FORMER QB ROMO TO PLAY IN PGA EVENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
CALIF.» Former Dallas PEBBLE BEACH,
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is making his PGA Tour debut next month in the Dominican Republic. As a player, not a broadcaster. Romo, now the lead NFL analyst for CBS, received a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Puntacana Resort & Club Championship on March 2225. The first-year event is held opposite the Dell Technologies Match Play, a World Golf Championships event that attracts the top 64 in the world.
“You never know how good you are until you go play and perform,” Romo said Wednesday. “Obviously, the odds going against these guys are not great. I think we all know that. But I think that’s what makes it really fun and enjoyable. I also think that the challenge that’s presented is what a competitor really wants.”
• The Detroit Lions hired Paul Pasqualoni to be Matt Patricia’s defensive coordinator.
• The San Francisco 49ers resigned defensive lineman Cassius Marsh to a two-year contract.
Hamlin is Team USA’s flag bearer.
KOREA» Four PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH
-time Olympian and Olympic bronze medalist Erin Hamlin will be Team USA’s flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics, to be held Friday.
Hamlin was chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA members.
• Some of the Russian athletes seeking last-ditch admission to the Pyeongchang Olympics have arrived at the Games for their appeal hearings. Forty-five Russian athletes and two coaches are seeking to overturn the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to invite them to the games. If they win, it would force the IOC to accept athletes it considers to be linked to doping offenses.
• Wyoming’s Jaelin Kauf, 21, will compete this weekend in the Olympics. He is world’s top-ranked moguls skier.
Coach accused of molestation.
A volunteer gymnastics coach in Missouri is accused of inappropriately touching three young female gymnasts, and police are concerned there are more victims.
David Schneider, 41, of Washington, Mo., was charged with three counts of child molestation. The children alleged that Schneider touched their genitals while working with them as they practiced doing splits at the Kids in Motion gym in Washington, 50 miles west of St. Louis.
Authorities said the crimes occurred between 2011 and 2014, when the victims were 7 or 8 years old.
The married father is jailed on $100,000 bond.
• Six Republicans and 12 Democratic lawmakers signed onto legislation to establish a special committee to investigate the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics handling of sexual abuse allegations against former sports doctor Larry Nassar.
“Cyborg” fight aiming for UFC 222.
The UFC is close to finalizing a female featherweight title fight between Cris “Cyborg” Justino and Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 on March 3 in Las Vegas.
Max Holloway, UFC 222’s original headliner, was forced to pull out with an ankle injury.
Lawyer: Too much time has passed.
PA.» A lawyer for Graham HARRISBURG, Spanier argued to a Pennsylvania appeals court that too much time had passed for the former Penn State president to be charged with endangering the welfare of children over his handling of a complaint about Jerry Sandusky.
Footnotes.
Nebraska’s spring football game sold out — one day after tickets went on sale. … Simona Halep will miss Romania’s Fed Cup series against Canada this weekend because of an ankle injury. … The U.S. women’s national soccer team will play Mexico in Houston on April 8, as both teams prepare for World Cup qualifying later this year.