Miscellany

Russia’s Alexei Urmanov clung to his classical roots in a free program to win the Nations Cup men’s figure skating competition at Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Germany’s Mandy Woezel and Ingo Steuer conquered both self-doubt and the reigning world champions to win the pairs competition.

There were no surprises in the women’s short program, dominated by Russia’s Irina Slutskaya.

Steve Spencer, who has coached professional basketball in Australia the last two years, was hired as an assistant to UCLA coach Steve Lavin.

Northwestern can bar a scholarship basketball player with a heart condition from playing, a federal appeals court ruled. The decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit of Appeals reverses a lower court, which ordered the Big Ten school to allow Nicholas Knapp to play.