Sports in brief: U.S. women finish first, third in downhill
Lindsey Vonn won a women’s World Cup downhill Friday at St. Anton Am Arlberg, Austria, despite skiing off the course in the first part of the race.
The American overcame her error to race down the Karel Schranz course in 1 minute, 32 seconds for her second victory of the season.
Kelly Vanderbeek of Canada was second for her best World Cup result, 0.36 seconds behind, and American Julia Mancuso was third, another 0.02 behind.
The last time two American women were on a World Cup podium was after the Super Combined on Jan. 14 in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria. Mancuso was first, and Vonn, known as Lindsey Kildow before her marriage in September, was second.
“Former Olympic ski champion Stein Eriksen broke several bones when he collided with a 9-year-old boy while skiing in Park City, Utah, where hundreds celebrated his 80th birthday a day earlier.
Eriksen, a gold and silver medalist at the 1952 Oslo Olympics, fractured a collar bone and needed wrist surgery.
Basketball
Pitt forward out
Senior small forward Mike Cook will miss the rest of the season for No. 11 Pittsburgh after injuring his left knee in overtime in the Panthers’ 65-64 victory over No. 6 Duke on Thursday night.
Cook will have surgery in the next two weeks to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and other injuries.
“New Mexico State starting center Hatila Passos and reserve guard Paris Carter were suspended indefinitely by coach Marvin Menzies.
School officials said the suspensions for Passos and Carter were prompted by violations of undisclosed team rules.
Miscellany
IOC gets tough
IOC president Jacques Rogge wants tougher action in 2008 against doping and illegal sports betting.
Rogge said he took issue with the notion that sports is losing the fight against drugs because of the many high-profile doping cases in 2007.
“The fact that so many instances of unfair play were revealed, and that more athletes admitted responsibility, tells us that we are on the right track,” he said.
“A Ball State investigation found little evidence to back a claim that volleyball coach Randy Litchfield was fired at the request of former basketball coach Ronny Thompson.
“Former track star Marion Jones used several different performance-enhancing drugs over a substantial period of time, according to a detailed doping calendar that was part of several pages of court documents released in White Plains, N.Y.
“A nephew of Trevor Berbick has been convicted along with another man of killing the 54-year-old former heavyweight champion.
A jury Thursday in Kingston, Jamaica, found 21-year-old Harold Berbick guilty of murder and 19-year-old Kenton Gordon guilty of manslaughter in the death of the former boxer.
The judge ordered both men jailed pending their Jan. 11 sentencing.
“Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch was released from a Madrid hospital after spending two days recovering from a dizzy spell.