the Daily News reported Sunday.

Torre also says he was betrayed by Cashman, New York's longtime general manager, the Daily News reported on its Web site.

CHICAGO — A woman found shot to death in a Chicago apartment was a former girlfriend of New York Knicks center Eddy Curry and the mother of his 3-year-old son, Curry's attorney said Sunday.A relative found the bodies of Nova Henry, 24, and her 9-month-old daughter, Ava, in their apartment near the South Side on Saturday evening, Chicago police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.

CLEVELAND — Baltimore pro personnel director George Kokinis has been hired as Cleveland's general manager, reuniting him with new Browns coach and close friend Eric Mangini.Kokinis, who began his NFL career as an intern in the Browns' operations department in 1991, was hand-picked by Mangini, who recommended him during his first interview with Browns owner Randy Lerner on Dec. 30.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.— A Kentucky high school football coach charged in the death of a player who collapsed at practice says his heart is broken and part of his life has been taken away.Coach David Jason Stinson made his first public comments Saturday since he was charged with reckless homicide Thursday. He told dozens of supporters at his home that he loved 15-year-old Max Gilpin, who died three days after collapsing during a sweltering practice in August.Stinson told supporters he "lost one of my boys."

DALLAS — The coach of a Texas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 was fired Sunday, the same day he sent an e-mail to a newspaper saying he will not apologize "for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."Kyle Queal, the headmaster for Covenant School, said in The Dallas Morning News online edition that he could not answer if the firing was a direct result of coach Micah Grimes' e-mail disagreeing with administrators who called the blowout "shameful."