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NASCAR’s BAM Racing team is in discussions with Barack Obama’s presidential campaign about a potential sponsorship deal in the Sprint Cup series later this year.
Team spokesman Rhett Vandiver told The Associated Press on Friday that the team has made a sponsorship proposal to the Democratic presidential hopeful’s campaign, and has made similar proposals to the campaign of Republican John McCain and at least one third-party candidate.
Former OSU Cowboy suspended by NBA
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago’s JamesOn Curry was suspended for one game by the NBA on Thursday after the Bulls guard pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in Idaho.
Curry, a former Oklahoma State standout, was arrested in January and pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and urinating in public. A second-round draft pick in 2007, Curry spent most of his season in the Developmental League.
Guy released from hospital after shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville wide receiver Trent Guy was released from the hospital on Friday, less than a week after being shot in the back.
Guy was shot outside a parking garage near a downtown club in the early hours of July 5. He had surgery later that day.
The 20-year-old Guy is expected to make a full recovery, though it is unclear when or if Guy will be allowed to return to the field.
Orioles scout fired
NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran scout fired earlier this month by the Baltimore Orioles has been linked to a sports betting probe, and more scouts could soon be implicated, according to a SI.com report.
Anonymous sources told SI.com that Alan Marr’s name surfaced in a report from Major League Baseball’s investigative unit, created earlier this year in response to George Mitchell’s report on doping in baseball.
Stabler on leave of absence following arrest
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama football color analyst Ken Stabler has been granted a leave of absence for the upcoming season following his arrest on a drunken driving charge.
A star quarterback for Alabama in the 1960s, Stabler led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl title in 1977. He also played for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints during a 15-year NFL career.
High ratings for this year’s Wimbledon finals
NEW YORK (AP) — The epic Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on NBC earned the best national rating and viewership since 2000.
The women’s championship between sisters Venus and Serena Williams earned the highest national rating in three years.
NASCAR’s BAM Racing team is in discussions with Barack Obama’s presidential campaign about a potential sponsorship deal in the Sprint Cup series later this year.
Team spokesman Rhett Vandiver told The Associated Press on Friday that the team has made a sponsorship proposal to the Democratic presidential hopeful’s campaign, and has made similar proposals to the campaign of Republican John McCain and at least one third-party candidate.
Former OSU Cowboy suspended by NBA
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago’s JamesOn Curry was suspended for one game by the NBA on Thursday after the Bulls guard pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in Idaho.
Curry, a former Oklahoma State standout, was arrested in January and pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and urinating in public. A second-round draft pick in 2007, Curry spent most of his season in the Developmental League.
Guy released from hospital after shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville wide receiver Trent Guy was released from the hospital on Friday, less than a week after being shot in the back.
Guy was shot outside a parking garage near a downtown club in the early hours of July 5. He had surgery later that day.
The 20-year-old Guy is expected to make a full recovery, though it is unclear when or if Guy will be allowed to return to the field.
Orioles scout fired
NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran scout fired earlier this month by the Baltimore Orioles has been linked to a sports betting probe, and more scouts could soon be implicated, according to a SI.com report.
Anonymous sources told SI.com that Alan Marr’s name surfaced in a report from Major League Baseball’s investigative unit, created earlier this year in response to George Mitchell’s report on doping in baseball.
Stabler on leave of absence following arrest
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama football color analyst Ken Stabler has been granted a leave of absence for the upcoming season following his arrest on a drunken driving charge.
A star quarterback for Alabama in the 1960s, Stabler led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl title in 1977. He also played for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints during a 15-year NFL career.
High ratings for this year’s Wimbledon finals
NEW YORK (AP) — The epic Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on NBC earned the best national rating and viewership since 2000.
The women’s championship between sisters Venus and Serena Williams earned the highest national rating in three years.
Baltimore seeks
WNBA franchise
BALTIMORE (AP) — Mayor Sheila Dixon says she has met with WNBA representatives to discuss the possibility of moving a franchise to Baltimore once a new downtown arena is built.
Dixon says she’d like to see the new arena built on the same site where the 1st Mariner Arena now stands. A Maryland Stadium Authority report recommended last year that the 46-year-old arena be replaced.
Former Olympic gold medalist to coach
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Olympic gold-medal sprinter is now an assistant coach for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers’ track and field team.
Pauline Davis-Thompson will coach sprints, hurdles and jumps. She is replacing Caryl Smith Gilbert, who left last summer to coach Central Florida.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former NBA star Latrell Sprewell is getting his home back.
The bank holding his mortgage foreclosed on his home in the Milwaukee suburb of River Hills in May, after Sprewell defaulted on his payments.
The house — worth more than $667,000 — was set to go to a sheriff’s sale, but a lawyer for RBS Citizens Bank says Sprewell paid the bank the amount he owed.
Filings show he owed about $320,000, and it’s unclear whether he refinanced or paid the full amount.
Attorney Jeffrey Cooper says he filed a motion with the Milwaukee County Circuit Court asking that the foreclosure judgment be vacated.
In January, the Milwaukee native’s 70-foot yacht, named “Milwaukee’s Best,” was sold at auction for $856,000 to a man from Milwaukee.
NEW YORK (AP) — David Wright of the New York Mets will replace injured Alfonso Soriano of the Chicago Cubs on the National League All-Star roster.
All-Star manager Clint Hurdle of the Colorado Rockies made the announcement Friday. Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday, originally selected as a reserve, will replace Soriano in the starting lineup.
Soriano, on the disabled list since June 12 with a broken left hand, will attend the festivities.
BEIJING (AP) — Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month’s Beijing Olympic Games.
Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
Waiters and waitresses should “patiently” suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei.
Dog, known in Chinese as “xiangrou,” or “fragrant meat,” is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities.
Beijing isn’t the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.
South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of “foods deemed unsightly.” After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced.
Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.
