DeeDee Jonrowe was the first musher to the checkpoint of Cripple in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.
• The new All American Football League will postpone its 2008 season unless it finds additional financial backing. The announcement came less than a week before camps were to open for the six-team league.
• The Connecticut Sun acquired former University of Connecticut star Barbara Turner in a trade with Houston that sends forward Megan Mahoney to the Comets.
• Santino Quaranta signed with D.C. United, rejoining the club after a two-year absence.
• Austrian skier Mario Scheiber is out for the rest of the World Cup season after damaging his left shoulder in a training crash.
• World-record holder Sven Kramer of the Netherlands defeated Olympic champion Shani Davis in the 5,000 meters at the speedskating world single-distance championships in Nagano, Japan.
