Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.
Commissioner Stern to “stand down” in 2014
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Top trainer Steward dies at 68
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Packers’ Jennings to have surgery for groin injury
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Sandoval widely saluted, including presidential tweet
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco Giants third
baseman Pablo Sandoval said he received 300 text messages after
his triple home run night in the World Series opener and a
presidential tweet from back home in Venezuela. Sandoval’s
power surge triggered the Giants’ 8-3 win over the Detroit
Tigers and ace Justin Verlander and put him in the company of
Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert Pujols as the only players
to have hit three homers in a World Series game.
Almagro beats Querrey to boost Tour finals bid
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NCAA says football, basketball player graduation rates rise
CHICAGO (Reuters) – At least 70 percent of major college
football and men’s basketball athletes obtain a college degree,
NCAA figures show for the first time, although traditional
football powerhouse Oklahoma and basketball powers Connecticut
and Indiana lag in academic performance. The rates, for
athletes who entered college in 2005 and took a maximum six
years to graduate, are included in the NCAA’s annual report on
the graduation rates of student athletes released on Thursday.
Mavericks guard West suspended for a second time
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Ex-NBA star scores federal court win against brokerage
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League approves Grizzlies sale
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Three-times Tour winner LeMond urges McQuaid to resign
PARIS (Reuters) – Three-times Tour de France winner Greg
LeMond has called on International Cycling Union (UCI)
President Pat McQuaid to quit in the wake of the Lance
Armstrong doping scandal. American LeMond, who won the Tour in
1986, 1989 and 1990, wrote an open letter on his Facebook page
on Thursday criticizing McQuaid and his predecessor Hein
Verbruggen, now honorary president of the UCI.
