Stanford receiver Owusu is out
Cardinal will miss Friday’s game after concussion vs. UCLA
Stanford wide receiver Francis Owusu will miss the seventh-ranked Cardinal’s game at No. 10 Washington on Friday after suffering a concussion in last Saturday’s come-from-behind win over UCLA.
Owusu was knocked out of Saturday’s game in the second quarter when UCLA defensive back Tahaan Goodman delivered a vicious helmet-to-helmet hit, forcing a fumble that the Bruins’ Adarius Pickett recovered.
“He’s doing much better,” Stanford coach David Shaw said of Owusu. “If it were up to him, he’d be playing (on Friday). But it’s not up to him. I want him to be 100 percent when he gets back on the field, and that will not be this week.”
Solomon Thomas has n been named the Pac-12’s Defensive Player of the Week. The Stanford junior defensive lineman had two tackles for loss, including a sack, against UCLA and returned a fumble for a touchdown on the game’s final play.
San Jose State coach n Ron Caragher said he is unsure if quarterback Kenny Potter will play when the Spartans visit New Mexico on Saturday in their Mountain West Conference opener.
Potter was expected to start at Iowa State after leaving in the third quarter against Utah a week earlier with what was diagnosed as a bruised right leg.
The quarterback went for an MRI during the week as a precaution, and the results revealed more damage than the team expected. Potter will not require surgery, but Caragher said there is still swelling on Potter’s leg that needs to go down before he can make a decision on whether he can start against the Lobos. If Potter is unable to go, freshman Josh Love will get another crack at the starting job.
Les Miles says he didn’t n fight for his job when LSU fired him, but he doesn’t think he is ready to be done with coaching. The 62-yearold Miles spoke to “The Dan Patrick Show” a day after being let go by LSU. Miles said that he is not ready to retire, saying “I would have a difficult time not being involved in the game and not being a coach.”
Milt Tenopir, who n coached some of college football’s most dominant offensive lines with Nebraska in the 1980s and ‘90s, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 76.
NBA
Chris Bosh has almost certainly played his final game for Miami, with the All-Star forward’s latest health setback convincing the Heat that his plan to play again is no longer feasible. Heat president Pat Riley delivered the news Monday, revealing that the team is essentially out of options with Bosh.
Paul Pierce decided n to return for his 19th and last season in the NBA, convinced the Los Angeles Clippers can make a successful run to their first league title.
All-Star guard John n Wall will only participate in “bits and pieces” of Washington Wizards training camp as he rebounds from offseason knee surgery.
Guard Mo Williams n has informed the Cavaliers he’s officially retired.
Hockey
Team Europe’s Marian Gaborik has a lower-body injury, putting his status in doubt for the World Cup of Hockey finals and perhaps the start of the NHL season.
Iditarod
Four-time Iditarod champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey has dropped out of next year’s nearly 1,000-mile race for health reasons, organizers said.