Sports in Brief
Published 5:00 am Monday, June 3, 2013
Basketball
Review supports Pac-12’s actions —Pac-12 school presidents will take no further action after an independent review found the conference properly handled concerns about officiating during its conference tournament. A report released Sunday by Indianapolis-based law firm Ice Miller LLP said the Pac-12 was correct in its assessment that coordinator of officiating Ed Rush wasn’t serious when he offered bounties to any official who disciplined Arizona coach Sean Miller during the Pac-12 tournament in March. Ice Miller also agreed that Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott had the authority and made a reasonable decision in fining Miller $25,000 for his actions during and after Arizona’s semifinal game against UCLA. The report did say a technical foul against Miller during the UCLA game likely would have not been called had Rush not directed officials to be more strict about bench decorum, but found that the game was officiated with integrity and no favoritism toward either team.
Blaylock facing charges — Former NBA star Mookie Blaylock was charged with driving on a suspended license and failing to stay in his lane in a head-on crash that killed a woman, police said Sunday. Jonesboro Police Chief Franklin Allen said authorities wanted to talk to Blaylock, 46, before deciding whether he should face more serious charges. Officers had not been able to speak with Blaylock because of his injuries, but they hope to do so as early as today, the chief said.
Soccer
Americans beat Germany — The United States can head into a key stretch with some added confidence. Clint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span of the second half and moved into second place on the U.S. career scoring list, helping the Americans edge a second-string Germany team 4-3 in an exhibition game Sunday in Washington, D.C. Preparing for three World Cup qualifiers in a 12-day span beginning Friday, U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann watched the Americans take a 4-1 lead and hang on to beat the team he helped win the 1990 World Cup as a player and coached to the 2006 semifinals. The match, which drew 47,359 to RFK Stadium, commemorated the 100th anniversary year of the U.S. Soccer Federation and followed a 4-2 loss Wednesday to a first-string Belgium squad in Cleveland. Jozy Altidore also scored for the Americans, who benefited from an own goal by Germany.
U.S. women beat Canada — Alex Morgan scored twice and Sydney Leroux added a goal to lead the United States over Canada 3-0 Sunday in Toronto in their first meeting since the Americans’ 4-3 overtime win in the semifinals of last year’s Olympic women’s soccer tournament. Morgan scored for the top-ranked Americans in the 70th minute when she cut inside defender Emily Zurrer and from the top of the penalty area slotted past goalkeeper Erin McLeod. Morgan scored from the same spot two minutes later, her 44th international goal. Leroux scored in the third minute of stoppage time on a breakaway.
Golf
Alabama wins title — Showing again it’s more than just a football school, Alabama won its first national championship in men’s golf on Sunday in Milton, Ga., routing Illinois 4-1 in the match-play final and making up for a runner-up finish last year.
—From wire reports