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Sports Briefs: Pete Newell dies at age 93
By The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | No comments posted.
BERKELEY, Calif. — Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game’s greatest big men, died. He was 93.
His death was confirmed by the University of California, the school Newell coached to a national title in 1959. Newell, who had been living near San Diego, had a serious lung operation in 2005.
He died at about 10:45 a.m. in Rancho Santa Fe at the home of retired Dr. Earl Shultz, who played for Newell at Cal and had watched over him for the last several years.
Shultz said Newell had a meeting scheduled with Jerry West and a writer who was working on a book about West, who played for Newell’s 1960 U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Newell coached for 14 years at San Francisco, Michigan State and California before doctors advised him to give it up because of the emotional toll. His final coaching job came in the 1960 Olympics, when he took a U.S. team led by Oscar Robertson, West and Jerry Lucas on a dominant run to a gold medal in Rome.
PRO BASKETBALL
Garnett and O’Neil draw ire of the league
Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett was suspended for one game and Phoenix center Shaquille O’Neal was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday for separate incidents over the weekend.
Garnett was penalized for hitting Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut in the face near the end of Saturday’s game. Garnett will sit out tonight when the Celtics host the New York Knicks.
O’Neal was fined for verbally abusing an official and failing to leave the court quickly after being ejected Sunday night against Detroit. He was previously fined $35,000 on Friday for his role in altercation in a game between the Suns and Houston Rockets.
SWIMMING
Phelps wins three Golden Goggle Awards
NEW YORK — Michael Phelps’ record-setting performance in Beijing earned him three Golden Goggle Awards on Monday at USA Swimming’s annual banquet.
Phelps won male athlete of the year, male race (for his come-from-behind win in the 100-meter butterfly) and relay performance with Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
Natalie Coughlin won female athlete of the year after winning six Olympic medals.
Rebecca Soni won female race (200 breaststroke) and breakout performer.
Eric Shanteau, who qualified for the Olympics a week after being diagnosed with testicular cancer and went on to swim in Beijing, won the perseverance award. Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman, won coach of the year.
Torres says she plans to continue competing
NEW YORK — Dara Torres just can’t stay away from swimming.
The 41-year-old, who won three silver medals at the Olympics in August, wouldn’t commit to competing again when the Beijing Games ended. But Torres said Monday at USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle Awards banquet that if she can stay healthy, she hopes to race at the world championships next summer.
Credit Mark Schubert, the U.S. team’s coach and general manager. Torres recalled that he told her, “Why stop? You’re still improving.”
“He knows how to dangle the carrot,” Torres said with a laugh.
She’s not sure how long she’ll keep competing.
“I don’t want to be one of those athletes who’s at the top of their game then falls fast,” she said. “I have to be smart about it.”
BASEBALL
Cubs, Yankees will christen new stadium
NEW YORK — The Chicago Cubs will play the first exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium, meeting New York on Friday night April 3 and again the following afternoon.
The $1.3 billion ballpark, scheduled for substantial completion by Feb. 17, will host its first regular-season game when the Yankees play Cleveland on April 16.
The Cubs are led by manager Lou Piniella, who won World Series titles with the Yankees in 1977 and 1978.
These will be the Yankees’ first preseason exhibitions at home since a two-game, two-stadium series against the Mets in 1993, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Ticket prices will be announced later.
His death was confirmed by the University of California, the school Newell coached to a national title in 1959. Newell, who had been living near San Diego, had a serious lung operation in 2005.
He died at about 10:45 a.m. in Rancho Santa Fe at the home of retired Dr. Earl Shultz, who played for Newell at Cal and had watched over him for the last several years.
Shultz said Newell had a meeting scheduled with Jerry West and a writer who was working on a book about West, who played for Newell’s 1960 U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Newell coached for 14 years at San Francisco, Michigan State and California before doctors advised him to give it up because of the emotional toll. His final coaching job came in the 1960 Olympics, when he took a U.S. team led by Oscar Robertson, West and Jerry Lucas on a dominant run to a gold medal in Rome.
PRO BASKETBALL
Garnett and O’Neil draw ire of the league
Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett was suspended for one game and Phoenix center Shaquille O’Neal was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Monday for separate incidents over the weekend.
Garnett was penalized for hitting Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut in the face near the end of Saturday’s game. Garnett will sit out tonight when the Celtics host the New York Knicks.
O’Neal was fined for verbally abusing an official and failing to leave the court quickly after being ejected Sunday night against Detroit. He was previously fined $35,000 on Friday for his role in altercation in a game between the Suns and Houston Rockets.
SWIMMING
Phelps wins three Golden Goggle Awards
NEW YORK — Michael Phelps’ record-setting performance in Beijing earned him three Golden Goggle Awards on Monday at USA Swimming’s annual banquet.
Phelps won male athlete of the year, male race (for his come-from-behind win in the 100-meter butterfly) and relay performance with Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
Natalie Coughlin won female athlete of the year after winning six Olympic medals.
Rebecca Soni won female race (200 breaststroke) and breakout performer.
Eric Shanteau, who qualified for the Olympics a week after being diagnosed with testicular cancer and went on to swim in Beijing, won the perseverance award. Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman, won coach of the year.
Torres says she plans to continue competing
NEW YORK — Dara Torres just can’t stay away from swimming.
The 41-year-old, who won three silver medals at the Olympics in August, wouldn’t commit to competing again when the Beijing Games ended. But Torres said Monday at USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle Awards banquet that if she can stay healthy, she hopes to race at the world championships next summer.
Credit Mark Schubert, the U.S. team’s coach and general manager. Torres recalled that he told her, “Why stop? You’re still improving.”
“He knows how to dangle the carrot,” Torres said with a laugh.
She’s not sure how long she’ll keep competing.
“I don’t want to be one of those athletes who’s at the top of their game then falls fast,” she said. “I have to be smart about it.”
BASEBALL
Cubs, Yankees will christen new stadium
NEW YORK — The Chicago Cubs will play the first exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium, meeting New York on Friday night April 3 and again the following afternoon.
The $1.3 billion ballpark, scheduled for substantial completion by Feb. 17, will host its first regular-season game when the Yankees play Cleveland on April 16.
The Cubs are led by manager Lou Piniella, who won World Series titles with the Yankees in 1977 and 1978.
These will be the Yankees’ first preseason exhibitions at home since a two-game, two-stadium series against the Mets in 1993, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Ticket prices will be announced later.
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