NBA:
In the NBA, Dallas topped New York 107-87, Miami bested Brooklyn 95-91, Washington beat Minnesota 109-95, Memphis won against Golden State 105-98 ending their 16-game winning streak, New Orleans squeaked by Utah 119-111, and it was Oklahoma City over Sacramento 104-92.
NHL:
Over on the ice, the Rangers beat Calgary 5-2, Nashville skated past Boston in a shootout 3-2, Winnipeg trumped Buffalo 5-1,Toronto tripled up Anaheim 6-2, Tampa Bay defeated Philadelphia 3-1, Montreal bested Carolina 4-1, Columbus blanked Detroit in a shootout 1-0, Florida topped Washington in a NHL record breaking shootout that went 20 rounds 2-1, St. Louis beat Los Angeles 5-2, Chicago bested Minnesota 5-3, and it was Arizona over Edmonton in overtime 2-1.
NFL:
Two people familiar with the situation tell The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that nearly 500 employees at NFL headquarters in New York turned over phone and email records to investigators looking into how Commissioner Roger Goodell and staff pursued the Ray Rice case. Former FBI director Robert Mueller III is expected to release his report later this month.
MLB:
Chris Capuano is staying with the New York Yankees, just like fellow free agents Chase Headley and Chris Young. The left-hander has agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract. Capuano joins a rotation projected to have Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia, Michael Pineda and David Phelps or Adam Warren, with Ivan Nova returning from elbow surgery in May or June.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says Alex Rodriguez's days as an everyday fielder are over, and he hopes A-Rod will be New York's fulltime designated hitter. Chase Headley will be the Yankees' starting third baseman after agreeing to a $52 million, four-year deal.
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