Gundy to handle OSU play calling

STILLWATER
Gundy to handle OSU play calling
Head coach Mike Gundy will handle the offensive play-calling for Oklahoma State in its season opener Saturday against Washington State, taking over duties he’d relinquished after being promoted from offensive coordinator three years ago.
Gundy said he thinks his program is on more stable footing, allowing him to take on additional responsibilities that he gave up when he took over as head coach prior to the 2005 season.
“We’re a little bit further as a group, as a team,” Gundy said Monday at his weekly news conference. “Fortunately, I haven’t had to deal with as many issues that I don’t like to deal with as I had three years ago. ... The system’s in place now and we don’t have as many issues in those areas, so that will free up more time.”

NFL
Former Cowboy dies at 40
DALLAS — Frank Cornish IV, an offensive lineman on two of the Dallas Cowboys’ Super Bowl champion teams in the 1990s, died over the weekend at age 40.
Cornish was pronounced dead Saturday morning at a Grapevine hospital, where he was taken from his home in nearby Southlake. His death was caused by heart disease, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office found.
Cornish played in the NFL for six years and was a backup with the Cowboys in the 1992 and 1993 seasons, when they won Super Bowls.
He was drafted in the sixth round by the San Diego Chargers in 1990 and also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles.

NASCAR
Teen picked to replace Stewart
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Joe Gibbs Racing has selected 18-year-old Joe Logano to replace Tony Stewart in the No. 20 Sprint Cup Toyota next season.
Logano was introduced Monday at the team’s race shop, less than two months after he made his debut in the Nationwide Series.
Home Depot will remain the primary sponsor of the car, and Greg Zipadelli will continue as crew chief.
Logano became the youngest winner on NASCAR’s second-tier series in June. While he’s considered by many to be NASCAR’s next big star, Logano has never driven in a Sprint Cup race.

Federal case
Bonds wants  charges slashed
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds is asking a federal judge to throw out most of the government’s perjury case against him that charges he lied to a federal grand jury about his alleged steroids use.
In a court filing Monday, lawyers for baseball’s home run king argue that many of the charges stem from ambiguous answers to ambiguous questions posed by prosecutors.
Bonds was indicted last November on charges he lied when he told a grand jury in 2003 he didn’t knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs. He is charged with 14 counts of making false declarations to a grand jury and one count of obstruction of justice.
Bonds, an unsigned free agent, hit .276 last year with 28 home runs and 66 runs batted in.