Weekend Potpourri (Saturday Afternoon Edition)

Milka Duno the New Danica Patrick? (Larry Brown Sports)

Get your looks in now because she���ll be wearing a racing helmet tomorrow. Milka Duno will be making her IRL debut Sunday at Kansas Speedway, according to the St. Petersburg Times. There are some concerns that she���s not ready for IRL racing, and that she could be rushed because of her marketability.

QB goes first in NFL draft to Raiders (Tribune)

JaMarcus Russell, the big-play quarterback from LSU, was the first pick in Saturday's NFL draft as the Oakland Raiders pulled no surprises.

Arroyo Grande denies player's lights-out fly ball injury claim (AP)

The city of Arroyo Grande denied a 23-thousand-dollar-plus damage claim filed by a baseball player who was struck in the face by a fly ball when the lights went out at Soto Sports Complex.

Morrison pulled from boxing card (AP)

Dick Cole, boxing administrator for the state's Department of Licensing and Regulation, said a Houston doctor, Jorge Guerrero, examined Morrison on Thursday and cleared him to fight. But Guerrero never filed the paperwork required by the agency, Cole said.

Longest Losing Streak In 7 Years Has Steinbrenner "Very Displeased" (The Joy of Sox)

Johnny Damon said "There's going to be panic soon if the winning doesn't start." Derek Jeter doesn't agree: "If you're pushing the panic button now," Jeter said, "you're in for a long season."