Looking back to Tuesday, February 23, 2010
-- FROM TUESDAY: HERB MAGEE BECOMES WINNINGEST COACH IN
NCAA HISTORY:
Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee has won his 903rd career game, moving past Hall
of Famer Bob Knight to become the winningest men's coach in NCAA history. The NCAA
record book recognizes Don Meyer of Northern State as the all-time wins leader with 922.
Some of Meyer's wins came at an NAIA school. All of Magee's (and all of Knight's) came at
NCAA-sanctioned universities. The 68-year-old Magee passed Knight with a 76-65 victory
over Goldey-Beacom College on Tuesday night. Magee has won all 903 games over a 43-year
career with the tiny Division II Rams. Knight won 902 games and three national
championships in a 42-year career with Army, Indiana and Texas Tech. Magee led the
program to a national championship in 1970.
OLYMPICS:
-- JAROMIR JAGR QUESTIONABLE FOR CZECHS VS FINLAND IN
QUARTERFINALS
MLB:
-- REPORT: BASEBALL PLANS TO TEST FOR HGH IN MINORS (Credit New
York Times):
MLB, which had long been skeptical about a viable test for human growth hormone, now
plans to implement blood testing for the substance in the minor leagues later this year,
according to an official in baseball with direct knowledge of the matter.
NFL:
-- NFL PROPOSES TESTING FOR HGH (Credit: Washington Post)
COURTS:
-- CLOSING ARGUMENTS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY IN MARK
BECKER MURDER TRIAL
The prosecution's final witness in its case against a man charged with killing an Iowa high
school football coach testified Tuesday that the defendant was sane at the time of the
shooting.
Michael Taylor, a psychiatrist from Des Moines, said Mark Becker was too organized in his
thinking to be insane on the morning of June 24, when Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed
Thomas was shot and killed.
SCORES FROM TUESDAY:
 NBA: Lakers 99, Grizzlies 98. Kobe Bryant hits 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds in
comeback from 5-game layoff.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR ON WEDNESDAY:
 MLB: Derek Jeter press conference, 8:30 am
 OLY SKI: Womens giant slalom, 1 and 4 pm
 OLY HOCKEY: USA v Switzerland, 3 pm, NBC
 NFL: LaDainian Tomlinson press conference, 4:30 pm
 OLY HOCKEY: Canada v Russia, 7:30 pm
 WCBKB: (1) UConn at Syracuse, 7 pm
 WCBKB: (3) Nebraska at (11) Oklahoma, 8 pm
 NBA: Lakers at Mavs, 9 pm, ESPN
---HERB MAGEE BECOMES WINNINGEST COACH IN NCAA HISTORY:
Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee has won his 903rd career game, moving past Hall
of Famer Bob Knight to become the winningest men's coach in NCAA history. The NCAA
record book recognizes Don Meyer of Northern State as the all-time wins leader with 922.
Some of Meyer's wins came at an NAIA school. All of Magee's (and all of Knight's) came at
NCAA-sanctioned universities. The 68-year-old Magee passed Knight with a 76-65 victory
over Goldey-Beacom College on Tuesday night. Magee has won all 903 games over a 43-year
career with the tiny Division II Rams. Knight won 902 games and three national
championships in a 42-year career with Army, Indiana and Texas Tech. Magee led the
program to a national championship in 1970.
---BODE MILLER HITS GATE, DNF IN GIANT SLALOM: Carlo Janka of Switzerland
wins gold; no US medals.
---EAGLES RELEASE BRIAN WESTBROOK
---NCAA SAYS MICHIGAN DID NOT COMPLY WITH PRACTICE TIME RULES:
The NCAA accused Michigan of failing to comply with practice time rules under coach Rich
Rodriguez, who admitted making "mistakes" but will be back for a third try at bringing
college football's winningest program back into the national title hunt. Incoming athletic
director David Brandon disclosed the NCAA conclusions Tuesday, but said there were no
surprises in the report. He expressed full support for his coach.
---JAYSON WILLIAMS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON: Williams will be
eligible for parole in 18months. Williams, avoiding a retrial on a reckless manslaughter count
that deadlocked the jury at his 2004 trial, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated assault in
the death of Costas Christofi in February 2002.
--Statement from Williams' manager, Akhtar Farzaie: "There is a sense of relief for Jayson
today after being able to address the court after eight years of silence. He is mentally and
emotionally prepared to serve his time. We are relieved that closure has come to this matter
and both families can move on."
OLYMPICS:
---US MEN’S SKI COACH LEAVES TO GO TO UTAH FOR BIRTH OF SECOND
CHILD: Plans to be back in Whistler in time for last men’s Alpine event, Saturday’s slalom.
---TUESDAY'S GOLD MEDALISTS:
Men's giants slalom: Carlo Janka, Switzerland
Nordic combined team: Austria (US takes silver)
Men's 10,000 speedskating: Lee Seung-Hoon, South Korea
Women's biathlon relay: Russia
Women's skicross: Ashleigh McIvor, Canada
---MEN'S HOCKEY QUALIFYING RESULTS:
Switzerland 3, Belarus 2 (Switzerland plays US Wednesday at 3 p.m.)
Canada 8, Germany 2 (Canada plays Russia Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.)
Czech Republic 3, Latvia 2 (Czech Republic plays Finland Wednesday at 10 p.m.)
