Ex-Cal basketball great Imhoff dies
Darrall Imhoff, the former Cal and U.S. Olympic champion center who played 12 seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 78.
The Portland Trail Blazers said Saturday that Imhoff died Friday in Bend of a heart attack.
Imhoff led the Pete Newell-coached Bears to the 1959 NCAA title and played alongside Oscar Robertson and Jerry West on the 1960 Olympic team — also coached by Newell.
Nicknamed “The Ax” for his physical play, Imhoff was selected third overall by the New York Knicks in the 1960 NBA draft — behind Robertson and West — and averaged 7.2 points and 7.6 rebounds in 801 games in 12 seasons with the Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals and Trail Blazers.
The 6-foot-10 Imhoff, from San Gabriel, led Cal to the NCAA title games in 1959 and 1960. In 1959, he had 22 points and 16 rebounds in a semifinal victory over Robertson’s Cincinnati team, and scored the winning basket with 17 seconds left in a 71-70 victory over West’s West Virginia squad in the final. Imhoff averaged 10.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in 75 games for Cal.
The left-hander was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988. In 2009, as part of the 50th-year celebration of the NCAA title, his No. 40 jersey was retired.
Tour de France
Germany’s Marcel Kittel met expectations and won the second stage of the Tour de France with a commanding sprint finish in Liege, Belgium, while three-time champion Chris Froome didn’t lose any time despite falling to the pavement amid a mass crash on a wet corner. Froome’s Sky teammate Geraint Thomas held on to the leader’s yellow jersey.
Golf
Kyle Stanley got up-anddown for par from just over the 18th green to win the Quicken Loans National in Potomac, Maryland, on the first hole of a playoff with Charles Howell III.
On a chaotic final day at TPC Potomac that included a 5-minute delay for a popup storm, Stanley and Howell finished at 7-under 273 after matching final-round 4-under 66s. Howell had a 21-foot putt to win on the final hole of regulation that rolled over the left edge of the cup.
In the playoff, both missed the fairway and the green. Howell’s chip came up short and he missed the 11-foot par putt. Stanley chipped to 5 feet and pumped his fist as the putt dropped.
It was the second career victory for Stanley.
• Danielle Kang birdied the final hole to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Olympia Fields, Illinois, for her first LPGA Tour title, edging defending champion Brooke Henderson.
Kang bogeyed the tricky par-3 17th, and Henderson closed with two birdies to move into a tie for the lead, coming up just short on a 30foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th. But Kang responded with two solid shots to get to the green in two, and then two-putted for the victory.
• Kenny Perry claimed his second U.S. Senior Open, pulling away from Kirk Triplett at Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachussetts, to finish at 16 under and win by two strokes.
The 56-year-old Perry closed with a 2-under 68 for a record score of 264.
Perry started the day a stroke behind Triplett but five ahead of the next-closest contender, Brandt Jobe. Triplett had five bogeys and shot 71.
Jobe had a 70 to finish seven strokes back.
Football
Max Runager, the former NFL punter who helped the 49ers win the Super Bowl following the 1984 season, has died. He was 61. Runager played 11 seasons in the NFL.
NBA
The Denver Nuggets reportedly agreed to terms with four-time All-Star Paul Millsap on a three-year deal worth $90 million. The former Atlanta forward, one of the top remaining free agents, averaged a careerhigh 18.1 points last season to go with 7.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
Soccer
C.J. Sapong, Ilson Pereira and Roland Alberg scored and the Philadelphia Union beat the New England Revolution 3-0.
Motor sports
Christian Fittipaldi, Joao Barbosa and Filipe Albuquerque teamed to win the six-hour race at Watkins Glen (New York) International, while brothers Jordan and Ricky Taylor’s bid for a sixth straight IMSA SportsCar Championship victory ended on the first lap.