Ex-BC women’s coach Inglese hurt in fall
Former Boston College women’s basketball coach
Cathy Inglese suffered a brain injury when she fell Wednesday, according to a social media post by her sister.
“My sister Cathy Inglese has suffered a traumatic brain injury and is fighting for her life,” Nancy Inglese posted on Facebook. “I am asking all family, friends and acquaintances to please pray for her. She needs ALL your prayers.”
The 60-year-old Inglese coached at Boston College from 1993-2008 and was hired as an assistant coach at Hofstra last month.
Inglese led the Eagles to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including the Sweet 16 three times. She led the Eagles to their lone Big East tournament championship in 2004.
NFC title suit OK’d
A Louisiana judge won’t stop a lawsuit against the NFL over the playoff “nocall” that led to the Rams beating the Saints and advancing to the 2019 Super Bowl.
State Civil District Court Judge Nicole Sheppard ruled yesterday in the damage suit filed by attorney Antonio LeMon.
LeMon said that means commissioner Roger Goodell and game officials can be questioned in depositions. The officials failed to call either pass interference or roughness penalties when a Rams player leveled a Saints receiver with a helmet-to-helmet hit at a crucial point in the NFC title game. ...
The Oakland Raiders signed free agent receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El.
Francis Seattle GM
Seattle’s NHL expansion team officially announced its general manager — Ron
Francis, a Hall of Famer and a two-time Stanley Cup winner.
He will have complete control of operations under Seattle Hockey Partners CEO Tod Leiweke. The yetto-be-named team will debut in 2021.
The Seattle club also said it has more than 32,000 season ticket deposit holders and another 25,000 on a waiting list.
Too hot to race
The New York Racing Association canceled tomorrow’s card of racing at Saratoga Race Course because of excessive heat forecast for eastern New York. ...
The New York City Triathlon scheduled for Sunday has been canceled because of the extreme heat levels expected for race day. ...
Two horses were killed in a collision at Del Mar during training on the second day of its 2019 season.
Poston posts 62
J.T. Poston shot a 10-under 62 to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in Nicholasville, Ky. ...
Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer shot a best-ball 6-under 64 for a share of the second-round lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s first-year team event in Midland, Mich. Stephanie Meadow and Giulia Molinaro (61) and Frenchwomen Celine Boutier and Karine Icher (62) matched Pressel and Creamer at 10-under 130.
Yates sprints to win
British rider Simon Yates posted his first Tour de France stage win after a long breakaway in the Pyrenees mountains. Frenchman
Julian Alaphilippe kept the race leader’s yellow jersey ahead of today’s time trial in Pau, 1 minute, 12 seconds ahead of defending champion Geraint Thomas.