FOOTBALL:
Former RB Muncie dead
Chuck Muncie, a Pro Bowl running back with the Saints and Chargers, has died. He was 60.
A family spokesman said Muncie died at his Los Angeles-area home on Monday from heart failure.
Muncie was the Saints’ first-round pick, third overall, out of California in 1976. He played 4 1/2 seasons in New Orleans before being traded in 1980 to San Diego, where he finished his nine-year NFL career.
Bills defensive end Mario Williams is suing his ex-fiancee, demanding she return a $785,000 diamond engagement ring.
HOCKEY: U.S. falls in worlds
Slovakia defeated the U.S. 4-1 and the Czech Republic routed Norway 7-0 in group finales for both teams to reach the quarterfinals at the world championship yesterday. The U.S. had a chance to win the group, but will finish second or third and meet Russia or Finland in a quarterfinal on Thursday.
Penguins star Sidney Crosby, Wild goaltender Josh Harding and Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid are this season’s nominees for the NHL’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy presented annually to “the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.”
ETC.: Moore 7-0 after Rays blank Bosox
In St. Petersburg, Fla. Matt Moore pitched six strong innings to raise his record to 7-0, and the Rays beat the Red Sox 5-3. He tied the Nationals’ Jordan Zimmerman for the major league lead in wins.
Wigan became the first team to be relegated and win the FA Cup in the same season after a 4-1 loss at Arsenal on ended its eight-year stay in the Premier League.
Lionel Messi’s Barcelona season may be over because of a reoccurrence of a hamstring injury.
Richard Swanson, a Seattle resident trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast.
Swanson, 42, set out on the trek to promote the One World Futbol Project, based in Berkeley, Calif., which donates durable soccer balls to people in developing countries.