In brief: Hawaii coach suspended for remarks
Football: Hawaii coach Greg McMackin was suspended for 30 days without pay and has volunteered to take an additional 7 percent pay cut from his $1.1 million salary for making a derogatory comment while describing Notre Dame’s chant before last year’s Hawaii Bowl.
In a room full of players, assistant coaches and boosters, a tearful McMackin addressed reporters late Friday after meeting with school officials for several hours.
“I just want to say I made a big mistake. I want to apologize to everyone and anyone that I offended with my remarks,” he said. “I’m committed to do whatever I can to use this as a life lesson to learn from my mistake. When we make mistakes, we have to learn from it and make better people of ourselves.”
Athletic director Jim Donovan said McMackin will remain with the team on a voluntary basis during the suspension.
Amateur leads at Senior Open
Golf: Tennessee amateur Tim Jackson left Greg Norman and Joey Sindelar behind in the U.S. Senior Open at Carmel, Ind.
The 50-year-old Jackson, a real estate developer, shot a 5-under-par 67 at Crooked Stick to take the lead at 11-under 133 – matching the lowest 36-hole total in event history. He opened with a 66 on Thursday, the best score by an amateur in the tournament.
Norman stumbled early in the round, but recovered nicely to get to 8 under. He was three strokes back after a 70. Sindelar was a stroke behind Jackson.
•Woods makes big move: Tiger Woods had the best five-hole start of his career, chipping in for eagle and making four birdies in the Buick Open to shoot up the leaderboard at Grand Blanc Township, Mich.
Woods finished with a season-low 9-under 63. The round was his best round in relation to par in four years.
John Senden shot a 66 to take the second-round lead at 14 under, two shots ahead of Michael Letzig (65) and another stroke in front of Vaughn Taylor (68) and Bill Lunde (65).
Woods entered the weekend four strokes back in a pack of six.
•Two tied for lead at Women’s British Open: Catriona Matthew of Scotland hit a hole in one in a 5-under 67 to share the second-round lead with Giulia Sergas of Italy at the Women’s British Open in Lytham St. Annes, England.
Sergas also shot 67 after making five birdies on the back nine. Both players totaled 3-under 141.
Wendy Ward of Edwall, Wash., missed the cut after shooting a 76.
•Thompson, Vogel win Junior PGA titles: Alexis Thompson pulled away to win the girls’ division at the Junior PGA Championship, and T.J. Vogel took the boys title on the TPC River’s Bend course at Maineville, Ohio.
Spokane’s Chessey Thomas shot a final-round 73 and a 72-hole score of 10-over 298 to finish 20th.
Way wins X Games gold despite injury
X Games: Skateboard veteran Danny Way celebrated another X Games gold medal in Los Angeles, again on crutches.
Way, who once launched over the Great Wall of China with a broken ankle, won the inaugural Big Air Rail Jam, a best trick competition held on the mega ramp he invented.
Way won despite hurting his ankle at the start of the competition.
Kyle Loza won the Freestyle Moto X Best Trick gold medal, Kevin Robinson won the gold medal in BMX Freestyle, and Garrett Reynolds won the gold in BMX Freestyle Street.
Williams ousted in quarterfinals
Miscellany: Wimbledon champion Serena Williams lost to Australia’s Samantha Stosur, falling 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, in the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif.
Stosur saved nine of 10 break points and played a steady game against the top-seeded Williams, who had a nine- match winning streak snapped.
Venus Williams defeated Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 to advance.
•Hansbrough out with injury: Tyler Hansbrough could miss up to two months with a right shin injury, but the Indiana Pacers believe their first-round draft pick out of North Carolina will be healthy enough for the start of the season.
The Pacers did not provide details of the injury other than to say the 6-foot-9 forward is expected to miss six to eight weeks ahead of the season. The regular season begins Oct. 27.
•Cavic breaks Phelps’ record: Milorad Cavic sent quite a message heading into his showdown with Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly in Rome, setting a world record and nearly becoming the first swimmer to break 50 seconds.
The Serbian, who still believes he beat Phelps at the Beijing Olympics, got off to his usual strong start – 1 second under the world-record pace at the turn – and held on at the end for a time of 50.01 in the semifinals. That broke the mark of 50.22 set by Phelps at the U.S. nationals July 9.
•U.S. softball defeats Australia: Natasha Watley and Jenae Leles drove in three runs each to lead the United States to an 11-3 win over Australia in the Japan Cup softball tournament at Sendai, Japan.
•U.S. women win water polo title: The United States won its second straight gold medal in women’s water polo at the world championships in Rome, beating Canada 7-6 on Kelly Rulon’s penalty shot with 3:42 left.