Swarbrick reportedly Notre Dame’s new A.D.
Notre Dame will announce its new athletic director today.
The school declined to disclose who the new athletic director will be, although media reports indicated the likely choice would be Indianapolis lawyer Jack Swarbrick. He was a leader of the city’s successful bid this spring to host the 2012 Super Bowl and is a Notre Dame graduate.
The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday that the school had targeted Swarbrick as its choice.
Although Swarbrick has no experience as an A.D., he has been considered for previous jobs in college athletics. He was one of two finalists to be Big 12 commissioner last year, a finalist for the A.D.’s position at Arizona State in 2005 and a finalist for the NCAA president’s position that went to Myles Brand in 2002.
Soccer
Reyna will retire
Former U.S. national captain and current New York Red Bulls midfielder Claudio Reyna plans to announce his retirement today, less than two seasons after returning from Europe to join Major League Soccer.
•Ronaldinho has transferred from FC Barcelona to AC Milan.
The Italian club said the Brazilian playmaker would arrive in Milan today for a medical exam and sign a contract through June 30, 2011.
Hockey
Bank sues Fedorov
A Michigan bank is suing NHL veteran Sergei Fedorov, saying payments have stopped on more than $2 million in loans.
Citizens State Bank filed a lawsuit against Fedorov, a former star with the Detroit Red Wings who now plays for the Washington Capitals.
•Detroit Red Wings forward Dallas Drake, 39, announced his retirement, a month after raising the Stanley Cup for the first time in his 16-year career.
Miscellany
Mangino gets raise
Kansas gave football coach Mark Mangino a raise and extended his contract two years, amending his deal to up his compensation to $2.3 million per year. The contract runs through 2012. Mangino was the AP Coach of the Year last season. The Jayhawks went 12-1, including a 24-21 victory over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, Kansas’ first BCS bowl victory.
•University of Montana women’s basketball coach Robin Selvig has signed a new three-year contract with a base salary of $135,000, athletics director Jim O’Day said.
•Hal DeJulio, who played on Pete Newell’s 1949 NIT championship men’s basketball team at the University of San Francisco, has died. He was 83.
•One more link to Philadelphia’s championship history is destined for destruction. The Spectrum, once home to title-winning 76ers and Flyers teams, will close in 2009 and be demolished to make way for an entertainment development, arena owner Comcast-Spectacor announced.
•Aaron Goldberg of San Diego shot a 4-under-par 67 and earned medalist honors in the stroke play qualifying portion of the 83rd U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in Denver. Goldberg had a two-day total of 10-under 132 to beat Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, Calif., by one stroke.