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Sport Briefs: Bolt, Gay to clash at least 3 times next year
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Published: November 22, 2009
MONACO
Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meets next year.
Track and field's governing body said yesterday that the two fastest men in history are contracted to compete in seven of the 14 cities in Asia, Europe and the United States featured in the inaugural global series.
The rivals must decide which meets will host their showdowns, over 100 or 200 meters. The new circuit will be the top tier of track and field in 2010 with no Olympics or World Championships on the schedule.
Bolt, the 100- and 200-meter world record holder and a three-time Olympic champion, took Gay's 100 world title in a record 9.58 seconds at Berlin in August, leaving the 27-year-old American with silver despite a lifetime best of 9.71.
One of Bolt, Gay and Asafa Powell, the third-fastest man in history, will be compete at each meet on the circuit.
More track & field
■ The track-and-field governing body has changed the world-championships program to create a more concentrated schedule. The IAAF said on Friday that it wants marquee evening sessions to include at least six gold-medal finals taking place within three hours.
The changes take effect at the 2011 worlds in Daegu, South Korea.
Baseball
■ The Chicago White Sox are closing in on a contract agreement with Omar Vizquel, a free-agent shortstop. The deal could be announced as soon as Monday, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
■ The Pittsburgh Pirates designated right-hander Jeff Karstens for assignment and claimed right-hander Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from Seattle.
■ Art Savage, the majority owner of the Sacramento River Cats, the Class AAA affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, has died. He was 58.
Jeff Savage said his father said his father had recently recovered from a long battle with lung cancer.
Jeff Savage said the family will retain control of the team.
College football
■ Georgia Southern's third losing season in 28 years has cost Coach Chris Hatcher his job. Athletics Director Sam Baker announced last night that Hatcher's contract will not be renewed. Baker said the search for Hatcher's replacement will begin immediately.
■ Ari Fleischer Communications, a sports public-relations firm headed by the former press secretary for President George W. Bush, has been hired by BCS officials to help remodel the tattered image of college football's postseason system.
BCS executive director Bill Hancock, promoted to the newly recreated position early this week, announced the hiring of Fleischer's company yesterday.
Field hockey
■ For the second consecutive year, and eighth time overall, the NCAA field-hockey championship game will feature two ACC teams vying for the national title. Top-ranked Maryland clinched its second straight berth in the title game on Friday with a 7-5 win over fourth-ranked Princeton at Kentner Field at Wake Forest.
Third-ranked North Carolina defeated second-ranked Virginia 3-2 in the second semifinal game of the day to advance to its second championship game in three seasons.
The Cavaliers, making their third appearance in the national semifinals, ended one of the best seasons in program history with a 20-4 overall record. ■ The United States has qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup with a 27-6 win over Uruguay yesterday in Fort Lauderdale. In New Zealand in two years, the U.S. will play in Pool C with two-time champion Australia, Ireland, Italy and a European team yet to be determined. Uruguay's Teros have another chance to qualify in continental playoffs.
■ The Austrian cycling federation said yesterday that Christian Pfannberger has been banned for life by the national anti-doping agency after a second doping offense.
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