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Sports Briefs: Indiana to delay response to allegation
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Published: September 17, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The NCAA has told Indiana University to wait until Sept. 26 to respond to the latest report that the school failed to monitor its men's basketball program.
In a letter to IU president Michael McRobbie, Josephine Potuto, the NCAA infractions committee chairwoman, said yesterday that the committee is still finishing part of its report on former Coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff, who were accused of making more than 100 impermissible phone calls to recruits.
The response originally was expected today.
Last month, IU said that it would submit a written response rather than request a second hearing with the infractions committee to answer the newest charge in the phone-call scandal. The report that the university did not properly monitor the basketball program was the fifth major accusation by the NCAA.
Indiana hasn't been found guilty of a major NCAA violation in any program since 1960.
More basketball
■ The University of Arizona has reported a possible NCAA recruiting violation by Coach Lute Olson, who called it "an unfortunate and regrettable error."
Athletics Director Jim Livengood said on Monday that Olson had sent a letter to basketball boosters asking for a donation to Jim Storey's Arizona Cactus Classic Tournament, held last May at Arizona's McKale Center. NCAA rules prohibit institutional representatives or boosters from arranging financial assistance for potential recruits.
The possible violation didn't involve a specific athlete, Livengood told the Pac-10. Livengood reported that Olson had denied knowledge of the letter.
■ A third defendant pleaded guilty in the beating death of Howard Porter, a former Villanova star, a day before his trial was to start.
Fredquinzo King pleaded guilty yesterday to aiding and abetting first-degree murder and awaits sentencing Oct. 13.
Porter led Villanova to the 1971 NCAA championship game. He played seven pro seasons, but his career was cut short by injuries and cocaine addiction. He came to Minnesota for treatment and was working as a probation officer when he was killed in 2007.
Rashad Raleigh pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in August and has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Tennis
■ Roger Federer's part-time coach, Jose Higueras, was hired by the U.S. Tennis Association yesterday as director of coaching for elite player development, a program that is designed to identify future champions.
Higueras will work at USTA training centers in California and Florida.
As a player, Higueras won 16 ATP singles titles and was ranked in the top 10. As a coach, he helped Michael Chang and Jim Courier win Grand Slam titles, and he also worked with Pete Sampras, Jennifer Capriati, Todd Martin and Robby Ginepri.
Soccer
■ Kristine Lilly will play for Boston, Abby Wambach will be in Washington and Hope Solo will suit up for St. Louis in the new Women's Professional Soccer league.
U.S. national team players were allocated to the league's teams yesterday. Each of the seven teams received three players.
The league is scheduled to debut in April. It will also have franchises in the Bay Area, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York/New Jersey.
Lilly, 37, will have a 20-minute commute to games from her suburban Boston home after taking 2008 off to have a baby.
Wambach, the national team's top offensive threat, broke her leg before the Olympics but expects to be ready for the opener. Solo, the goalie for the Olympics gold medal-winning Americans, donned a St. Louis Cardinals cap as the allocation was announced at a news conference.
Carli Lloyd, who scored the winning goal in Beijing, is headed to Chicago. Christie Rampone, the Olympics team captain, will play for Sky Blue FC near New York.
Hockey
■ Captain Rod Brind'Amour of the Carolina Hurricanes underwent surgery yesterday to remove torn cartilage from his left knee.
It is the same knee that required reconstructive surgery in February after he tore his anterior-cruciate ligament, an injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. But Brind'Amour is expected to be ready for the start of the regular season.
Brind'Amour led the Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup, and had 51 points while contributing on power plays and penalty kills last season.
■ The Twin City Cyclones have scheduled a home preseason game for Oct. 18 against the Knoxville Ice Bears. The game is set for 7:30 at the Coliseum Annex. All money from ticket sales will go to the United Way of Forsyth County. For more information, call 721-1700.
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