In brief: Davis credits father for hall of fame career

Barry Davis counts Iowa coaching great Dan Gable and a number of workout partners among those who helped him hone his wrestling skills over the years.

But he believes that talent wouldn’t have led him to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame without the work ethic instilled in him by his father.

Davis, a U.S. Olympic silver medalist who’s the head wrestling coach at Wisconsin, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday along with fellow 1984 silver medalist Greg Gipson, former U.S. Olympic assistant coach Bill Weick and Larry Kristoff, who won college national titles as a wrestler and coach.

“If you’ve got no work ethic, you’ve got nothing,” Davis said. “My dad taught me work ethic.”

Davis said his father, Elmer, worked two jobs to support his family and still works more than 40 hours per week at age 71.

Basketball

Kemp wants assurance

Nevada star Marcelus Kemp said he would stay in the NBA draft and leave school if he receives assurances of being drafted by the early second round.

“That would give me a better chance, a better shot (of making the NBA),” the guard from Seattle told the Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal.

Kemp and his Wolf Pack teammate, Ramon Sessions, have declared for the June 28 draft. But because they didn’t hire agents, both players could return to Nevada for their senior seasons if they withdraw from the draft by June 18.

“Dave Smalley, who coached the men’s and women’s teams at Navy during more than 50 years in sports at the academy, has died. He was 72. He died Friday night of complications from cancer in Annapolis, Md., the academy said.

Navy’s basketball court is named for Smalley, who coached the men’s team from 1966-76. He then began shepherding the women’s basketball program into existence, coaching the women from 1977-89.

Football

Police arrest Trudeau

Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jack Trudeau was arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Police found liquor being served at Trudeau’s home for a high school graduation party, a release from the Boone County Sheriff’s department said.

Trudeau was taken to the Boone County Jail in Zionsville, Ind., where he posted bond and was released Saturday morning. He faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail and $5,000 in fines for the Class A misdemeanor.

Twelve people were charged with minor in possession of alcohol, and five were additionally charged with resisting law enforcement for hiding in the woods near Trudeau’s home.

The youths face a maximum penalty of up to 60 days in jail and $500.

Miscellany

Wind thwarts Gay’s run

A little gust of wind cost Tyson Gay a world record in the men’s 100 at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York.

Gay finished in 9.76 seconds to win the event, but the wind was at 2.2 mph, slightly more than the allowable margin of 2.0.

“John Scaglione, David Adams and Beau Seabury strung together consecutive RBI singles in the top of the 13th inning as Virginia remained undefeated in the Charlottesville (Va.) NCAA baseball regional with a 7-4 victory over defending national champion Oregon State.

The Beavers (39-18) will meet Rutgers today in a loser-out game.

“Benny Feilhaber scored his first goal for the U.S. national team and assisted on another to help the Americans tune up for a busy summer of tournaments with a 4-1 win over China in an exhibition at San Jose, Calif.

“Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Luna Rossa of Italy for a 2-0 lead in the Louis Vuitton Cup sailing final in Valencia, Spain.