1st Terps women’s lacrosse coach selected for shrine
Sue Tyler, the first women’s lacrosse coach at Maryland, was selected for induction into the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association’s 2018 Hall of Fame Class. Tyler started the women’s lacrosse program at Maryland, serving as the coach in 1974 and from1976 to 1990. Over her16 seasons, Tyler compiled a 195-61-3 record and won
Pat Perles, the son of a former Michigan State AD and football coach and current member of the university’s governing board George Perles, said it’s a “fabrication” that his father would have covered up a rape allegation made against Larry Nassar in 1992. Pat Perles told ESPN that allegations in a lawsuit filed Monday against the school seem to be aimed at getting a “quick payday.” The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a woman who said she was drugged and raped on videotape in 1992 when she was a 17-year-old field hockey player and Nassar was a medical student. It would be one of the earliest assault allegations against Nassar, who became a sports doctor at Michigan State and USA Gymnastics. He’s now serving decades in prison for child pornography and sexual assault. ... The kickoff for Georgia’s football game against Middle Tennessee on Saturday was moved to noon due to concerns about the impact of Hurricane Florence. ... Anthony Brown threw two of his career-high five touchdown passes to Jeff Smith, and Boston College beat Wake Forest 41-34 on Thursday night in a game that started two hours early with Hurricane Florence approaching.
Maria Torres and Carlota Ciganda each shot an opening-round 6-under 65 and shared a one-stroke lead at the Evian Championship in Evian-Les-Bains, France. Austin Ernst was second, while world No. 1 Sung Hyun Park shot a 77 and was tied for 97th at the LPGA’s final major of the season.
Celtics G Jabari Bird said in a statement that he’s taking a break from the team following charges that he choked and kicked his girlfriend and prevented her from leaving his apartment. In an arraignment hearing earlier in the day in which Bird pleaded not guilty and was held on $50,000 bail, prosecutors alleged that the 24-year-old strangled his girlfriend at least a dozen times over a four-hour period on Sept. 7. ... Celtics F Gordon Hayward said during a news conference in Boston that he’s “basically 100 percent” after recovering from his gruesome left ankle injury.
The Sharks acquired All-Star D and two-time Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson in a trade with the rebuilding Senators, who received F Chris Tierney and D Dylan DeMelo, prospects Josh Norris and Rudolfs Balcers, a conditional 2019 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2020 firstround pick. If the Sharks re-sign Karlsson, 28, who’s entering the final year of a seven-year, $45 million contract, the Senators also will receive a conditional 2021 second-round pick. The Sharks also acquired F Francis Perron in the deal. ... The Stars signed All-Star F Tyler Seguin, 26, to an eight-year extension worth $78.8 million that goes through the 2026-27 season.
Orlando City SC will host the 2019 MLS All-Star Game. The event will be held at Orlando City Stadium, while the opponent and actual date of the game still are to be determined. ... Jelle Wallays of Belgium won the Spanish Vuelta’s flat 18th stage, while Simon Yates held a 25-second overall lead before the decisive two days in the Pyrenees Mountains. ... Downhill ski racer Breezy Johnson will miss the World Cup season after tearing the ACL in her right knee.