Third horse fatality occurs at Del Mar during training
DEL MAR, CALIF. >> A third horse has died during training at Del Mar, including the second trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.
A track spokesman confirmed the death of Bowl of Soul, a 3-year-old filly trained by Baffert. She broke down Monday after an injury to her right hind fetlock and was euthanized. Jockey Joe Talamo, her regular rider, was aboard.
Bowl of Soul won her first race at Santa Anita on May 27 and was second in another on June 23.
The first two deaths at Del Mar occurred July 18, a day after the track north of San Diego opened its summer meet.
Charge A Bunch, trained by Carla Gaines, threw rider Geovanni Franco, turned sharply and collided with Carson Valley, trained by Baffert. Carson Valley’s rider, jockey Assael Espinoza, was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Franco was not injured.
Baffert said it was a freak accident beyond anyone’s control and that both horses were killed on impact.
McCollum agrees with Blazers
PORTLAND, ORE. >> CJ McCollum has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers.
The 27-year-old McCollum averaged 21.0 points last season, helping Portland make it to the Western Conference finals. The 6-foot-3 shooting guard, who was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 10th overall pick in the 2013 draft, has averaged at least 20.8 points over the last four years.
The agreement keeps McCollum under contract through the 2023-24 season. McCollum’s agent told ESPN the extension is worth $100 million.
Kidd, Hollins top Frank Vogel’s coaching staff with Lakers
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF,. >> Former NBA head coaches Jason Kidd and Lionel Hollins have joined new coach Frank Vogel’s staff with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Lakers formally announced Vogel’s full coaching staff Wednesday.
Phil Handy, Miles Simon, former Lakers guard Mike Penberthy and Quinton Crawford also will be Vogel’s assistant coaches. Simon is the only holdover from former coach Luke Walton’s staff.
Woman: Too drunk to consent to sex with ex-UW player Cephus
MADISON, WIS. >> A second woman who says she was raped by former University of Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus in his apartment in Madison testified Wednesday that she had been too drunk that night to consent to sex.
The 21-year-old former Badgers wide receiver from Macon, Georgia, is charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault in the alleged assault of two 18-year-old women on the same night in April 2018.
Both women have testified that they were too drunk to consent. Cephus has said the sex was consensual and was arranged by one of his accusers.
The woman who testified Wednesday said she was extremely intoxicated and has almost no memory of what happened that night, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. The woman said she only learned hours later of the alleged assault in a phone call with her friend — the other woman who says she was assaulted. The friend told her to go to the hospital for a sexual assault examination.
“I was in shock,” the woman testified. “I was very grossed out. I didn’t want to deal with it at the moment. I didn’t want to do anything.”
Avs extend Girard
DENVER >> The Colorado Avalanche locked up defenseman Samuel Girard with a sevenyear extension that runs through the 202627 season.
The 21-year-old Girard played in all 82 games last season. He finished with four goals and 23 assists for a Colorado team that’s made back-to-back playoff appearances.
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