SLIPPERY ROCK — Former North Carolina State linebacker and graduate assistant football coach Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay has joined the Slippery Rock University coaching staff.

Aughtry-Lindsay's football coaching duties at The Rock have not been announced.

A starter for 19 games at N.C. State, he had 266 career tackles, including 22.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. He was a part of the Wolfpack's No. 1 ranked defensive unit in 2004.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University field hockey coach Pam Stuper, wife of Butler graduate and Yale baseball coach John Stuper, is serving as a member of the executive board for FIH, the international governing body for field hockey.The board oversees 65 participating nations. Stuper was elected to the board in November.Stuper played on the U.S. national team for nine years, participating in field hockey World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Atlanta Braves minor league manager Luis Salazar lost an eye after he was struck in the face by a line drive while watching a spring training game.Braves general manager Frank Wren said Wednesday that doctors were unable to save Salazar's left eye after the accident March 9. The former major league player is otherwise recovering from his injuries and expects to manage Lynchburg of the Class A Carolina League this season.The 54-year-old Salazar was standing against the railing on the top step of the dugout during a game between the Braves and St. Louis Cardinals when Brian McCann fouled a ball in his direction. Salazar was unable to get out of the way and fell headfirst back into the dugout.

ST. LOUIS — Marty Marion, the brilliant shortstop and 1944 National League MVP with the St. Louis Cardinals and a former manager of the Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, has died. He was 93.Marion, who played on World Series title teams in 1942, '44 and '46, died Tuesday night in St. Louis, Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said.The 6-foot-2, 170-pound Marion was nicknamed the “Octopus” and “Slats” for his long-armed, rangy fielding prowess, and was considered the best shortstop in Cardinals history before Ozzie Smith joined the franchise in 1982.