Getting your player ready...
Johnny Weir, the runner-up at last weekend’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships, withdrew from next month’s Four Continents competition in Seoul, South Korea, citing fatigue.
• The U.S. Figure Skating Championships attracted 12.5 million viewers on NBC, up from 4.7 million on ABC and ESPN2 last year.
• Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze went 2-for-6 at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., to pull within one of 10,000 victories. He has six scheduled mounts today.
• Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell unveiled a $47 million state funding package to aid in the construction of a soccer stadium in Chester, Pa., the latest step in an effort to attract a Major League Soccer franchise.
