Fast Break

Football

Body found of Patriots’ Hill

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

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.

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.

The woman, whose identity was not available Monday, was rescued and sent to Tulane Medical Center where she told officials Hill tried to keep her calm as the two were drifting apart.

Soccer

Altitude ban discriminates

Bolivia President Evo Morales says FIFA’s decision to ban all international soccer matches above 8,200 feet discriminates against Latin America’s high-altitude nations.

FIFA’s ruling Sunday drew outrage from fans, soccer officials, and governments across Latin America, and Morales said he will fight the decision.

The Andean Community of Nations – including Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, each with cities above the limit – sent FIFA president Joseph Blatter a letter calling for the ruling to be overturned.

Lacrosse

Dukes loses in title game

There were hugs, handshakes and plenty of tears. The Duke men’s lacrosse team had dealt with a myriad of emotions the past 14 months, and now it was over.

The Blue Devils had an almost unfathomable comeback fall short in a 12-11 loss to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA championship game at Baltimore, and afterward the locker room was eerily silent.

It would have been a Hollywood story: Duke completes its emotional comeback season by winning its first national title before a record crowd.

But Johns Hopkins wrote its own ending.