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NFL

Smith-Anderson breaks foot

Former University of Idaho tight end Luke Smith-Anderson, a Lake City High product, suffered a broken bone in his left foot in his second practice at Houston Texans minicamp.

Smith-Anderson, who signed a free-agent contract shortly after the NFL draft, broke the fifth metatarsal while blocking during a special teams drill. He had a surgery and expects to miss about three months. He hopes to return late in training camp, which begins July 27.

“I was afraid they were going to send me home, but when I got out of surgery and the hospital I went to talk with head coach (Gary Kubiak) and he said they weren’t going to send me home,” Smith-Anderson said. “He said, ‘I want you to stay here, learn these plays and learn how we do things.’ That gave me a lot of confidence.”

Basketball

Richardson gets another CBA shot

Micheal Ray Richardson, a former NBA player who was suspended last season while the CBA investigated anti-Semitic comments he allegedly made to a reporter, was hired Thursday as the head coach of the newly formed Oklahoma City Cavalry.

Richardson coached the Albany Patroons to the Continental Basketball Association championship series last season but was suspended after Game 1 while the league investigated a report that Richardson told the Times Union of Albany he had “big-time Jew lawyers” working for him.

Richardson, 52, was cleared by the league earlier this month and allowed to return to coaching, but Albany had already decided not to renew his contract.

Richardson said he has a lawsuit pending against the newspaper but is looking forward to a new start and another chance to win a championship.

Cavalry owner Baron Hopgood said he likes “those type of edgy individuals because they get the attention of the players and the media.”

The fourth overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft out of Montana State, Richardson was a four-time All-Star before he was banned in 1986 for violating the league’s drug policy three times.