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Birthdays – March 1

Singer-actor Harry Belafonte is 96. Singer Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann is 79. Singer Roger Daltrey of The Who is 79. Actor Dirk Benedict ("The A Team") is 78. Actor-director Ron Howard is 69. Country singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of the Rodeo is 69. Actor Catherine Bach ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 68. Actor Tim Daly is 67. Singer-musician Jon Carroll of Starland Vocal Band is 66. Actor Bryan Batt ("Mad Men") is 60. Actor Maurice Benard ("General Hospital") is 60. Actor Russell Wong ("Romeo Must Die," "New Jack City") is 60. Actor Chris Eigeman ("Metropolitan," "Last Days of Disco") is 58. Actor John David Cullum ("Glory") is 57. Actor George Eads ("CSI") is 56. Actor Javier Bardem is 54. Actor Jack Davenport ("Pirates of the Caribbean") is 50. Guitarist Ryan Peake of Nickelback is 50. Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is 49. Actor Jensen Ackles is 45. TV host Donovan Patton ("Blue's Clues") is 45. Actor Lupita Nyong'o ("Black Panther") is 40. Singer Kesha is 36. Singer Sammie is 36. Singer Justin Bieber is 29.

Expected Dodgers SS Lux out for season after knee injury

Gavin Lux will miss the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of torn ligaments in his right knee. The 25-year-old was in line to become their new starting shortstop before getting hurt in a spring training game. Plus other news from around Spring Training on Tuesday.

AP source: NFL owners to discuss Snyder at upcoming meeting

A person familiar with the docket tells The Associated Press that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder's future is on the agenda to be discussed at upcoming committee meetings in Florida before the annual NFL meeting in Arizona scheduled for late March. The person tells the AP that voting to oust Snyder if he doesn't sell the team remains a possibility. 

March Madness 2023: Bubble watch as season draws to a close

The men's college basketball season is racing toward NCAA Tournament time. Conference tournaments will begin the first week of March, capped by Selection Sunday on Sunday, March 12. Sweet 16 weekend will see games in New York City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky. The Final Four is in Houston. The semifinals are on April 1, with the championship game on April 3.

Frazier to take year off coaching

The Buffalo Bills coaching staff has a big hole to fill at defensive coordinator after Leslie Frazier informed the team he is taking a year off from coaching but plans to return for the 2024 season.

NCAA football panel out to shorten games; player safety goal

College football administrators are looking at ways to reduce the number of plays in games in the name of player safety. A tweak in clock operating procedures is likely the first step. The NCAA Football Rules Committee is meeting in Indianapolis this week and recommendations it forwards and approved in the spring would take effect next season. The average number of plays per game in the Bowl Subdivision has hovered at 180 the past three seasons. NFL games average 154. The NCAA rules committee is looking at keeping the clock moving when a team makes a first down.

Rodgers, QBs become top attractions at NFL combine

The Green Bay Packers are still waiting for Aaron Rodgers to decide whether or where he'll play next season. Other teams at the NFL's annual scouting combine seem to be jockeying for other quarterbacks. As coaches and general managers kicked off one of the league's biggest offseason events, the discussions took off. Marcus Mariota was cut, Derek Carr became a hot commodity, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were expected to discuss how they'll replace the retired Tom Brady.

Analysis: Scoot Henderson says he's ready for NBA draft

Scoot Henderson is starting to watch the Harry Potter movies. He can easily explain what inertia is. He can't understand why one of his friends always seems to beat him when they go online to play Madden. In his spare time, he also is getting ready for the NBA draft. As the playoff push starts in the league, so does the draft push for those who will expect to hear their names called by Commissioner Adam Silver this June. Everybody knows French phenom Victor Wembanyama likely will be picked No. 1. There shouldn't be much mystery about who's going No. 2.

New York Post: Cleansing of Dahl’s work is absurd

Like the rest of the sane universe, we couldn’t believe the gall of Puffin U.K. when word came out that the publishing house and the Roald Dahl Story Co., the entity that manages his work, had conspired to make hundreds of changes to the writers’ iconic books.

Dentsu and others charged in Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging probe

The Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal has widened with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies getting charged. Executives or management-level officials from each of the accused companies, and an Olympic organizing committee official, were also charged with violating anti-monopoly laws. According to prosecutors the charges against the seven individuals and six companies center around illegally colluding in assigning contracts for the Games and test events.