Sports in brief

NFL

'Tough day' of talks

Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller, a plaintiff in the class-action case against the NFL, said it was a "tough day" when he emerged from seven hours of court-ordered mediation in Minneapolis Tuesday, the third time the league and its locked-out players have met since last week. Among the owners at the session with commissioner Roger Goodell were Jerry Jones of the Cowboys and Pat Bowlen of the Broncos.

MARATHON

World record sought

One day after Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds -- the fastest time ever for the 26.2-mile distance -- race officials said they will ask track's international governing body to certify his time as a world record even though the course is technically ineligible. Mutai's mark is doomed to be recognized only as a "world best," not a "world record," because the Boston course is too downhill and too much of a straight line to meet IAAF standards. The record is 2:03:59 set by Haile Gebrselassie in Berlin in 2008. -- AP

MEDIA

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1050 ESPN lineup shuffle

Effective May 9, 1050 ESPN radio will revamp its midday lineup, with Colin Cowherd's national show being heard in New York from 10 a.m. to noon, followed by Ryan Ruocco and Robin Lundberg from noon to 2, then Daily News columnist Mike Lupica from 2 to 3. Brandon Tierney and Jody McDonald, who had been heard from 1 to 3 p.m. weekdays, will move to weekend slots.