Olson OK after stroke
Former Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke during the weekend.
Banner University Medical Center said yesterday the 84-year-old Hall of Famer is in good condition but will need some rehabilitation once he is released.
Doctors said five days after Olson’s retirement in 2008 the coach had suffered a previously undiagnosed stroke earlier that year.
Olson turned an Arizona program that won four games the year before he was hired in 1983 into a national powerhouse. The Wildcats won a national title under him in 1997 and went to the Final Four five times.
Olson still lives in Tucson and attends most Arizona men’s basketball games.
Baylor still No. 1
Baylor remained the top team in the women’s basketball Top 25, garnering 26-of28 first-place votes from the national media panel. Oregon moved up to second, getting the other two No. 1 ballots. UConn was third, while Louisville slipped to fourth after losing to Miami.
Rice, which has won 15 straight, is ranked for the first time ever at No. 24 . ...
Michigan State forward Nick Ward had surgery on his broken left hand and is expected to be out of for at least a few weeks. Ward is the team’s second-leading scorer at 15.1 points a game and averages 6.7 rebounds. The 6-foot-9 junior, who returned to school after putting his name in the NBA draft last year, was hurt Sunday against Ohio State.
Jags ink Campbell
The Jacksonville Jaguars exercised a $12 million option on defensive end Calais Campbell for 2019.
The team also picked up options on defensive end and special teams captain Lerentee McCray and backup safety Cody Davis.
Campbell signed a fouryear, $60 million contract with Jacksonville in March 2017. The deal included $30 million guaranteed. He made the Pro Bowl in both seasons with the Jaguars, totaling 139 tackles, 25 sacks and four forced fumbles . ...
Prosecutors say Cincinnati Bengals running back Mark Walton is facing a marijuana possession charge in Florida. Walton was arrested Friday on an unrelated battery charge after police say he got into an argument with a Miami couple about his SUV blocking a parking garage entrance. It then was revealed he took a drug charge back on Jan. 16 after police smelled marijuana and found drugs in Walton’s SUV during a traffic stop in Miami-Dade County.
Jagr back at it
Jaromir Jagr is back. The Czech winger and 13-time NHL All-Star has recovered from a series of injuries that prevented him from playing for more than a year and appeared in a game for the Kladno Knights, the hometown club he owns in the Czech Republic.
Jagr, 47, played on the top line alongside center Tomas Plekanec, another former NHL player.
He didn’t score in nearly 18 minutes but celebrated as Kladno, boosted by his presence, won 2-0 at Havirov in a Czech second-league game.
“Above all, I’m happy that I was finally able to play,” Jagr said. “It’s not easy in my age just to train.” ...
Serena Williams has returned to the top 10 in the tennis rankings for the first time since taking a break to have her first child. Williams dropped as low as 491st upon her return to competition in March 2018 but is up to No. 10 after reaching two Grand Slam finals since . ...
Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba each scored first-half goals as Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to advance to the FA Cup quarterfinals.