Cops: Twins pitcher Pavano was target of extortion

HARTFORD, Conn. — A high school classmate of Minnesota Twins pitcher Carl Pavano threatened to reveal an alleged homosexual relationship they had and to write a book about it unless Pavano apologized to him and bought him a navy Range Rover SUV with tan leather, according to a search warrant affidavit filed by police in Connecticut.

By: DAVE COLLINS, The Associated Press