Popovich Wins 1,000th Career Game
BERMAN: Domestic violence charges against Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy have been dismissed because his accuser cannot be found. Andy Scholes has more in his morning's "Bleacher Report". Good morning, Andy.</s>ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good morning, John. Yes, Greg Hardy was already convicted of domestic violence last year. But he appealed the ruling requesting a jury trial and between the time he was convicted and the appeal, prosecutors suspect Hardy reached a civil settlement with his accuser. And they believe that's why she did not show up to the hearing and has -- intentionally she's made herself unavailable. Now, without her testimony, the district attorney's office has decided to dismiss the case. The question now is, what will the NFL do? The league says they are currently reviewing the matter. New rules call for a six-game suspension for domestic violence. After making $13.1 million after playing just one game last year, Hardy is set to be a free agent this summer. All right. Spurs head coach Greg Popovich reaching a milestone last night, earning his 1,000th win. San Antonio rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter, and Marco Belinelli hit a baseline jumper with just two seconds left to give the Spurs the victory. Popovich, the third fastest to reach 1,000 wins behind Phil Jackson and Pat Riley. And when asked about reaching the milestone, Pop said, "I have been here a long time and had a lot of good players. That's the formula." All right. In intense scene in the Indiana high school basketball game on Saturday night after a hard bout of fast break. Players from both teams started throwing punches, igniting an all-out brawl. Fans including adults ran in on the court, joined in on the melee. The game eventually had to be called midway to the first quarter. Police are currently reviewing this video to see if any adults threw punches. According to an ESPN report, the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles are both interested in playing an exhibition game in Cuba this spring. This is on the heels of President Obama's announcement last month that the U.S. would begin restoring relations with Cuba. There are no official plans for the game just yet. Major League Baseball, the player unions and both governments would, of course, have to sign off on the deal. John, there are some heavy hitters working on this to get it done, though. Secretary of State John Kerry, a huge Red Sox fan, like yourself, is reportedly in on talks to try to help make this happen.</s>BERMAN: I would be interesting to see what this normalize relations with Cuba mean for baseball, because there's been this slow influx of players from Cuba already. But that could be a wave soon.</s>SCHOLES: Yes.</s>BERMAN: Andy Scholes, great to see you. Thanks so much.</s>SCHOLES: All right. Good to see you, too. Happening now, the East Coast digs out from a record-breaking snowstorm, but there is more to come. A new storm on the horizon. We'll tell you when, next.