Fast Break
Golf
Coach has no time for Daly
John Daly has been cut loose by swing coach Butch Harmon, who said Tuesday he was not going to waste his time with a two-time major champion who is more interested in drinking than working on his golf game.
“My whole goal for him was he’s got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life,” Harmon said. “And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk.”
Harmon said Daly’s behavior at a PGA event last weekend, where the golfer spent a 21/2-hour rain delay Thursday in the Hooters corporate tent and emerged with Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden as his caddy, was enough to end a short-lived association.
Daly, playing on a sponsor’s exemption because he no longer has his full PGA Tour card, followed a 77 with an 80 Friday in the second round and missed the cut.
Daly spent Saturday at the Hooters “Owl’s Nest” at the tournament, drinking beer, mingling with fans and signing autographs, including one on the back of a woman’s pants.
“Jon Gruden caddying, I thought was ridiculous,” said Harmon. “I thought he made a circus out of the whole event.”
Indoor track
Area collegians in championships
Three Washington State and two University of Idaho track and field members will compete at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, it was announced.
The championships will be held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Ebba Jungmark (women’s high jump), Jeshua Anderson (400 meters) and Trent Arrivey (high jump) will represent WSU. Russ Winger (shot put and weight throw) and Matt Wauters (weight throw) will compete for UI.
Whitworth will send two athletes to the D-III championships at Ohio Northern in Ada, Ohio. Cody Stelzer will compete in the high jump and Emmanuel Bofa in the 800.
Baseball
Rathdrum’s Phelps sent down
Former Lakeland HS star Josh Phelps, attending spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals on a minor-league contract, was reassigned to minor league camp. He was hitless in 11 spring at-bats. Phelps split last season between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates, hitting .306 in 157 at-bats with seven homers.
NFL
Seahawks hire UI gradate Dunn
The Seattle Seahawks hired veteran college assistant Kasey Dunn as their new running backs coach. The Idaho graduate, who spent last season at Baylor, replaces Stump Mitchell, who was hired by the Washington Redskins.