Caitlin Clark gets U.S. team invite
Caitlin Clark has been invited to participate in the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over.
The NCAA’S Division I all-time scoring leader has earned three gold medals with USA Basketball junior teams, most recently as a member of the 2021 under-19 squad.
Iowa gymnastics investigated
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa has hired an independent investigator to look into the environment in the women’s gymnastics program after members of the team and staff brought forward concerns regarding head coach Larissa Libby, the athletic department announced Thursday night.
Libby has been placed on paid administrative leave, not as a disciplinary measure but to protect the integrity of the review, the school said in a statement.
Taylor: T’wolves not for sale
MINNEAPOLIS — The ownership transfer of the Minnesota Timberwolves slammed to a halt when Glen Taylor declared on Thursday he won’t take the final step of his drawnout $1.5 billion deal to hand Marc
Lore and Alex Rodriguez the majority stake because they didn’t meet all of the deadlines in the sale conditions.
Lore and Rodriguez, who agreed to the purchase nearly three years ago, strongly disputed Taylor’s stance. They said he simply had cold feet about letting go.
Hornets shut down Ball
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets are shutting down guard Lamelo Ball for the season.
Ball has not played since Jan. 27 for the Hornets (18-54), who’ve been eliminated from postseason competition.
Federer to address Dartmouth
CONCORD, N.H. — Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College in June, the Ivy League school said Thursday.
E. Michigan hires Nusseibeh
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Eastern Michigan hired Sahar Nusseibeh to take over as the Mid-american Conference school’s women’s basketball coach on Thursday.
Rybakina defeats Azarenka
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina once again had to go three sets, pushed to the edge Thursday before beating
No. 27 Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) in the semifinals of the Miami Open.
Rybakina, ranked fourth on the WTA Tour, will face No. 14 Ekaterina Alexandrova or unseeded Danielle Collins in the final Saturday. Rybakina also made last year’s final, losing in straight sets to Petra Kvitová.
Fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev reached the men’s semifinals with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over unseeded Fabian Marozsan. Zverev will play topseeded and 2022 tournament champion Carlos Alcaraz or No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov on Friday.
Second-seeded Jannik Sinner will face No. 3 Daniil Medvedev in the other semifinal. It’s a rematch of last year’s Miami Open final that Medvedev won.
CSKA Moscow drops Fedotov
PHILADELPHIA — Ivan Fedotov has had his contract in Russia’s KHL terminated by CSKA Moscow, a move that could potentially pave the way for him to join the NHL’S Philadelphia Flyers.
Wout van Aert suffers injury
BRUSSELS — Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert has undergone surgery after suffering multiple fractures in a crash which has put his Giro d’italia entry in doubt, his team said on Thursday.