EX-GLOBETROTTERS GET CALL FOR HALL

Harlem Globetrotters alums Inman Jackson, Wy- att “Sonny” Boswell and Al- bert “Runt” Pullins will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame along with the Class of 2022.

The three were added by the Early African-American Pioneer Committee, which recognizes Black players, coaches and contributors from the “Black Fives” era, before the game was integrated in the 1950s.

Jackson has been credited with bringing to the Globetrotters the comedic flair that transformed them from an ordinary barnstorming team into an entertainment icon. Among his contributions: The “Magic Circle,” in which the players show off their ballhandling skills.

At 5-foot-8, Pullins was one of the original Globetrotters and the star attraction in their early days. Boswell was a long-shot artist in a career interrupted when he helped integrate the National Basketball League after many of its players went to fight in World War II.

Reece “Goose” Tatum (2011) and Nate “Sweetwater” Clifton (2014) are among the Globetrotters who have previously been selected for enshrinement by the Early African-American Pioneer Committee.

The Class of 2022 scheduled to be inducted in September also includes fourtime NBA champion Manu Ginobili, five-time All-Star

Tim Hardaway, longtime NBA coach George Karl, WNBA champion and twotime NCAA champ Swin Cash, longtime college coach

Bob Huggins, WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Whalen, NCAA national championship coach Marianne Stanley, and former NBA official Hugh Evans.

NHL

The Los Angeles Kings acquired high-scoring forward Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for their first-round pick in the upcoming draft and prospect Brock Faber.

The Kings are expected to sign the Swiss star to a longterm contract extension.

Fiala was one of the most attractive potential acquisitions in the NHL this summer after putting up career highs of 33 goals and 52 assists for the Wild last season. The left wing seems to be a perfect fit on the top line for the Kings, who ended their three-year playoff drought last spring despite scoring fewer goals than every postseason team except Dallas.

The Wild get the 19th overall pick in the draft along with Faber, the Kings’ second-round pick in 2020 and a star defenseman at the University of Minnesota.

College basketball

Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger ina star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.

Another longtime coach, Jerry Krause of Eastern Washington, will join the quartet along with players Richard Hamilton of UConn, Larry Miller of North Carolina, Frank Selvy of Furman and Jimmy Walker of Providence.

The date of the induction ceremony has not been announced, but it typically coincides with the Hall of Fame Classic, which is set for Nov. 21-22 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.

• Emoni Bates, one of the top recruits in the 2021 men’s basketball recruiting class, says he’s transferring from Memphis to Eastern Michigan, which is in his hometown, Ypsilanti.

Soccer

Carson Pickett on Tuesday became the first person with a limb difference to appear for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, starting on defense for the Americans in their 2-0 friendly win over Colombia in Sandy, Utah.

Pickett was born without a left hand and forearm.

Filling in for Emily Fox, whose 441 minutes played in 2022 are the second most on the team, Pickett stayed on the field for all 90 minutes against Colombia. At 28, she is the oldest U.S. woman to make her debut for the national team since 30-year-old McCall Zerboni in 2017.

• Alejandro Guido scored twice, the second on a penalty kick, as the San Diego Loyal defeated visiting Orange County 2-1.

Olympics

A stolen Olympic gold medal belonging to a member of the 2020 U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team has been found in Southern California.

Jordyn Poulter reported the medal stolen May 25 after the Olympian discovered her car broken into at a parking garage in Anaheim, police said.

Detectives later arrested a suspect in the theft, but weren’t immediately able to locate the missing medal.

On Monday, the owners of an Anaheim barbershop reported finding the gold medal inside a plastic bag discarded outside their business, police said in a statement. They handed it over to police, who plan on returning it to Poulter.

The 31-year-old suspect is charged with residential burglary, vehicle burglary, identity theft and possession of narcotics, officials said earlier this month.

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• Mississippi State coach Mike Leach signed a twoyear contract extension through 2025 after leading the Bulldogs to their second consecutive bowl appearance. The third-year coach’s annual base salary increases from $5 million to $5.5 million.