Newsmakers
Retired Hard-hitting Colorado Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote announced Friday that he will retire from the NHL after the team’s season finale Sunday against Edmonton. The 39-year-old captain plans to play despite being sidelined since mid-March with a leg injury.
Sentenced A man who stabbed University of Connecticut football player Brian Parker during a fight in which another player was killed by second man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison. Hakim Muhammad, 22, was sentenced in Rockville (Conn.) Superior Court after pleading guilty to second-degree assault and hindering prosecution. Parker’s teammate, Jasper Howard, was fatally stabbed in 2008 by Muhammad’s friend, John Lomax III, who was sentenced last month to 18 years in prison for manslaughter.
Determined Bond has been set at just more than $1 million in a theft case against former Ohio State and NFL player Art Schlichter, whose career was derailed by a gambling addiction. Schlichter was charged in February with stealing more than $1 million from a Columbus, Ohio, native by deceiving her about why he took the money.
Improved Hospital officials say Northern Illinois linebacker Devon Butler’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. Butler was wounded in a drive-by shooting while off campus in Dekalb, Ill. Authorities say a gunman in an SUV fired into the apartment building where Butler was visiting friends.
Fined The NBA fined the New Jersey Nets $50,000 because part-owner Jay-Z went into the Kentucky locker room after the Wildcats clinched a berth in the Final Four by beating North Carolina on the Nets’ home court in Newark, N.J. NBA rules prohibit team personnel from having contact with players who are not yet draft eligible.
Extended General manager Bryan Murray signed a three-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators, who will miss the playoffs for the second time in three seasons. Murray coached the Senators to their only appearance in the Stanley Cup final in 2007.
Accepted The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says cyclist Peter Cannell accepted a two-year suspension after his urine tested positive for a type of steroid. USADA also says his competitive results for roughly the past four years will be disqualified.