Hall of Fame calls for Parker, Smith
Local coaches Jack Parker and Ben Smith headline this year’s U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class, announced yesterday.
Parker, who coached at Boston University for more than 40 seasons, won 897 games and three national titles while there. He won 11 conference titles, 21 Beanpots and was named coach of the year three times.
Smith led the U.S. Olympic women’s team to its first-ever gold medal in 1988 and coached the team in two other Olympics. He helped the program win two world championships. Smith coached the men’s team at Northeastern University and was an assistant for Parker at BU for nine seasons.
Scott Young, a former BU standout who played 17 seasons in the NHL, Ron Wilson, who amassed 648 victories as an NHL coach and Kevin Collins, who officiated more than 2,000 NHL games as a linesman round out the class that will be inducted later this year in Eveleth, Minn.
NBA: Griffin, Cavs part
David Griffin’s run with the Cleveland Cavaliers is over after one championship and three straight trips to the NBA Finals. The general manager and team mutually parted ways when owner Dan Gilbert said Griffin’s contract will not be extended once it expires June 30.
Griffin’s out three days before the draft — the Cavaliers are currently without a pick — and on the eve of free agency. Trent Redden, the team’s senior vice president of basketball operations, is also not returning, but assistant GM Koby Altman remains. . . .
Chris Granger is leaving the Sacramento Kings after almost four years as team president to take on a new challenge. John Rinehart was promoted from chief financial officer to president of business operations.
Colleges: FSU alive at CWS
Florida State converted three walks, two infield singles and a double into three runs to take the lead in the seventh inning, and the Seminoles knocked Cal State Fullerton out of the College World Series with a 6-4 win yesterday in Omaha, Neb. The Seminoles will play LSU in another elimination game tomorrow.
Oregon State routed LSU, 13-1, for its 23rd straight win, as KJ Harrison hit a grand slam and Bryce Fehmel allowed two hits in eight innings. . . .
Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was fined $300 and ordered to pay court costs after accepting a guilty plea to three misdemeanors following his arrest earlier this year on charges of public intoxication, fleeing and disorderly conduct, prosecutors in Fayetteville, Ark., said. The Sooners announced internal sanctions, including community service and alcohol education. He won’t miss any football games.
Misc.: Woods gets help
Tiger Woods is receiving professional help to manage his medications, according to a statement released by the golfer. Woods was charged last month with driving under the influence after police in Jupiter, Fla., found him asleep at the wheel of his car. He told officers he had a reaction to several prescription drugs. . . .
Ex-NFL great Lawrence Taylor pleaded guilty to drunken driving in West Palm Beach, Fla., from a September 2016 arrest, and was sentenced to one year of probation, a nine-month license suspension, a fine and community service.