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NEW ORLEANS — The body of New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found Monday, a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain.

Hill's body was discovered by searchers about a quarter of a mile from where the 24-year-old former LSU star and a female companion were involved in the accident, Capt. Brian Clark of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said.

The Coast Guard was called Sunday night, Petty Officer Tom Atkeson said. The search began immediately, using boats and helicopters.

Authorities said the woman was able to make it to a pylon and hang on until she was rescued, while Hill was last seen floating away from the scene.

Vanderbilt was selected as the top seed for the 64-team Division I college baseball tournament.The Commodores (51-11), the Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament champions, will host one of 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals that begin Friday.Vanderbilt, led by star left-hander David Price and slugging third baseman Pedro Alvarez, was ranked No. 1 in various polls for the majority of the season and opens against Austin Peay (39-20).The other national seeds, in order, are: Rice (49-12), North Carolina (48-12), Texas (44-15), Arizona State (43-13), Florida State (47-11), Arkansas (41-19) and San Diego (43-16).

BALTIMORE — Duke had an almost unfathomable comeback fall short in a 12-11 loss Monday to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA lacrosse championship game, and afterward the locker room was eerily silent.No team had ever experienced what Duke had endured. The Blue Devils never even got the chance to finish their 2006 season, and then made it all the way back to the title game.The Blue Devils fell 9-8 to Hopkins in the 2005 title game, but missed a chance to return to the Final Four in 2006 after a woman hired to strip at a team party claimed she was attacked by three Duke players.The Blue Jays (13-4) never trailed in winning their ninth national championship. But they blew a six-goal halftime lead and found themselves locked in a tie at 11 after Duke's Max Quinzani scored with 4:37 remaining.

INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Andretti will leave the driver's seat to focus on running Andretti Green Racing after finishing a disappointing 13th in the Indianapolis 500.The second retirement of Andretti's career comes after his 16th — and apparently last — appearance at the Brickyard on Sunday. The 45-year-old Andretti has led more laps (426) at Indy than any other non-winning driver.Michael, the son of 1969 Indy winner Mario Andretti and a longtime open-wheel star, retired following the 2003 May classic. He returned to the Indy 500 last year to race against his then 19-year-old son Marco.

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