Leading Off

Stick Around
Hofstra junior defenseman Ryan Smith collared Johns Hopkins senior midfielder Paul Rabil during the unranked Pride's 8--7 home upset of the No. 1 Blue Jays last Saturday in Hempstead , N.Y. Freshman attack Jay Card scored the game-winner with 1:51 left in overtime.

Pen Pals
Fans in Dunedin , Fla. , beseeched Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon for his autograph before a spring training game against the Blue Jays on March 4.

Polar Express
At the St. F�licien Wildlife Zoo in St. F�licien, Que. , last Thursday, the five-year-old polar bear Inukshuk (Inuit for "image of man") took a dive into a glassed-in pool.