For The Record

Died
At age 39 after a long battle with brain cancer, former NFL running back Craig (Ironhead) Heyward (above). After dropping nearly 100 pounds, Heyward--who had a size-8 3/4 head--went from being a Chicago Bears castoff in 1994 to a 1,000-yard rusher for the Atlanta Falcons the next season. He lost his job to Jamal Anderson in 1996, though, and signed with the Rams . He was with the Colts in 1998 when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Heyward, a hard partyer early in his career, underwent a transformation when he began treatment. "I wish I could take all of today's athletes and have them go see those kids in the hospital," Heyward said in 1999. "It would allow them to appreciate life so much more. Their whole attitude would change. Mine has."

Died
Of cancer at age 84, Ted Schroeder , who won the Wimbledon singles title in 1949. He also won singles and mixed-doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships, a precursor to the Open. Schroeder never turned pro, but he continued to follow tennis. (He regularly attended Wimbledon .) He was often a critic of the sport and, occasionally, its players, whom he thought were greedy and undisciplined.

Killed
By gunmen in Baghdad , apparently for wearing shorts, Iraq 's national tennis coach and two of his players. Coach Hussein Ahmed Rashid and players Nasser Ali Hatem and Wissam Adel Auda were gunned down by unknown assailants in an area where leaflets had recently been distributed by militant Muslims warning that shorts were prohibited. The incident came a week after 15 taekwondo athletes were kidnapped in western Iraq ; kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for their release.

Won
By Virginia , its sixth men's lacrosse national championship. The Cavaliers completed a 17-0 season by beating UMass 15-7 on Monday in front of 47,062 fans in Philadelphia . Matt Poskay and Matt Ward each scored five goals, and Ward set an NCAA record with 16 goals in the tournament. "The whole undefeated thing snuck up on us, but to come in here as expected and do this is a very special moment for our program," said Virginia coach Dom Starsia.

Banned
From calling recruits or visiting them off-campus for one year, Kelvin Sampson , the new Indiana basketball coach. Sampson (above) was punished by the NCAA last week for making 233 illegal calls to recruits (his assistants made 344 more) while at Oklahoma , where he coached for 12 years until taking the IU job in March. (The NCAA also placed Oklahoma on probation for two years.) Indiana knew of the NCAA investigation when it hired Sampson , who as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches chaired an ethics summit in 2003. (The violations took place between 2000 and 2004.) The school released a statement saying Sampson was a "man of integrity who made an error in judgment."

Filed
Notice that she may sue the state of New Jersey over leaked information that implicated her in a gambling ring, Janet Jones , the wife of Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky . Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet also filed notice; in both cases damage claims would exceed $50 million. Tocchet was placed on an unpaid leave of absence by Phoenix when he was charged in February with running a ring that took in $1.7 million in a five-week period leading up to the 2006 Super Bowl (SI, Feb. 20). Jones , who has not been charged, is believed to have wagered a large sum--reportedly nearly $100,000--through Tocchet.

Finished
Twenty-sixth in his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, former Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell (right). After a 12-year career during which he hit .303, Greenwell retired at age 32 in 1996 and indulged his other passion. "I had 20 offers to go back and play the next year," Greenwell said. "But I wanted to go racing." He spent 10 years driving late-model cars in the South, winning 37 races, before he got the opportunity to drive a truck owned by Bobby Dotter in The City of Mansfield ( Ohio ) 250 last Saturday. (The race was won by Ron Hornaday Jr.) "I was just hanging on and hoping I finished on the lead lap," said Greenwell . "I'm tickled to death that I did."

Adopted
By the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, a "score management" policy aimed at preventing football teams from running up the score. This fall if a team wins by more than 50, its coach will be suspended for the next game. Some are calling it the Jack Cochran Rule, after the coach of New London High, which won four games by at least 50 points last season. But Tony Mosa of the CIAC said, "It's not focused on any one particular person." No other state punishes teams for blowout wins.