Williams, Calhoun in college hoops hall

Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a stellar cast of coaches to be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.

Another longtime coach, Jerry Krause of Eastern Washington, will join the four, along with players Richard Hamilton of Connecticut, Larry Miller of North Carolina, Frank Selvy of Furman and Jimmy Walker of Providence.

Williams retired in 2021 after leading two of college basketball’s bluebloods, Kansas and North Carolina, to a combined 903 wins — the third most for a Division I coach — and nine Final Four appearances.

Calhoun won three national championships at UConn, the first of them with Hamilton, the Final Four’s MVP after the Huskies beat Duke in 1999. Calhoun is one of six coaches in Division I history with at least three national titles.

MLS: Canadian teen Jacen Russell-Rowe had two assists to help the Columbus Crew beat host Toronto FC 2-1. The 19year-old, from Brampton, Ontario, is a former Toronto FC academy player. He signed a first-team deal with Columbus (5-5-6) on Wednesday after leading the MLS Next Pro League with 11 goals for Crew 2.

⏩ Brenner had a hat trick and host Cincinnati tied New York City FC 4-4.

WNBA: Candace Parker had a season-high 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and host Chicago beat the Connecticut Sun 91-83 for the Sky’s fourth straight victory.

College basketball: Emoni Bates, one of the top recruits in the 2021 recruiting class, says he is transferring from Memphis to his hometown school, Eastern Michigan.

NHL: The Los Angeles Kings acquired high-scoring forward Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for their firstround pick in the upcoming draft and prospect Brock Faber.