Ex-Badger Reichardt honored
Former University of Wisconsin outfielder Rick Reichardt was among eight players and coaches selected for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.
Reichardt led the Big Ten in batting twice. A two-sport star, he started at fullback for the Badgers in the 1962 Rose Bowl.
The Madison native played for the California Angels, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals in his 11-year major-league career. The other selections were: Frank Viola (St. John’s), Lance
Berkman (Rice), Al Holland (North Carolina A&T), Mike Kelly (Arizona State), Joe Arnold (Miami-Dade and Arizona State) and coaches Larry Hays (Lubbock Christian and Texas Tech) and Bill Holowaty (Eastern Connecticut State).
AUTO RACING
NASCAR driver Kurt
Busch will not face criminal charges over claims by his ex-girlfriend that he smashed her head into a bedroom wall and choked her, Delaware prosecutors said Thursday.
The decision by the state attorney general’s office ends the criminal investigation of Busch, known in NASCAR circles as “The Outlaw,” over allegations by Patricia Driscoll, whom Busch’s attorneys portrayed as a scorned woman who tried to destroy Busch’s career after he ended their relationship.
State prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges.
NASCAR officials indefinitely suspended Busch last month after a Delaware Family Court commissioner granted Driscoll a “protection from abuse”, or no-contact order, saying the former champion more than likely choked and beat her inside his motor home at Dover International Speedway last fall. NASCAR officials said Monday that he has agreed to follow their recommended guidelines to be eligible for eventual reinstatement.
GOLF
J.B. Holmes had a tap-in eagle to go along with eight birdies for a 10-under-par 62 to build a fourshot lead after the opening round of the Cadillac Championship in Doral, Fla.
Ryan Moore was hanging with him until he hit his tee shot into the water on the par-4 18th hole and made double bogey. He still had a 66.
Phil Mickelson shot 74 and failed to make a birdie for the first time in 186 rounds on the PGA Tour, dating to the final day at Olympic Club in the 2012 U.S. Open.
PGA Tour: Rookie Mark Hubbard closed with a birdie in windy conditions for a one-stroke lead in the Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande.
Hubbard opened with a 4-under 68 at Trump International Golf ClubPuerto Rico. Chris Smith, Billy Mayfair and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo were tied for second.
Madison’s Jerry Kelly opened with a 71 and Fox Point native Skip Kendall carded a 78.
LPGA Tour: Inbee Park and
Yani Tseng both shot 6under 66 to share the lead after the opening round of the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore.
Park’s sixth birdie on the par-5 18th at Sentosa Golf Club left her tied with Tseng, who carded seven birdies and one bogey.
Angela Stanford was in third place, a stroke back.
TENNIS
Andy Murray, playing in his native Scotland for the first time since winning Wimbledon in 2013, will face Donald Young in the opening singles Friday when Britain hosts the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup.
John Isner, the highestranked U.S. player at No. 20, will play James Ward in the second match in Glasgow.
The draw for Saturday’s doubles has the top-ranked American pair of brothers
Bob and Mike Bryan facing Murray’s brother, Jamie, and Dominic Inglot.