Former Texas Tech basketball coach James Dickey will get $125,000 as part of a settlement for his dismissal in March that made way for Bob Knight to take over the Red Raiders.
The settlement comes in addition to a $1.3 million buyout of Dickey’s contract after being fired from the school.
Dickey, who was coach since 1991, was replaced by Knight despite having three years left on his contract.
The payment releases Tech and Dickey from all claims between the two that “currently exist or may exist in the future” related to his employment, according to a notarized document obtained by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in Texas.
Horse racing: Freedom Crest overtook Skimming in the stretch and won the $500,000 Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap by one length at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting.
Tiznow, the defending Goodwood champion and horse of the year in 2000, finished third.
– Frankie Dettori won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for the second time, riding favorite Sakhee to an easy victory over previously unbeaten Aquarelliste.
The 4-year-old colt won $839,000 to take the biggest prize in European racing at Longchamp in Paris.
– Beautiful Pleasure, the champion older filly or mare of 1999, was retired a day after she finished sixth in the Beldame at Belmont Park.
Pro basketball: Shaquille O’Neal has fired longtime agent Leonard Armato, who engineered deals totaling $250 million for the Los Angeles Lakers center.
Running: Haile Gebrselassie pulled away from Tesfaye Jifar to win the world half-marathon championship in 1 hour 3 seconds at Bristol, England, in only his second race over the distance. Paula Radcliffe retained her women’s title in 1:06:47.
– Joshua Kipkemboi (2:14:07) and Zinaida Semenova (2:26:51) won the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively, of the Twin Cities Marathon.
