Celtics add Posey to revamped roster
Newly signed free agent forward James Posey took his seat in between one of the Boston Celtics’ owners and director of basketball operations Danny Ainge, and something that was very noticeable right away was the oversized NBA championship ring on his left hand.
“We’ve very happy Danny put this deal together and, obviously, from the weight on his hand he has championship experience,” owner Steve Pagliuca said.
The Celtics added another piece to what they hope is a championship-caliber team Monday, signing the 6-foot-8 forward. Terms of the deal were not announced.
•Nolan Richardson’s Mexico team kept the game respectable into the second half before the Americans pulled away for a 127-100 victory in the second round of the FIBA Americas tournament at Las Vegas.
Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, tying the American record in an Olympic qualifier. Kobe Bryant added 21 points, and LeBron James and Dwight Howard had 19 apiece.
Track and Field
Jamaican wins sprint
For at least five agonizing minutes after their race, Veronica Campbell and Lauryn Williams waited and wondered which of them was the world 100-meter champion in Osaka, Japan.
Finally, after a study of the photo finish, the decision went to the Jamaican Campbell by a hair over the defending champion from America. Both finished in 11.01 seconds.
Former Washington State runner Bernard Lagat won a semifinal of the men’s 1,500-meter run in 3:42.39 to advance to Wednesday’s final.
Miscellany
Ducks sign Kunitz
The Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks have signed Chris Kunitz to a four-year, $14.9 million contract extension, putting the left wing under contract through the 2011-12 season.
•The United States finalized its 10-man team for the Walker Cup by adding Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley, leaving out British Amateur champion Drew Weaver and U.S. Amateur finalist Michael Thompson.
Former Washington Huskies and Ferris Saxons golfer Alex Prugh has been selected as an alternate for the Sept. 8-9 amateur tournament in Northern Ireland.
•A NASCAR team owner pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of more than $34 million in taxes.
Gene Haas, the 54-year-old owner of Oxnard-based Haas Automation and NASCAR’s Haas CNC Racing, agreed to pay a fine, back taxes and interest totaling more than $70 million
•Former Louisiana Tech All-America wide receiver Tommy Spinks, who teamed with Terry Bradshaw to form one of the most feared tandems in college football, died at his home in Arlington, Texas, following a short illness. He was 58.
•Boxing trainer Jack Leonard died of heart failure Saturday in Winter Haven, Fla. He was 89.
Among his boxers was welterweight Don Jordan, who became a world champion in the early 1950s.
•Nikos Filaretos, who helped organize the 2004 Athens Games and for 24 years was a Greek representative of the IOC, died in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was 82. No cause of death was given.