■ FootballJason White wins Heisman
Jason White capped a remarkable comeback with college football's most prestigious award, winning the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night a year after an injury nearly ended his career. The Oklahoma quarterback, who almost quit football following his second major knee injury in September 2002, beat out Pittsburgh receiver Larry Fitzgerald for the award. White threw 40 touchdown passes and led the third-ranked Sooners to 12 straight wins to open the season and a spot in the Bowl Championship Series title game against No. 2 LSU. Even a subpar performance in a loss in the Big 12 title game last week against Kansas State couldn't stop White from winning the award.
■ Baseball
Yankees plan Japan visit
Major League Baseball plans to flip-flop the first two April series between the Yankees against Tampa Bay, having New York return to Florida from Japan instead of opening the North American part of its season at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees would play a two-game series against Tampa Bay at the Tokyo Dome on March 30-31 under the plan the commissioner's office is negotiating. Before the Japan trip was proposed, New York's original schedule had the team opening at home against the Devil Rays on April 5 and 7, then playing a four-game series at Tampa Bay from April 12-15. Under the new schedule, the Yankees would return from Japan to play exhibition games that weekend.
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