Briefly

Gilbertson settles ethics complaint over free flights

University of Washington football coach Keith Gilbertson has agreed to pay $7,774 to settle a state Ethics Board complaint that he violated state law by accepting free flights his two children took on a UW booster’s plane.

Gilbertson admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement, announced Friday in Seattle, but acknowledged that the board likely would have found that the flights violated a law barring state employees from accepting gifts worth more than $50.

The settlement includes a $2,500 civil penalty, plus $5,274, the assessed value of two seats Gilbertson’s children had on a flight to an away game in 2003.

Michael Rosenberger, Gilbertson’s lawyer, said the coach is “pretty happy” about the settlement “because now he can focus on coaching the UW football team, which is what he was hired to do.”

College basketball

Cincinnati coach suspended

Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins was suspended indefinitely by the school Saturday in Cincinnati, after he was charged with drunken driving.

Athletic director Bob Goin said the suspension, with pay, will allow Huggins to “update his life priorities” and “address any personal matters he has ignored.”

Tennis

Roddick to face Grosjean at finals

Andy Roddick reached the final of the Queen’s Club grass-court tournament in London, with a 7-6 (7), 6-3 victory over Lleyton Hewitt. The top-seeded Roddick will play Sebastien Grosjean for the title in a repeat of last year’s final. Earlier, Grosjean defeated South Korean qualifier Hyung-Taik Lee 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-2.

“ Mardy Fish advanced to the final of the Gerry Weber Open with a three-set victory over Rainer Schuettler in Halle, Germany. Fish, who won 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4), will take on top-ranked Roger Federer in today’s title match of the tuneup tournament for Wimbledon. Federer reached the final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Jiri Novak.

“ French Open champion Gaston Gaudio pulled out of Wimbledon because of a foot injury.

“ Maria Sharapova, 17, beat Patty Schnyder 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3, and Tatiana Golovin, 16, defeated Emile Loit 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in semifinals of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, England.

Boxing

Mayweather convicted of battery

Lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was convicted of misdemeanor battery in Las Vegas, stemming from a fight with two women inside a nightclub.

Mayweather received a suspended sentence of one-year in jail and was ordered to undergo counseling. Justice of the Peace Deborah Lippis also ordered the boxer to pay a $1,000 fine or serve 100 hours of community service.

“ Former WBO middleweight champion Felix Sturm filed a protest with the Nevada Athletic Commission over the decision his lost last week to Oscar De La Hoya.

Miscellany

Thunder wins World Bowl XII

Wide receiver Richard Alston threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Chas Gessner, helping the Berlin Thunder beat the Frankfurt Galaxy 30-24 to win World Bowl XII football game in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

“ Former President Nelson Mandela handed off the Olympic flame at the island prison where he spent most of his 27 years in jail, beginning the South African leg of the Olympic torch’s worldwide journey.

“ North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell was among six people inducted night into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. The other inductees are North Dakota State coach Amy Ruley, Oregon coach and Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer Bev Smith, former USA Basketball executive director Bill Wall, retired Kansas coach Marian Washington and eight-time AAU All-American Lurlyne Greer Rogers.

“ Lance Armstrong remained fourth overall after the sixth stage of the Dauphine Libere cycling race in Grenoble, France.

“ Thirty-year-old Kimiko Soldati bounced back from a poor dive to earn her first trip to the Olympics, winning the 3-meter springboard at the U.S. trials with a stirring finish at St. Peters, Mo.

“ Colonial Colony, a 63-1 long shot, edged 3-2 favorite Southern Image by a nose at the wire to win the $750,000 Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap horse race for 3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

“ Duke football player Micah Harris was killed in a single-car accident in Virginia, police said. Harris, 21, was traveling north Friday on Interstate 85 when his car ran off the road, struck several trees in the median and burst into flames about 2 miles north of Warfield, Va., said Sgt. D.S. Carr with the Chesapeake division of the Virginia State Police.