Buzzer Beaters: Jered Weaver Breaks Elbow, Numerous Players Declare for NBA Draft and More
Today's top sports stories:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ace Jered Weaver will miss the next four to six weeks with a broken left elbow. It's not his pitching arm, which is fortunate. Weaver suffered the break trying to avoid a come-backer on Sunday. [Sporting News]
Russ Smith, Louisville's junior guard, will enter the NBA draft. As will Providence's Ricardo Ledo. And Indiana's Victor Oladipo. [ESPN, SB Nation, CBS]
Pairings for the opening round of the Masters were released. Current world No. 1 Tiger Woods will tee off at 10:45 a.m. Thursday with Luke Donald and Scott Piercy. [USA Today]
Carmelo Anthony, coming off a week in which he had three straight 40-point games, earning him Player of the Week honors, supplanted LeBron James in the all-important Most Jerseys Sold standings. [Fox Sports]
Ernst Joubert, a rugby player, suffered a horrific-looking broken nose last weekend, but he's okay enough to smile for the cameras. [GuySpeed]