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MLB: Angels win one for Adenhart

Jered Weaver struck out eight in a strong season debut and the grief-stricken Angels, still mourning the shocking death of rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, beat the Red Sox 6-3 last night.

* After his start was pushed back because of spring training elbow trouble, Cole Hamels was roughed up yesterday in Colorado’s 10-3 home victory over the Phillies. Hamels allowed seven earned runs and 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings, including a five-run third in which he gave up half a dozen extra-base hits. . . . In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera hit a grand slam and matched a career high with six RBIs, leading the Tigers over the Rangers 15-2.

* Giants reliever Joe Martinez has a concussion and three small fractures in his head after being hit by a line drive Thursday night and is expected to make a full recovery.

NFL: Vick moved to Atlanta prison

A Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman said suspended quarterback Michael Vick was moved to a medium-security unit in Atlanta from Virginia, where he had been held while attending a bankruptcy hearing last Friday. The official declined to say if authorities plan to move Vick back to a penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., where he has served most of a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting ring.

HOOPS: LeBron, Cavs clinch No. 1 seed

LeBron James had 27 points and 10 assists and the Cavaliers beat the 76ers 102-92 to clinch the No. 1 playoff seed and home-court advantage in the conference.

* Blake Griffin won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball’s top player only three days after he announced that he would turn pro.

CYCLING: Lance foresees Tour de France ban

Lance Armstrong said he believes French doping officials may ban him from riding in this summer’s Tour de France over a report that he violated protocols during a recent drug test. “There’s a very high likelihood that they prohibit me from riding in the Tour,” a somber Armstrong said in a video statement posted on his Web site.

The video was posted on the same day that the head of world cycling defended Armstrong, accusing the French agency of unprofessional and “disturbing” behavior.