Freshman Jumaine Jones scored 20 points, including seven in a row during a three-minute second-half stretch, as Georgia beat Vanderbilt 79-65 in the NIT quarterfinals Thursday night in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs (19-14) head to New York for a semifinal match against Penn State on Tuesday.
– Misdemeanor battery and false imprisonment charges against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have been dismissed by a judge who ruled the retired basketball star complied with orders to complete 36 hours of anger management counseling. West Los Angeles Municipal Court Commissioner Gary L. Bindman said the Hall of Fame center followed the Jan. 29 court order, which also required a $5,000 payment to a police department program for at-risk youth. Jerry Cohen, a Universal Studios music editor, accused Abdul-Jabbar of attacking him after a traffic dispute on April 20, 1997.
Colleges: Purdue baseball coach Steve Green has resigned, accepting blame for what he called an “outrageously regrettable accident” in which he struck one of his players. Green had been suspended indefinitely last week after the confrontation with sophomore pitcher Jeremy Ballard. Assistant Bob Shepherd will be the interim coach for the rest of the season.
Hockey: Detroit Red Wings forward Martin Lapointe has been suspended for two games and fined $1,000 by the NHL for cross-checking Edmonton’s Rem Murray in a game Tuesday.
