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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez’s lawyers are setting up an interview with federal authorities as part of an investigation into a Canadian doctor who is the focus of a cross-border drug smuggling case involving human growth hormone.
The Yankee slugger said from the team’s spring training complex this morning that the interview site is under discussion but he would like it to be in Tampa so his training is not disrupted. He expects to soon know the interview date.

The Batesville Pioneers got off to a good start in 5A-East Conference play with another high school soccer shutout Tuesday night at Pioneer Stadium.
The 3-0 victory over the Paragould Rams brought the Pioneers’ record to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the district. They have not been scored upon in two regular-season games and in three preseason scrimmages. They did lose one of those scrimmage matches in an overtime shootout after a scoreless tie.
Against Paragould, the Pioneers allowed just five shots. Vivien Ramirez, Batesville’s goalie, turned them away.

The Batesville Lady Pioneers opened the high school softball season Tuesday afternoon at the Batesville Recreation Complex with a 5-0 victory over the Valley View Lady Blazers.
Angela Woods fired a 1-hitter and Kandess Pfitzner and Maggie Beshears provided two hits apiece to highlight the action. Woods struck out seven and walked none in the 5-inning contest. Pfitzner scored two runs. Beshears scored a run, drove in a run and stole a base.
Rachel Shellenberger also provided a run batted in. Brooke Crowell, who was hit by a pitch, also scored a run.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The boys sure backed NASCAR into a corner on this one.
Determined to give drivers more leeway this season when it came to policing each other on the track, NASCAR opened the year with a relaxed “boys, have at it” attitude. It was interpreted to mean NASCAR would look the other way at a nudge here, a spin there, and all the retaliatory bumping and banging that goes on over a very long season.
No one could have predicted, though, that NASCAR’s first true test would come a mere four races into the season following a frightening accident at Atlanta.