College Football
Buffs’ backup QB transferring to play basketball instead
BOULDER – Colorado quarterback Shane Dillon plans to transfer to another school to play basketball.
Dillon is a redshirt freshman and is listed as a backup on the Buffaloes’ depth chart behind junior Connor Wood.
The 6-5, 200-pound Dillon was recruited as a basketball player out of Christian High School in El Cajon, Calif. He went through spring practice with Colorado and was 19-for-39 for 185 yards and two touchdowns in four scrimmages under new coach Mike MacIntyre.
The school said in a statement that Dillon had spoken with CU basketball coach Tad Boyle about joining the team, but no scholarships were available.
MLB
Union addresses discipline and instant replay
NEW YORK – The baseball players’ association said any suspensions resulting from the sport’s latest drug investigation likely won’t be served until next year if the discipline is challenged before an arbitrator.
Union head Michael Weiner expects Major League Baseball will notify the union of its plans for penalties in the next month, and the association will maintain any discipline should not be announced until after a grievance hearing.
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball said it is moving ahead with plans to expand instant replay for umpires’ calls next year.
Video review has been in place for home run calls since August 2008. Commissioner Bud Selig initially wanted to add trap plays and fair/foul calls down the lines for 2013, but change was put off while more radical options were examined.
NBA
Nuggets hire Karnisovas to assist Connelly, Kroenke
DENVER – The Denver Nuggets hired Arturas Karnisovas as its assistant general manager.
Karnisovas will help new general manager Tim Connelly and team president Josh Kroenke with day-to-day operations related to scouting and player personnel matters.
Karnisovas, 42, spent the last five years with the Houston Rockets, most recently as their scouting director. He started with the Rockets as an international scout after spending four years in basketball operations in the NBA’s league office.
Before working in the NBA, Karnisovas had an impressive international playing career. After attending Seton Hall from 1990 to 1994, he helped Lithuania win Olympic bronze medals in 1992 and ’96 and played professionally for Barcelona, Bologna, Olympiakos and Athens, reaching the Euroleague Final Four three times.
Kidd makes plea deal for drunken driving charge
HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. – Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was placed on interim probation a year after he smashed his Cadillac sports utility vehicle into a utility pole on eastern Long Island.
In exchange for the guilty plea, Kidd agreed to speak to Long Island high school students about the dangers of drunken driving. If he fulfills his community service, his plea will be reduced to a violation, driving while ability impaired, when he returns to court Sept. 30.
Kidd, who retired as an NBA player after last season, recently was hired to coach the Nets – the team he took to two NBA Finals.
USA Basketball
USA Basketball minicamp adds 3 in Leonard’s absence
COLORADO SPRINGS – Kawhi Leonard has pulled out of USA Basketball’s minicamp, and three players were added to the roster.
Indiana’s George Hill, Charlotte’s Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart will train with the Americans next week in Las Vegas. The roster of young players now totals 29.
The Americans will practice for three days before holding an intrasquad exhibition game July 25.
Associated Press
