Kaminsky, Stewart win
Frank Kaminsky of national runner-up Wisconsin and Breanna Stewart of three-time national champion Connecticut won the John R. Wooden Awards as national college basketball players of the year. They received their trophies Friday night during the first College Basketball Awards at the Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles.
Greg Wooden , a grandson of the late UCLA coach, announced Kaminsky’s name. The senior center finished ahead of Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor and Kentucky junior Willie Cauley-Stein . Stewart accepted the women’s trophy from retired UCLA star and Wooden family friend Ann Meyers Drysdale . Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame was second, Tiffany Mitchell of South Carolina third. authorities and disorderly conduct and were released without bail. Sefolosha suffered a broken leg, a season-ending surgery. A 22-year-old suspect in the stabbings is in custody. The NBA players’ union said it was investigating the incidents.
Portland Trail Blazers guard Arron Afflalo will miss at least a week because of a right shoulder strain.
Kurt Busch won the pole position for tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race, the Duck Commander 500 in Fort Worth, his second pole in four races since his reinstatement from a suspension for allegedly assaulting his former girlfriend.
Americans Jack Sock and Sam Querrey reached the semifinals of the U.S. Clay Court Championships in Houston. Sock defeated Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, and Querrey beat Spain’s Feliciano Lopez, 6-4, 6-1. Fernando Verdasco and Kevin Anderson also advanced. . . . Madison Keys dominated fellow American Lauren Davis , 6-2, 6-2, and qualifier Lucie Hrdecka upset fourth-seeded Sara Errani , 6-2, 6-4, in quarterfinals at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. . . . Agnieszka Radwanska reached the semifinals of the Katowice Open in her native Poland, beating Klara Koukalova , 6-1, 6-1.
UCLA’s baseball team, ranked sixth in the nation, beat No. 8 USC, 9-3, in the opener of a three-game series at USC’s Dedeaux Field. Ty Moore and Christoph Bono hit threerun home runs for the Bruins.
The New Orleans Saints signed former Dallas linebacker and defensive end Anthony Spencer to a oneyear contract. . . . The NFL suspended New York Giants linebacker Victor Butler for the first four games of next season for violating its policy on performance enhancing substances.
Lauren Hill , the 19-year-old basketball player who became an inspiration and made national headlines by playing for Mount St. Joseph College after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, died Friday morning. (Story, B6)
Former Florida football coach and athletic director Ray Graves , who helped the Gators reach national prominence in the 1960s, died at 96, the school said. Former Florida and current South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier won the 1966 Heisman Trophy when Graves coached the team.
William J. Morey Jr. , a thoroughbred trainer who won over 1,300 races mostly on the Northern California circuit, died of cancer at 74.