In brief: Police charge Redick with drunken driving
Duke basketball star J.J. Redick was arrested early Tuesday on charges of drunken driving, another blow to the Durham, N.C., school shaken by a lacrosse scandal.
Redick, The Associated Press Player of the Year, also was charged with unlawful use of highways for making an illegal U-turn.
“I regret what happened last night and want to apologize to my family and the Duke community for the incident,” Redick said in a statement issued by the university.
The Duke campus has been roiled the past few months after members of the men’s lacrosse team were accused of raping a dancer at a party March 13.
“Jim Harrick returned to coaching when he was hired to lead the expansion Bakersfield (Calif.) Jam of the NBA Development League.
Harrick hasn’t coached in three years since resigning from Georgia amid a scandal that resulted in NCAA sanctions. It’s been 10 years since Harrick was fired at UCLA.
“The New Jersey Supreme Court said it would consider whether the manslaughter retrial of former NBA star Jayson Williams can include evidence of what he did after the 2002 shotgun death of a hired driver.
Football
Chiefs welcome Turley
The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a two-year contract with offensive tackle Kyle Turley, who has missed the past two seasons with a back injury.
Turley was a controversial player in New Orleans, known for a 2001 helmet-tossing episode against New York Jets safety Damien Robinson.
“Deion Branch skipped the first day of the New England Patriots mandatory minicamp because of a contract dispute, leaving them without their best wide receiver.
“Wyoming has extended the contract of coach Joe Glenn through the 2010 season. Glenn has compiled a 15-20 record at the Laramie university.
Horse racing
Barbaro gets new cast
Barbaro had the cast replaced on his shattered right hind leg at Kennett Square, Penn., another huge stride in the recovery of the Kentucky Derby winner who suffered a life-threatening injury at the Preakness.
“The New Jersey Supreme Court refused to issue the Meadowlands’ leading harness trainer, Ken Rucker, a reprieve while he appeals a ban issued last month after one of his horses tested positive for a prohibited drug.
Miscellany
U.S. team sets matches
The U.S. women’s soccer team will play three games in July against Sweden, Ireland and Canada, the first matches of the year for the national team on home soil.
“The lawyer for boxer Diego Corrales has filed a lawsuit against Jose Luis Castillo and his promoter Top Rank Inc. over a scheduled June 3 lightweight title fight in Las Vegas that was canceled when Castillo failed to make weight.