Longtime Maple Leaf Domi retires
Saying he just “couldn’t put on another jersey,” longtime Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Tie Domi retired Tuesday.
“I love hockey, I love the Toronto Maple Leafs, this is my home,” Domi said, his voice cracking with emotion during a packed news conference at the Air Canada Centre. “There were other interests, but I couldn’t see myself wearing another jersey other than the blue and white.”
Domi said he has taken a job with The Sports Network, Canada’s version of ESPN.
Domi spent the final 11 seasons of his career in Toronto. He’s fourth all time in NHL penalty minutes with just over 3,500.
He played 1,020 career games in the league with the Leafs, New York Rangers and Winnipeg Jets.
Football
Motorist sentenced
A motorist who killed a Super Bowl reveler when he drove his SUV into a crowd celebrating the New England Patriots’ 2004 championship was sentenced to six to eight years in prison.
Stanley Filoma, 26, of Boston, was convicted of manslaughter in the death of James Grabowski, 21, on Feb. 2, 2004. Prosecutors said Filoma was drunk and trying to get away from police when he plowed his Toyota Land Cruiser into the crowd. Four other people were injured.
•A trust fund has been set up for donations to help Clemson freshman Ray Ray McElrathbey care for his 11-year-old brother in Clemson, S.C.
McElrathbey sought custody of his brother because of their mother’s continuing drug addiction. The fund will be established through the First Citizens Bank of Clemson.
Soccer
Red Bulls break ground
With backhoes and bulldozers rumbling in the distance, the New York Red Bulls broke ground on a $140 million stadium in Harrison, N.J.
It’s the latest and most expensive of eight facilities built or in construction for a Major League Soccer team.
With a “European-style” roof covering all 25,000 seats, 53 luxury suites situated 12 rows from the field and other amenities, Red Bull Park is scheduled to open in July 2008.
Miscellany
Coach pleads guilty
A former coach at an elite gymnastics academy was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Dallas.
Christopher Wagoner, 33, was accused of fondling and raping the girl in 2002 and 2003, when he was her coach. He pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual assault. Each charge carries a 15-year penalty, which he will serve concurrently.
•Marquette University extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Tom Crean through the 2016-2017 season. The 40-year-old Crean has an overall record of 141-76 (.650) at Marquette.
•Justine Henin-Hardenne might be sidelined until the tour’s season-ending championships in November because of a knee injury that forced her to quit during the decisive match of the Fed Cup final in Brussels, Belgium.