Spain, Argentina into World Cup semifinals
SHANGHAI — Ricky Rubio scored 19 points, including a pair of 3-pointers in a gamedeciding 11-0 run in the final minutes, and Spain advanced to the FIBA World Cup semifinals by topping Poland 90-78 on Tuesday night.
Spain (6-0) will face either Australia or the Czech Republic in the semifinals at Beijing on Friday.
In Tuesday’s other quarterfinal, Luis Scola scored 20 points, Facundo Campazzo finished with 18 points and 12 assists and Argentina (6-0) ousted Serbia 97-87.
Argentina will face either the U.S. or France in Friday’s semifinals. auto racing: Paul Menard will retire at the end of the season. Wood Brothers Racing hired Matt dibenedetto to replace him. college basketball: A former Adidas consultant who became a key government witness in a college basketball corruption case has been sentenced to one year of probation. Thomas “T.J.” Gassnola received the term on Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan after apologizing for his crimes. Gassnola had pleaded guilty in a scheme to funnel secret payments to the families of top recruits and agreed to testify against a former Adidas executive and two other defendants at a 2018 trial. All three were convicted of fraud charges. As part of probation, the 47-year-old Gassnola will have to serve two months of home detention. NBA: Longtime sportscaster and announcer Fred Mcleod died Monday at 67. Mcleod did TV play-by play coverage of the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers.
NHL: The New Jersey Devils have re-signed restricted free agent center Pavel Zacha toa three-year, $6.75 million contract. The signing on Tuesday comes a day after general manager Ray shero peppered his comments with profanities in questioning the former first-round draft pick for considering signing with the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League.