Maryland Terrapins men's basketball head coach Gary Williams, surprisingly announced his retirement yesterday afternoon. A press conference is set for today at 1pm at the Comcast Center. Williams won Maryland's only national championship in 2002 and finishes his 33 year career with a coaching record of 668-380. His final few seasons, at Maryland, involved a lot of "issues" between Williams and former Maryland athletic director, Debbie Yow. Yow recently moved on to NC State but Williams made sure he didn't leave without a final shot at Yow - read here.
LA Lakers' forward Ron Artest was suspended for the next game of the Western Conference semifinals after he clothes-lined DallasMavericks guard Jose Juan Berea in the last minute of game 2.
The Vancouver Canucks took a 3-1 series lead over the Nashville Predators after scoring a pair of late goals to win 4-2.
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward continued a strange week for Steelers players as he was detained, at gunpoint, by police after being stopped for traveling in a reported stolen car. However, it turns out not only was the car not really stolen but it was the property of the passenger riding along with Ward. The female passenger had reported the car stolen in April but had forgotten to cancel the stolen car report. Ward and the female passenger were taken out of the car at gunpoint and handcuffed, but after a few minutes the female passenger proved she was indeed the owner of the car and the police apologized and released them both. Truly a "non-story" as Ward quoted it to ESPN, but given the negative PR the Steelers have received already this week, thanks to running back Rashard Mendenhall's "tweets," it's safe to say it hasn't been a great week for the Steelers image (since we all know rival fans don't care about "facts" of what happened to Ward).
Kentucky Derby is Saturday. Here is some info on the horses in the race. Get your big goofy hats ready!
NFL Lockout continues to move absolutely no where. NFL players continue to say it's all the owners/NFL fault which means they don't want to take any responsibility. What a shock. Millionaires vs billionaires arguing over "not money" as the player say - right, then why do they continue to talk about the TV revenues and rookie pay scales. Good one. Obviously everyone knows the owners are greedy, but they do OWN organizations so of course they're going to act that way.
WVU sports news:
Former WVU basketball player, Patrick Beilein, began work as the new Director of Basketball Operations at Bradley University.
WVU offensive coordinator (and head-coach-in-waiting) Dana Holgorsen sat down for a special interview with WV Illustrated.
MLB Scores: Click here for the ESPN MLB Scoreboard
AL:
Tigers beat Yankees, 6-3. Tigers get 3rd straight vs Yanks. Jeter a healthy scratch.
Rays beat Blue Jays, 3-1. Johnny Damon (Rays) reached 2,600 career hits.
Angels beat Red Sox, 11-0. Red Sox pitcher John Lackey roughed up by former team.
Royals beat Orioles, 9-1. Royal's pitcher Bruce Chen moves to 4-1 on the season.
Indians beat Athletics, 4-3 in 12 innings. Cleveland off to a 21-9 start to the season.
Mariners beat Rangers, 3-1. Justin Smoak homered.
NL:
Reds beat Astros, 10-4. Homer Bailey has strong showing fresh off the DL (for the Reds).
Mets beat Giants, 5-2. Mets avoid the sweep.
Cardinals beat Marlins, 6-3. Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson records first loss of the season.
Phillies beat Nationals, 7-3. Roy Halladay records 10 strikeouts for the Phillies.
Braves beat Brewers, 2-1. Complete 4 game sweep of the series.
Diamondbacks beat Rockies, 3-2 in 11 innings. Walk-off hit for Justin Upton.
That's all. Enjoy your day!!
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