6 earn induction into Basketball HOFHOUSTON — Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal, Yao Ming, Sheryl Swoopes, Tom Izzo and Jerry Reinsdorf have been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.The announcement was made Monday hours before the NCAA Tournament championship game between North Carolina and Villanova.Iverson was named the NBA rookie of the year in 1996-97 and was an 11-time All-Star. O’Neal, the top overall pick in the 1992 draft, was the NBA MVP in 2000, a three-time NBA Finals MVP and 15-time All-Star. Yao, the top overall pick in 2002, was an eight-time All-Star.Swoopes helped Texas Tech to a national title, won four titles with the Houston Comets, was a three-time WNBA MVP and won three Olympic gold medals.Izzo, Michigan’s State coach, won a national title in 2000 and has taken the Spartans to the Final Four seven times.Reinsdorf has been the owner of the Chicago Bulls and White Sox for more than two decades.

Iditarod incident being investigatedANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities in Alaska were investigating after a female competitor in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said two men on snowmobiles groped her as her mushing team passed by.Alaska State Troopers were looking into the March 13 incident as harassment for now, Trooper James Lester said. The 27-year-old rookie musher reported the groping at the checkpoint in the village of Nulato, almost 350 miles from the Nome finish line.The incident happened a day after a man on a snowmobile intentionally drove into two top Iditarod teams, killing one dog and injuring others, authorities say.

23 Cubans listed on MLB rostersNEW YORK — Twenty-three Cubans were on opening day major league rosters following a series of high-profile defections, an increase of five over last year and the most since the commissioner’s office began releasing data in 1995.Major League Baseball said that 238 of 864 players on opening day rosters, disabled lists and the restricted list were born outside the 50 states, with the percentage rising to 27.5 percent from 26.5 percent.

Stamkos sidelined for up to 3 monthsTAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning captain Steven Stamkos had surgery to remove a blood clot from near his right collarbone and is expected to miss 1 to 3 months.Illig said in a statement released by the team: “Everything went as expected for Steven. We plan to re-evaluate him in about two weeks and we should know more about his prognosis at that time.”Stamkos has 36 goals and 64 points in 77 games.