Carew’s new heart given by late NFLer
Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew received a new heart and kidney from the late NFL player Konrad Reuland in what is believed to be the first such transplant involving pro athletes.
Carew underwent the procedure last December and met Reuland’s family in March after mutual friends connected Reuland’s death with news of Carew’s transplant on Dec. 16. Reuland had died four days earlier after a ruptured brain aneurysm at age 29.
HERNANDEZ ACQUITTED
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted Friday in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a drink spilled at a nightclub. After six days of deliberations, the jury found Hernandez not guilty of firstdegree murder in the killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado but convicted him of unlawful possession of a gun.
JET BANNED
The Jets announced Friday that reserve cornerback/returner Nick Marshall has been suspended for the first four games of the 2017 season for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.
SID THE KID
—Manish Mehta
Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, Marc-Andre Fleury stayed sharp in his second straight playoff start and the host Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away for a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.
l Jaden Schwartz scored with 2:27 remaining during a 4-on4 situation and the St. Louis Blues beat the Wild 2-1 to leave Minnesota with a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
NYCFC BLANKS PHILLY
Jack Harrison scored in the 52nd minute, David Villa added another from 50plus yards away in the 90th and visiting NYCFC beat the winless Philadelphia Union 2-0.
EX-RAVEN ACCIDENT
Retired Baltimore Ravens Pro-Bowl tight end Todd Heap accidentally killed his daughter in a freak accident Friday afternoon. Heap was moving a truck in the driveway of his family’s Arizona home, did not see his 3-year-old daughter in front of the vehicle and accidentally struck her.
—Nicholas Parco