ELAINE THOMPSON / Associated Press
Padres' Akinori Otsuka throws one of the first pitches of 2005 as the club's pitchers and catchers reported to spring training.
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A call to arms
Peavy wants pact done before April, or it's arbitration
By Tom Krasovic
STAFF WRITER
PEORIA, Ariz. – It was more "spring raining" than spring training yesterday when the Padres opened camp, but that didn't keep pitcher Jake Peavy from musing about a sunny September.
Specter of steroids isn't about to pass anytime soon
PEORIA, Ariz. – Raised eyebrows are not evidence. Anonymous whispers are not sworn depositions.
Can Nascar top last year?
Stock cars trail only NFL as TV sports attraction
By Bill Center
STAFF WRITER
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR's stock has never been higher. Television ratings climbed again last year and have more than doubled since the network deal with NBC and Fox began in 2001.
'Moosey' didn't care if moniker didn't fit
By Jerry Magee
STAFF WRITER
Moose are clumsy critters. That Doug Wilkerson should have been likened to one was all wrong.
Big challenge to Carmichael could come from above
By Bill Center
STAFF WRITER
The biggest threat to Ricky Carmichael in tonight's Supercross at Qualcomm Stadium probably isn't any of the other 19 riders in the 250cc main event.
