Tennis: Wimbledon champ Kvitova attacked.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knife-wielding attacker at her home Tuesday and had to undergo surgery on her left hand.
An operation that took 3 hours 45 minutes revealed that the left-handed player’s injuries were “serious,” but “there’s no reason to think she wouldn’t be able to play tennis,” her spokesman Karel Tejkal said.
The 2011 and 2014 champion at the All England Club said she considered herself lucky to have survived the attack Tuesday morning in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov.
It was not clear how the injury could affect Kvitova’s play. She underwent surgery “because of her condition and future career,” said Tejkal, who described the incident as a burglary. Prostejov police spokesman Frantisek Korinek said the attacker, a man who is about 35 years old, escaped from the scene and was at large. He said police have launched a manhunt.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Mike White passed for 336 yards and three touchdowns as Western Kentucky turned back Memphis, 5131, in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday night at FAU Stadium. Anthony Wales rushed for 246 yards and three touchdowns for the Hilltoppers (11-3). Riley Ferguson threw for 372 yards and four TDs for the Tigers (8-5).
Rutgers probe: The NCAA has informed Rutgers that an 18-month investigation into the department of athletics has found seven potential violations.
The NCAA issued a notice of allegations, stating that department had not been operating in full compliance with NCAA and university standards. The investigation and potential violations focused on former football coach Kyle Flood, a student-athlete host / hostess program and inconsistencies in the administration of drugtesting procedures and policies.
Rutgers has 90 days to reply.
NBA Blake Griffin has undergone an arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his right knee and the Los Angeles Clippers star will be out four to six weeks. Griffin is averaging 21 points, 8.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 26 games this season.
SOCCER
With the lure of Champions League football proving too strong to resist, United States forward Alex Morgan is joining European champion Lyon in a move she hopes will help her become the world’s best player.
Lyon announced that Morgan is arriving from Orlando Pride on a six-month deal, with an option for her to play a further season.
The 27-year-old Morgan wants to make the most of her career as she enters her peak years. “I hope that this change will help push my game to another level,” she said. “I want to be the best player in the United States... the best player in the world.”
MISCELLANEOUS
Longtime TNT broadcaster Craig Sager was remembered for his love of family, sports and colorful attire at a memorial service in Atlanta that produced laughs and tears.
Among those attending the service were San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and members of Sager’s Turner Sports TV family, including Ernie Johnson and Reggie Miller.
The 65-year-old Sager died last Thursday following a two-year fight with acute myeloid leukemia.
SKIING
A women’s World Cup giant slalom was canceled because of strong winds in Courchevel, France, after the first run had been aborted and then rescheduled.
The first run was stopped after 19 racers had gone down the course. But a few minutes before the rescheduled run had been set to start, the International Ski Federation called it off.
A new date has not yet been scheduled.