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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY WEDNESDAY:
No games scheduled

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Yankees star Derek Jeter and owner Hank Steinbrenner downplayed Steinbrenner’s comments from Monday that some players weren’t focused enough last season after the World Series title in 2009. Steinbrenner referenced unnamed players “building mansions and other things, not concentrating on winning.” Jeter has been building a 30,000-square-foot home in the Tampa area for the past three years.

Steinbrenner reportedly got word to Jeter on Tuesday that the captain was not the target of his ire, and Jeter laughed off the comment. “I have no problem with Hank — he didn’t say it to me. I don’t think my name came out of his mouth,” Jeter said. “Don’t make it out that I have a problem.”

♦ UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun was given a three-game suspension next season, but the Huskies avoided major sanctions when punished by the NCAA on Tuesday. Calhoun said he’s talking to his lawyer about his next move, but Jeff Jacobs in the Hartford Courant writes that the longtime coach should be satisfied with the minor penalty. At FanHouse, David Steele laments the NCAA’s light penalty and compares it to the organization’s handling of players.

♦ The Caltech basketball team ended a 310-game conference losing streak with a 46-45 victory over Occidental on Tuesday night. The Beavers, who broke an overall losing streak of 207 games (an NCAA record) in 2007, had not won in league play since 1985. “I hope that everyone who has participated in Caltech men’s basketball is able to celebrate a little bit tonight,” coach Oliver Eslinger said.

♦ According to a report on Bloomberg.com, YouTube is in negotiations to broadcast live NBA and NHL games next season. YouTube already streams Japanese baseball games and Indian cricket contests.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Feb. 23, 1986, which Red Sox player lost in arbitration but was awarded a $1.35 million salary, the largest ever in an arbitration case?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: I tried to be everywhere. I tried to fill every category in the book that’s positive.” — Kevin Garnett, who had 24 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in the Celtics’ 115-93 victory over the Warriors on Tuesday night

STAT OF THE DAY: 19-0-1 — The Bruins’ record when taking a 2-0 lead, which they did in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Flames

‘NET RESULTS: Joey the Junior Reporter is back with a report from the Blackhawks locker room on women and why Patrick Sharp is one of Chicago’s most beautiful people.

A high school hockey player scores on a lacrosse-style shot from 20 feet away.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Wade Boggs

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Howard Jones is 58 Wednesday.

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