Sports in Brief

Published 5:00 am Monday, June 10, 2013

Cycling

Froome wins Criterium du Dauphine — Chris Froome won the Criterium du Dauphine race for the first time in Risoul, France. The British rider was second in Sunday’s eighth and final stage behind stage winner Alessandro De Marchi of Italy. Overall, Froome was 58 seconds ahead of Sky Procycling teammate Richie Porte. Spain’s Daniel Moreno was 2:12 back in third. Belgium’s Tim Wellens led De Marchi by about 30 seconds with 3.1 miles to go in the 96.4-mile mountainous ride from Sisteron to Risoul. Froome wanted to give Porte the win and tried to help him catch De Marchi up, but Porte could not stay with Froome’s attack.

Boxing

Gatti inducted into Hall of Fame — The late Arturo “Thunder” Gatti was inducted Sunday into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Also inducted were: Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill, a five-time world champion who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics and defended his light heavyweight title 20 times over his two reigns; two-time light flyweight champion Yuh Myung-woo of South Korea; lightweight Wesley Ramey and middleweight Jeff Smith in the old-timer (posthumous) category; 19th century Irish boxer Joe Coburn in the pioneer category; referee Mills Lane, whose “Let’s get it on” prefight chant endeared him to boxing fans; ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr.; manager Arturo “Cuyo” Hernandez; cartoonist Ted Carroll; and journalist Colin Hart.

Baseball

Suspension reduced for Indians pitcher — Cleveland Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco had his suspension for throwing at a hitter reduced from eight to seven games. He began serving it Sunday. Carrasco was initially suspended for eight games in April for “intentionally throwing” at New York’s Kevin Youkilis but was able to keep pitching because an appeal was pending. Carrasco was sent to the minors after his April 9 start against the Yankees. He was called back up and started Saturday’s game against Detroit.

— From wire reports

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