Giants hire first woman coach
New coach Brian Daboll filled out a majority of his New York Giants staff, adding the first woman to hold a coaching position in the team’s history.
Laura Young will be the director of coaching operations, coordinating and organizing practices as well as game-day operations. She has 18 years of NFL experience, the last four with Daboll in Buffalo, where she was the Bills’ player-services coordinator.
Mike Kafka will be the offensive coordinator and Don “Wink” Martindale will run the defense.
UCLA freshman forward Mac Etienne is scheduled to be arraigned March 31 at the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court in Tucson on a charge of misdemeanor assault with intent to injure, insult or provoke. Police cited Etienne on Feb. 3 for allegedly spitting at taunting Arizona students after the Wildcats’ victory over the Bruins at the McKale Center.
— Ben Bolch
Auburn coach Bryan Harsin will return for a second season after defections by assistants and players helped prompt a school investigation . ... Arizona State promoted defensive backs coach Donnie Henderson to defensive coordinator . ... Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Mississippi plan to end their affiliations with Conference USA in June, a year early, in order to join the
Sun Belt.
Seventh-seeded Marcos Giron upended No. 1 seed Taylor Fritz 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3), his practice partner, to advance to the semifinals of the ATP Dallas Open.
Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier underwent back surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
NASCAR’s top drivers have unified to form the Drivers Advisory Council to gain a collective voice in decisions that affect the sport. ... Fisk University is launching the first women’s gymnastics program at a historically Black college and university.