TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez will start a second minor league injury rehabilitation assignment on Friday at Double-A Trenton, hoping to return to the New York Yankees before any suspension by Major League Baseball.

Rodriguez played a simulated game at the team's spring training home, and New York said he will play for Trenton against Reading for two games through Saturday.

If he's not suspended by then, the three-time MVP could rejoin New York for its series opener Monday at the Chicago White Sox.

BEREA, Ohio — The NFL is standing by Browns owner Jimmy Haslam.With Haslam embroiled in a legal scandal involving his family-owned truck-stop business, Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed his confidence in Cleveland’s owner and said the league has no plans to intervene or discipline him at this point.Goodell visited Cleveland’s camp to launch a program between the league and Pop Warner with USA Football’s Heads Up Football Program.