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College Sports
Tyler Summitt has resigned as Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach after only two seasons, apologizing for a relationship he was involved in through a statement released by the university.
School officials announced Summitt’s resignation Thursday.
Summitt says he is “profoundly disappointed” in himself for a “relationship” that hurt the people he loves and respect most. Summitt, who got married in 2013, said it is best he resigns from his job at Louisiana Tech.
He also asked for people to respect the privacy of his family as they deal with the “difficult situation” he created.
The son of Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, he was hired in April 2014 after two seasons as assistant coach at Marquette. Now 25, Summitt went 16-15 in his first season and 14-16 this season.
Princeton University fired its men’s lacrosse coach after he elbowed an opposing player.
The university said Wednesday that the move to terminate Chris Bates came after a review of the incident that took place during a game at Brown University on Saturday. He had been put on leave earlier this week.
A video shows Bates hitting a Brown midfielder with his elbow as the player was running off the field.
Messages left at phone numbers listed for Bates were not immediately returned Thursday. Bates declined to comment in the midst of the review; he told the Daily News of New York in an email “there’s more context to the story than what appears in a :5 clip.”
Bates was in his seventh season and led the Tigers to three Ivy League titles.
The team’s offensive coordinator, Matt Madalon will serve as interim coach for the remainder of the season. The university will conduct a national search for a replacement.
MLB
The St. Louis Cardinals traded left-handed pitcher Jayson Aquino to the Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations.
Aquino was acquired by the Cardinals on a waiver claim from Cleveland on Dec. 9 and assigned to the 40-man roster. He was later designated for assignment ahead of Thursday’s trade to Baltimore.
Aquino was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic by the Colorado Rockies in 2009.
OLYMPICS
Brazilian police say they are investigating whether Rio de Janeiro’s state water utility may be committing environmental crimes by failing to treat sewage.
Officer Marcelo Prudente says police investigators visited at least six of Rio’s main sewage treatment plants to take samples for testing.
The plants are located on lagoons in western Rio near the Olympic Park and on the sewage-polluted Guanabara Bay, where Olympic sailing events are to be held.
Prudente didn’t elaborate on the technical aspect, but said the tests could lead to charges of environmental crime and larceny against the utility.
Laszlo Kiss, coach of Hungary’s national swimming team, resigned after it was revealed that he was one of three men convicted in a 1961 rape case.
Kiss said Thursday in a statement that he was leaving in the interests of Hungarian sports and because his health was shaken by the disclosure of his conviction to three years in prison.
Associated Press
