Ex-Terps center Stone tries to catch on with Bulls
The search for a permanent NBA home continues for former Maryland center Diamond Stone. Stone, who came to College Park being mentioned as a potential lottery pick and left after his freshman year as a second-round selection, has signed with the Chicago Bulls, the team reported on its website Thursday. Stone signed a two-year contract. A report said he received a partial guarantee of $50,000, and would likely be assigned to Chicago’s G-League affiliate, the Windy City Bulls. It marks the fourth team Stone has been affiliated with. His chances of making the Chicago’s NBA roster seem remote, since the Bulls currently have four big men under contract. WIZARDS: Washington will retire Phil Chenier’s No. 45 on March 23 before the Wizards’ game against the Denver Nuggets. Chenier played nine seasons with the Washington Bullets (including the 1977-78 championship season) and spent 33 seasons as the team’s television color analyst. He will join Wes Unseld (41), Elvin Hayes (11), Gus Johnson (25) and Earl Monroe (10) as the fifth player to have his number retired by the organization. CAPITALS: Washington named Mitch Korn the team’s director of goaltending and promoted Scott Murray to goaltending coach. SAILING: The Sydney Flying Squadron, Australia’s oldest open-boat sailing club, is visiting Annapolis this weekend to participate in a challenge- match- race regatta featuring classic American Sandbaggers and historical Australian 18-Footers. It will race its boats in the eighth annual Classic Wooden Sailboat Rendezvous & Race on Saturday and Sunday. The 18-foot skiffs, considered the fastest class of sailing skiffs, began racing on Australia’s Sydney Harbor in 1892. The 18-Footers will be launching every day at 10:30 a.m. from the Annapolis Sailing School and will be on display to the public at 11 a.m. today and Saturday at the National Sailing Hall of Fame docks. HORSE RACING: Laurel Park will host the Fall Festival of Racing on Saturday, featuring seven stakes worth $900,000 in purses, including the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3). First race post time is 1:10 p.m. WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Penn StateHarrisburg junior goalkeeper Kayla Arnold (Francis Scott Key) made 16 saves in two games over the weekend at the DC Classic hosted by Catholic University, earning all-tournament recognition. Arnold posted her third shutout of the season, a 1-0 overtime win against Guilford. COLLEGE BASEBALL: Dave Gage was named coach at Stevenson. Gage, who coached at Southern Vermont, is the third baseball coach in Mustangs program history. COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY: Maryland sophomore Bodil Keus was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Navy senior linebacker D.J. Palmore was placed on the American Athletic Conference weekly honor roll. ... Johns Hopkins sophomore quarterback David Tammaro was named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week. ... Bowie State sophomore linebacker Gene Carson was named Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Special Teams Player of the Week. The Bulldogs’ Damon Wilson was selected CIAA Coach of the Week. — Ban Ki-moon of South Korea was elected chair of the IOC’s ethics commission. ... Gary Wadler, former chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency, died of a degenerative neurological disorder at 78.
The U.S. dropped two places in the FIFA rankings to No. 28 as it struggles to qualify for the World Cup. Germany is back on top, followed by Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and Belgium. ... U.S. defender Geoff Cameron will miss Stoke’s next two games in the Premier League because of a right hamstring injury. ... Sporting Kansas City signed 17-year-old Jaylin Lindsey, who has made more than 25 appearances for the U.S. under-17 national team. ... Arsenal beat Cologne 3-1 in its first Europa League match in 17 years, while AC Milan routed Austria Vienna 5-1. ... Real Madrid extended the contract of Francisco “Isco” Alarcon through 2022.
Lynx C Sylvia Fowles was named the WNBA MVP for the first time. Fowles, 31, finished among the top five in scoring (18.9 points per game, fifth), rebounding (10.4, second) and blocked shots (1.97, tied for second). ... Shooting G Devante Doutrive of California, rated a four-star prospect, signed a letter of intent with Utah. ... AD John Currie said athletes for all women’s sports at Tennessee can once again refer to themselves as the Lady Volunteers, reversing a decision his predecessor made three years ago. ... Senators F Clarke MacArthur, who had a concussion last year, failed his training camp physical. ... Former Blues D Noel Picard, pictured in the famous photo of Bobby Orr flying through the air after scoring a Stanley Cup-winning goal, died of cancer at 78.