Three swimmers killed in Colorado highway crash
Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others injured when their sport utility vehicle veered and rolled over alongside a rural highway, bringing to at least 15 the school's students killed in recent years on the perilous road.
The latest crash happened Thursday on U.S. 287 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the Wyoming-Colorado line between Laramie, Wyoming, and Fort Collins, Colorado. The crash happened when the SUV with five people inside swerved and went off the pavement, and the vehicle rolled over multiple times.
The crash killed Charlie Clark, 19, a sophomore from Las Vegas; Luke Slabber, 21, a junior from Cape Town, South Africa; and Carson Muir, 18, a freshman on the women's swimming and diving team from Birmingham, Alabama, according to the university.
The two injured team members, including the driver, were released from the hospital Friday, according to a Colorado State Patrol statement.
The accident was still being investigated.
College basketball
CAL SETS RECORD >> Fardaws Aimaq had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as the Cal men's basketball team tied a program-record with 16 3-pointers in rallying to beat Oregon State 81-73 on Thursday.
Jalen Cone hit five 3-pointers and scored all 17 of his points in the second half when Cal (12-15, 8-8 Pac-12) outscored Oregon State (11-16, 3-13) by 17. The Golden Bears made 16 of 33 shots from behind the arc for 48%.
Legal
JUDGE GRANTS INJUNCTION >> A federal judge on Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation
from being used to entice recruits, granting a request for a preliminary injunction from the states of Tennessee and Virginia and dealing another blow to the association's ability to govern college sports and more than 500,000 athletes.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker in the Eastern District of Tennessee undercuts a fundamental principle of the NCAA's model of amateurism: Third parties cannot pay recruits to attend a particular school.
Corker wrote the NCAA's stance likely violates antitrust law with Congress so far unwilling to give the association an antitrust exemption. The judge said athletes with a limited window are harmed irreparably by not being able to know their value before committing to a school.
The NCAA said it would review the ruling.
Olympics
RUSSIA LOSES APPEAL >> The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee, as the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the ROC's case against the suspension imposed in October. The IOC objected to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of Ukraine, which it calls “a breach of the Olympic Charter.”
Golf
ORTIZ LEADS >> Alvaro Ortiz, aiming for another victory in his home country. shot a 7-under 64, giving him a share of the lead Friday in the Mexico Open. Ortiz was at 11-under 131 at Vallarta Vidanta, tied with Jake Knapp, Matt Wallace of England and Sami Valimaki of Finland.
THREE-WAY TIE >> Former Women's PGA Championship winner Sei Young Kim moved into a three-way tie for the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Thailand tournament. Kim had a two-round total of 10-under 134 on the Siam Country Club Old Course southeast of Bangkok. She was tied with Madelene Sagstrom and Patty Tavatanakit.
Motorsports
FORMER DRIVER DIES >> Wilson Fittipaldi, a former Formula One driver, died Friday. He was 80. The Brazilian auto racing confederation said Fittipaldi, the older brother of two-time F1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, died at a hospital in Sao Paulo.
Soccer
TOUR PLANNED >> Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United will have a U.S. summer tour with matches in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Columbia, S.C. Arsenal plays Manchester United at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on July 27.
Arsenal will play Liverpool on July 31 in Philadelphia. Liverpool and Manchester United will play at South Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium on Aug. 3.
Tennis
SWIATEK UPSET >> World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was stunned by qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships.