Siena’s Patsos defends self against abuse allegations
Embattled Siena men’s basketball coach Jimmy Patsos defended himself Friday against recent allegations that he verbally abused a team manager and denied any knowledge of withholding per diem payments to his players. “I never taunted, harassed or abuse this young man, nor did my coaches or players create a hostile environment for him,” Patsos said. “We did know he had OCD [obsessive compulsive disorder] … He was adamant that he wanted to be treated the same as everyone else.” At a news conference called by Patsos and his attorney, Dick Walsh, near the upstate New York campus, the former Loyola Maryland coach and longtime Maryland assistant said that had a good relationship with the manager and his family and was “greatly surprised” by the complaint filed with the university. HORSE RACING: There will be a 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover of $233,622.91 when racing resumes today at Laurel Park. The Rainbow 6 sequence spans Races 4-9. First race post is 1:10 p.m. Laurel will also simulcast today’s major Triple Crown preps — the $1 million Santa Anita Derby, $1 million Blue Grass and $750,000 Wood Memorial. A total of $59,120 was bet into Friday’s Rainbow 6, adding to a carryover of $214,705 from Monday’s program. —
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