AP - Norm Roberts was fired Friday as the basketball coach of St. John's after six seasons — only two of them with a winning record.

AP - The opening day of the first round of the NCAA tournament shocked the Big East — three teams lost and another won in overtime, thrilled double-digit seeds — three of them won and wore out fans with three games going overtime, including BYU's 99-92 double-overtime win against Florida.

AP - President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister.

AP - Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson believes in what he can't see.

AP - World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey called on Major League Baseball and its players' union to start testing for human growth hormone.

AP - Police in Redondo Beach, Calif., say two men they stopped for following Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol (pow gah-SOHL') turned out to be Spanish paparazzi.

AFP - Arsenal will face Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals in a repeat of the 2006 final won by the Spanish giants.

AFP - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will not take part in the season opening Milan-Sanremo classic because he is suffering from gastroenteritis, his RadioShack team said Friday.

AP - Paul Kariya scored his 400th NHL goal to snap a third-period tie and the St. Louis Blues took advantage of uncharacteristically shaky Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and beat New York 4-3 on Thursday night.

AFP - Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic rallied to beat Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000.

AP - Padraig Harrington was playing the Transitions Championship for the first time, and there were no surprises.