College Basketball
Safety an issue with fans storming the courts
AMES, Iowa – The Big 12 said it won’t discipline Iowa State after students stormed the basketball court in a scene that left a newspaper columnist with a broken leg.
The league said Iowa State handled the postgame celebration consistent with the Big 12’s guidelines for sportsmanship and ethical conduct.
Randy Peterson of the Des Moines Register was knocked over while walking from press row to the postgame news conference after fans rushed the court Thursday night following Iowa State’s 83-82 win over Iowa.
Peterson broke the tibia and fibia in his left leg. He said he has no problem with fans rushing the floor after a big win.
Golf
New duo on top of the Shootout leaderboard
NAPLES, Fla. – Charley Hoffman and Daniel Berger had a one-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
Berger-Hoffman had birdies on the last three holes to finish 8 under for the day and 20-under 124 for the tournament. They led Brandt Snedeker and Jason Dufner and opening-day leaders Matt Kuchar and Harris English by a stroke.
NBA
Warriors stave off defeat, beat Celtics in 2OT
BOSTON – Stephen Curry scored 38 points with 11 rebounds and eight assists, and the Golden State Warriors improved to 24-0 this season by outlasting the Boston Celtics 124-119 in double overtime Friday night.
Counting the wins in their final four games last season, the defending NBA champions have won 28 in a row. They broke a tie with the 2012-13 Miami Heat for the second-longest winning streak in league history and now trail only the 33 in a row by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1971-72.
And the Warriors did it despite Curry’s worst-shooting night of the year.
Curry made only 9-of-27 shots from the field. But he was 6-for-13 from 3-point range and a perfect 14-of-14 from the free throw line, sinking a pair of foul shots with 13.4 seconds left to give the Warriors a three-point lead.
Williams, popular 6th man with Cavaliers, dies at 53
BATON ROUGE, La. – John “Hot Rod” Williams, a popular sixth man with Cleveland from 1986 to 1995, has died.
Williams’ agent, Mark Bartelstein, says Williams died Friday in a Baton Rouge hospital from complications related to prostate cancer. He was 53.
The 6-foot-11 Williams was a Louisiana native who played at Tulane and was the school’s second all-time scorer. He spent his first nine NBA seasons with Cleveland, then closed his career with shorter stints in Phoenix and Dallas, last playing in 1999.
Williams played in 887 NBA games, averaging 11 points and 6.8 rebounds. During the 1989-90 season, he averaged 16.8 points and 8.1 rebounds.
Tennis
Federer plans to team with Hingis in Rio Olympics
Roger Federer said he’ll team up with Martina Hingis for Switzerland in mixed doubles at next year’s Rio Olympics.
Federer wrote Friday on Twitter that he is “really excited” about the pairing and posted a photo of the two tennis stars from what he said was 15 years ago.
Federer owns a record 17 Grand Slam singles titles. He also owns two Olympic medals: silver in singles at London in 2012, and gold in doubles with Stan Wawrinka in 2008.
Hingis owns 20 major titles – five in singles, 11 in women’s doubles, four in mixed doubles – and is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She retired from singles but still competes in doubles, winning women’s and mixed titles at the U.S. Open in September.
Associated Press