Slovakia 4, Norway 3 (Slovakia plays Sweden at 12 a.m. Thursday)
---BOBSLED TRACK MODIFIED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO NAVIGATE
-RELATED/TRACK DESIGNER SAYS HE WAS NOT PRESSURED TO MAKE
TRACK FASTER
MLB:
---AARON BOONE OFFICIALLY RETIRES, JOINS ESPN
---SOURCE: INF/OF BRAD WILKERSON AGREES TO DEAL WITH PHILLIES
(Credit ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick)
---RUGBY PLAYER'S POSITIVE TEST FOR HGH PUTS MLB ON DECK (Credit: NY
Daily News): The argument by Major League Baseball that no reliable test for human growth
hormone exists took a major hit Monday. Both the United Kingdom Anti-Doping agency
(UKAD) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) trumpeted the positive
HGH test of British professional rugby player Terry Newton as "proof positive" that the
drug can be detected in blood tests.
---RELATED/REPORT: BASEBALL PLANS TO TEST FOR HGH IN MINORS (Credit
New York Times): MLB, which had long been skeptical about a viable test for human
growth hormone, now plans to implement blood testing for the substance in the minor
leagues later this year, according to an official in baseball with direct knowledge of the
matter.
NBA:
---KINGS WAIVE G LARRY HUGHES, LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER ACQUIRING
HIM FROM KNICKS
---ROOKIE MARCUS THORNTON SETS HORNETS RECORD WITH 23 POINTS
IN THE 2ND QUARTER
---MARCUS CAMBY SPRAINS RIGHT ANKLE OF TRAIL BLAZERS’ GAME: X-rays
of the ankle were negative and Camby is day to day.
---CELTICS F PAUL PIERCE DOESN’T PLAY DUE TO THE FLU: He wouldn’t have
played anyway, because of a sore right thumb.
---HEAT STAR DWYANE WADE MISSES 3RD STRAIGHT GAME (STRAINED LEFT
CALF)
---WASHINGTON'S JOSH HOWARD (TORN LEFT ACL) TO MISS REMAINDER
OF SEASON
--RELATED/MARK CUBAN-JOSH HOWARD DIDN'T LOOK HUNG OVER TO
ME (Credit Dan Patrick Radio Show)
---ROCKETS' TREVOR ARIZA OUT 3 GAMES WITH HIP POINTER
NFL:
---NFLPA DIRECTOR DeMAURICE SMITH SAYS IN MEMO TO PLAYERS,
AGENTS THAT IT’S LIKELY NO CBA WILL BE REACHED AND UPCOMING
SEASON WILL BE PLAYED WITHOUT SALARY CAP
---FORMER SEAHAWKS PRESIDENT TIM RUSKELL AGREES TO BECOME
BEARS DIRECTOR OF PLAYER PERSONNEL (Credit ESPN NFL Insider Adam
Schefter)
---SOURCES-RAIDERS ACTIVE IN TRADE TALKS (Credit ESPN's Adam Schefter):
The Raiders are open to dealing multiple players on their roster, including Pro Bowl
cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.
---FORMER RAIDERS ASSISTANT RANDY HANSON FILES CIVIL LAWSUIT
AGAINST HEAD COACH TOM CABLE AND RAIDERS
---BRONCOS RELEASE C CASEY WIEGMANN, RB LaMONT JORDAN
---JETS SIGN K NICK FOLK
---49ERS FRANCHISE NT AUBRAYO FRANKLIN
---SAM WYCHE EXPECTS TIM TEBOW TO HAVE NFL SUCCESS (Credit St.
Petersburg Times)
---US CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO CONSIDER FINE FOR JANET
JACKSON'S WARDROBE MALFUNCTION
---PLAYGIRL OFFERS MICHAEL VICK $1 MILLION TO POSE
NHL:
---PLAYERS’ ASSOCIATION RESOLVES DISPUTE WITH FORMER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR PAUL KELLY
College basketball:
---UCLA FRESHMAN F BRENDAN LANE SPRAINS LEFT ANKLE AT THE END
OF PRACTICE: He will be a game-time decision Thursday.
Colleges:
---OLE MISS STUDENTS VOTE TO REPLACE REBEL MASCOT
---TRINITY SQUASH PLAYER BASET CHAUDHRY APOLOGIZES FOR ACTIONS
AT END OF MATCH
Tiger Woods:
---TIGER WOODS PICKS UP TAB FOR COSTS OF HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCE
(Credit Florida Times Union): Tiger Woods, his corporation or management team will pay
for all costs associated with planning and implementing his 14-minute statement last Friday
at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse. Woods' appearance at the TPC required the use of nearly 30
St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies who were working on an off-duty basis but paid the
standard overtime rate of $33 per hour. The TPC Sawgrass would not release the bill for the
use of the Sunset Room, a 2,112-square foot room on the second floor of the clubhouse, but
the Times-Union has learned that there is a $5,000 minimum for the room, with the price
going as high as $15,000, depending on the day of the week, the time of year and the services
required by the clubhouse staff.
Auto racing:
---HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS HAS CONCERNS ABOUT AXLES
Misc.:
---MLS SIDES FAIL TO MEET AS POSSIBLE STRIKE LOOMS
---CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN ED THOMAS MURDER TRIAL SET FOR
WEDNESDAY