Fast Break
Basketball
Wooden Award will go to Fews
Gonzaga men’s coach Mark Few and his wife, Marcy, will join some distinguished company later this month when they receive the Nell and John Wooden Lifetime Coaching Achievement Award.
The award is part of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductions for 2008. The ceremony is June 24 in Boise.
The Wooden Award began in 2003 with the Woodens as the first recipients. Past winners include Lyle and Eleanor Smith; Vince and Barbara Dooley; Frosty and Barbara Westering; and Pete and Florence Newell.
The award is presented each year to a coach, along with his or her spouse, who has made exceptional contributions to their players and their futures.
Olympics
Chicago among 2016 Final Four
The IOC has picked four finalists in the bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Making the cut are Chicago; Tokyo; Madrid, Spain; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Three cities were eliminated from the race – Doha, Qatar; Prague, Czech Republic; and Baku, Azerbaijan.
The finalist cities advance to a high-profile, 16-month global bidding contest. The IOC will select the winner by secret ballot on Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Baseball
Griffey’s 600 put on hold
Ken Griffey Jr., one homer shy of 600, wasn’t in the starting lineup for the Cincinnati Reds for the third consecutive game Wednesday.
The 38-year-old outfielder played in 54 of Cincinnati’s first 57 games, but he hasn’t started against the Philadelphia Phillies because of general soreness and a sore left knee.
The only other players to hit 600 homers are Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa.