Prior to this season, the voices of men's lacrosse team would have been boasting with confidence. Talk of a new year and a new team stacked with veterans and young talent had given the Tigers plenty of reason to be optimistic. According to sophomore captain Jeff Capella, the key to this year's turnaround from last season's 6-6 (1-4 NCAC) record would be consistency.

NEW YORK (AP) _ A construction worker's bid to curse the New York Yankees by planting a Boston Red Sox jersey in their new stadium was foiled Sunday when the home team removed the offending shirt from its burial spot. After locating the shirt in a service corridor behind what will be a restaurant in the new Yankee Stadium, construction workers jackhammered through the concrete Sunday and pulled it out.

MUSCAT, Oman (AP) _ Thousands cheered and some danced with traditional daggers along the Olympic torch's path through Oman's capital Monday, a festive greeting that contrasted with disrupting protests elsewhere on the flame's global journey. Under tight security, about 80 torchbearers ferried the flame down into the heart of this hilly Persian Gulf sultanate's capital, passing under historic stone arches and alongside the old souk, before winding along the edge of the Gulf coast against the backdrop of spectacular mountains.