Roberts refuses lacrosse
TORONTO - Gary Roberts of the Toronto Maple Leafs has turned down a chance to play with the National Lacrosse League's Calgary Roughnecks.
Roberts was selected by the defending-champion Roughnecks in the NLL entry draft Tuesday night. Calgary used its last-round pick, the 65th out of 66 overall, to select Roberts, who played hockey and lacrosse in Whitby, Ontario, before deciding on the NHL.
Although he's out of work now because of the league's lockout, Roberts is not considering a career change.
"I just got off the ice after playing 3-on-3 pond hockey," he told the Globe and Mail's Web site. I'm having a tough time just playing hockey right now, let alone worrying about picking up lacrosse again."
DEARBORN, Mich. - The Super Bowl XL logo was unveiled in the midst of a giant collection of cars at a museum named after Henry Ford.
The setting Wednesday was no coincidence.
In the shadow of a Model T and the limousine that John Kennedy was shot in, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue displayed a logo designed with Detroit's history in mind.
"We took the chance to reflect the heritage of the auto industry," Tagliabue said. "That fits in with our slogan for Super Bowl XL - Celebrating Tradition: The Road to 40."
The logo contains "XL" in a style reminiscent of auto-logo lettering, while the words "Super Bowl" are in an odometer-style framework.
Bill Ford, the CEO of Ford Motor Co. and Vice Chairman of the Detroit Lions, was thrilled at taking one more step toward bringing the Super Bowl to Detroit's Ford Field. It was played at the Silverdome, the Lions' former home, in January 1982.
"It's an honor that the league has shown this kind of faith in us," he said. "A northern site is always tough to sell, and since we've had the game before, we knew the odds were against us."
