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Cycling • American cyclist and Rowland Hall graduate Levi Leipheimer felt "lucky to be alive" after he was hit from behind by a car while training for a race in Guenes, Spain.
Leipheimer was treated at a hospital for a sore and swollen lower left leg, but he had no broken bones, his Italian team said. The Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider was training by himself for the Tour of Basque Country.
Leipheimer was to be examined again Monday in California before a date can be set for his return to racing, the team said.
The 38-year-old former teammate of Lance Armstrong will skip the six-stage Spanish race, which began Monday.
Goodell weighs in on Parcells, Saints
NFL • While NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is deciding on punishment for players and listening to appeals in the Saints' bounty case, he says he won't stand in the way if New Orleans asks Bill Parcells to take over as interim coach.
Before the Saints pick someone to run the team this year, Goodell still has to rule on coach Sean Payton's appeal of his season-long suspension, along with the appeals of shorter suspensions to assistant coach Joe Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis and penalties handed down to the team.
Goodell expects to hear the appeals this week, and hopes to making a ruling shortly thereafter.
SUU baseball coaches released
College Baseball • Southern Utah University officials, in a move supported by the university's board of trustees, released baseball coaches David Eldredge and Chase Hudson from their coaching responsibilities Monday.
The move takes effect immediately, with about six weeks remaining in SUU's final baseball season. The Thunderbirds (6-20) have four straight losses. The program will be discontinued next month as the school makes final preparations to enter the Big Sky Conference.
Assistant coach Clayton Carson will be assisted by SUU athletics administrator Kit Janes in helping to lead the team during the final stretch of the program's history.
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