Sports News Briefs: Lance, Avery, Danica, Favre
Lance Armstrong by Brian Ach/WireImage.com
At Monday's Boston Marathon, ex-cycling champ
Lance Armstrong continued his impressive transition to the 26.2-mile footrace. In his third attempt at the distance Armstrong clocked in at 2 hour, 50 minutes, 58 seconds - a pace of 6:32 per mile - not far off his personal best of 2:46:43
New York Rangers tough-guy center Sean Avery will spend his summer vacation interning for
Vogue. "Like most interns, the 28-year-old Avery will be expected to do traditional assistantlike tasks - making copies and messengering couture gowns, for instance," according to
Women's Wear Daily. For now the aspiring fashionista continues to play in the NHL playoffs. The Rangers begin the second-round later this week
Dave Letterman is having a bit of sports themed week: On Wednesday Danica Patrick stops by
Late Show (April 23, 11:35 pm/ET, CBS) to chat about becoming the first woman to win an Indy Car series race (which
she did on Sunday at the Japan 200. On Thursday, recently retired Green Bay Packers QB
Brett Favre sits down with Dave, perhaps to address those rumors that his retirement might not be as definitive as originally planned.
