College Football
Pedersen leaves Boise State for the Washington Huskies
SEATTLE – Chris Petersen is headed to Washington after finally being persuaded to leave Boise State.
Petersen agreed to become the Huskies’ new football coach Friday, leaving behind an unprecedented run of success with the Broncos. The Huskies made the announcement Friday morning after Petersen reportedly met with Washington athletic director Scott Woodward on Thursday night in Boise.
Petersen will replace Steve Sarkisian, who went 34-29 in five seasons at Washington before leaving earlier this week to take the job at USC. Petersen was 92-12 in his eight seasons at Boise State.
MLB
Cano and Granderson leave; Beltran and Kuroda arrive
SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners remained quiet Friday about a potential major deal with free agent second baseman Robinson Cano.
Cano and the Mariners apparently reached agreement on a $240-million, 10-year contract pending a physical, a reported deal that would be one of the largest in baseball history.
NEW YORK – Free-agent outfielder Curtis Granderson and the New York Mets agreed to a $60-million, four-year contract, according to a person familiar with the situation.
NEW YORK – Carlos Beltran is coming back to New York, this time to the Bronx. The All-Star outfielder and the Yankees agreed Friday to a $45 million, three-year contract, two people familiar with the deal said.
NEW YORK – After he declined a $14.1-million qualifying offer from New York last month, Hiroki Kuroda reportedly accepted a one-year, $16-million deal Friday.
NFL
Another loss to the Jaguars was Kubiak’s last straw
HOUSTON – The scuffling Houston Texans fired Gary Kubiak on Friday, parting ways with the only coach to lead the team to the playoffs.
The team announced the decision one day after the Texans lost their 11th consecutive game, 27-20 at Jacksonville, a stunning fall for a team that expected to make a Super Bowl run. Houston (2-11) played miserably and was flagged 14 times for a franchise-record 177 yards.
The 52-year-old Kubiak was hired in 2006 and led the team to back-to-back AFC South titles in 2011-2012, the highlights of his eight-year tenure.
Kubiak’s overall record is 61-64, with a 2-2 mark in the playoffs.
World Cup Skiing
Svindal wins his 4th race at Beaver Creek Resort
BEAVER CREEK – Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway weathered falling snow, freezing temperatures and low visibility to win a World Cup downhill race Friday, his fourth victory at the resort.
Svindal finished in a time of 1 minute, 44.50 seconds, beating Hannes Reichelt of Austria by 0.17 seconds. Peter Fill of Italy was third.
Bode Miller, of Franconia, N.H., wound up in 13th place as he works his way back from a knee injury that sidelined him all of last season.
Vonn returns to a 40th-place effort at Lake Lindsey
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won a World Cup downhill by more than a half-second Friday for her first victory of the season.
Hoefl-Riesch, the 2011 overall World Cup champion and a double gold medalist at the 2010 Olympics, finished the course in 1 minute, 56.03 seconds.
Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden of Switzerland was next in 1:56.73, with Elena Fanchini of Italy third in 1:57.23.
Four-time overall champion and reigning Olympic downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn raced for the first time in 10 months and finished 40th of 60 starters. Vonn had won seven consecutive races at Lake Louise but is coming back from major knee surgery after a crash at the world championships in February.
Associated Press
