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**FILE** The Olympic torch is lit Friday during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Associated Press)

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Russia's Alexander Ovechkin (8) chases the puck against Latvia in the first period of a preliminary round men's ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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**FILE** A demonstrator prays with his rosary and portrait of Mary during the March for Life in Washington, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Russia's Alexander Ovechkin, center, celebrates with Sergei Gonchar (55), Evgeni Malkin (11) and Pavel Datsyuk (13) after Datsyuk scored open net goal in the third period of a men's preliminary round ice hockey game against the Czech Republic at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter (22) scores a 74-yard touchdown after intercepting against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of the Saints' 31-17 victory in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami. (Associated Press)

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German Bundeswehr soldiers seen during a training in Seedorf, northern Germany on Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File) ** FILE **

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The euro symbol sits atop a statue at the European Parliament in Brussels. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ** FILE **

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Beach Boys chief songwriter Brian Wilson. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Good Friday.

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** FILE ** David Plouffe, who led President Barack Obama's winning campaign, stands in the 2008 presidential race, in Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, May 10, 2007. (Associated Press)

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Dennis Hopper attends the 26th Running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Saturday in Santa Anita, Calif. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** The Louisiana Superdome sits Sept. 11, 2005, in the foreground as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina continue to recede in New Orleans. The dome, once a nightmare of squalor, will host the NFC title game. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Fans arrive for a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago in 2009. (AP Photo/David Banks)

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** FILE ** Alabama's Robby Green (23) knocks the ball away from Virginia Tech's Davon Morgan (2) during their NCAA college football game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009.The Atlantic Coast Conference, of which Virginia Tech is a member, has had anything but a lazy summer, thanks to realignment rumors, NCAA investigations and other incidents. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Virginia's Mike Scott (32) goes to the hoop as Boston College's Josh Southern (52) defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 11, 2010.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, eludes a punch by Shane Mosley during their WBA welterweight boxing match on May 1, 2010, in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)

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Have we witnessed the best of Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby? Ovechkin, currently a minus-2, is coming off his worst season in which he scored 32 goals and recorded 53 assists, while Crosby hasn't played since Jan. 5 after suffering a concussion. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft is shown in 2006. A similar Navy Hawkeye crashed into the North Arabian Sea on Wednesday. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Photographer's Mate Airman Joshua Olson)

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In this Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 file photo, Washington Capitals and Team Russia player Alexander Ovechkin promotes the Russian city of Sochi, site of the next winter Olympic games, during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP photo)