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PRO FOOTBALL

Body of Patriots' Hill found in lake

The body of New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found Monday, a state official said, a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain.

Hill's body was discovered by searchers about a quarter of a mile from where the former LSU star and a female companion were involved in the accident, Capt. Brian Clark of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said.

The Coast Guard was called Sunday night, Petty Officer Tom Atkeson said. The search began immediately, using boats and helicopters.

Hill's agent, Albert Elias, said he had been told Hill and a young woman were jetskiing Sunday in the lake when both of them went into the water, which had a strong current. Elias said the woman was able to make it to a pylon and hang on until she was rescued, while Hill was last seen floating away from the scene.

Hill played on LSU's national championship team and was a second-round draft pick by New England in 2004.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Vanderbilt is No. 1 seed for NCAA Tournament

Vanderbilt was selected as the top seed for the 64-team Division I college baseball tournament.

The Commodores (51-11), the Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament champions, will host one of 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals that begin Friday.

The other national seeds, in order, are: Rice (49-12), North Carolina (48-12), Texas (44-15), Arizona State (43-13), Florida State (47-11), Arkansas (41-19) and San Diego (43-16).

The other top seeds are: Coastal Carolina (48-11), Long Beach State (37-18), Mississippi (37-23), Missouri (40-16), South Carolina (42-18), Texas A&M (44-16), Virginia (43-14) and Wichita State (49-19).

tennis

Devvarman, Cohen win singles titles

Somdev Devvarman of Virginia and Audra Cohen of Miami, two former national runners-up, won NCAA singles tennis championships at Athens, Ga.

Devvarman, who finished second in 2006, won two tiebreakers to beat top-seeded John Isner of Georgia for the men's title.

Cohen, who lost the 2005 final as a freshman for Northwestern, beat USC's Lindsey Nelson, 7-5, 6-2. Nelson lost the championship match for the second consecutive year.

auto racing

McLaren investigated after Monaco GP

Formula One team McLaren is being investigated for a possible rule breach at the Monaco Grand Prix after Fernando Alonso finished first ahead of McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton.

World motorsport's governing body, FIA, said in a statement it was reviewing evidence from Sunday's race. Alonso finished 4.095 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who was told by McLaren to slow down.

"At the end of the day, I am a rookie," Hamilton said. "I am in my first season in Formula One and I have finished second in only my first Monaco Grand Prix, so I really can't complain. I've got No. 2 on my car. I am the No. 2 driver."

STEROIDS

Texas lawmakers send testing bill to governor

Texas public high school athletes would face mandatory random steroid testing under a bill given final approval and sent to Gov. Rick Perry.

If Perry allows the bill to become law he has not publicly expressed opposition it would be the largest high school steroids testing program in the country.

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