3:28 PM Amazing photo of John F. Kennedy throwing out the first pitch in Washington at the 1962 baseball all-star game. As Baseball Think Factory notes, 89 days 'til pitchers and catchers!

2:40 PM Toronto Globe & Mail reports, "an OpinionWay poll for French state television said 81 percent of French people did not think their national team deserved to go to South Africa given their unconvincing performances throughout the qualifying stages."

2:36 PM Texas' opponent in the Big 12 Championship game, Nebraska, is unranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

2:20 PM "Minus the 30-percent tax take by the US Internal Revenue, the $1-million trainer?s fee of Freddie Roach, plus other trainers? and conditioning fees, cost of accommodation, airline tickets, food, allowances and miscellaneous expenses, (Manny) Pacquiao could end up netting around $10 million."