Newsmakers

Died Former UCLA and NBA star Walt Hazzard, who played on the Bruins’ first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69. Hazzard’s family said he had been recuperating for a long time from complications following heart surgery. The school said Hazzard died at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center. Hazzard helped the U.S. win a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and played 10 years in the NBA.

Approved A Canadian businessman with Texas roots and lifelong love of hockey purchased the Dallas Stars. The Stars said Tom Gaglardi, president of Northland Properties Corp., will be introduced Monday at a news conference as the team’s new owner. Terms were not disclosed Friday, after the NHL board of governors unanimously approved the deal. The Stars signed an agreement in September to sell the team to the Vancouver businessman.

Arrested Four people have been arrested in connection with the death Griffen Kramer, a Southern California high school football player who is the son of former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer, authorities in Agoura Hills, Calif., said Friday. Two young men and one youth were booked for investigation of involuntary manslaughter in the Oct. 30 death of Griffen Kramer, 18, a backup quarterback at Thousand Oaks High School. An autopsy has not yet determined Kramer’s cause of death, but investigators said initial findings point to a heroin overdose.

Extended Seattle Storm coach Brian Agler signed a three-year contract extension to stay with the WNBA team through 2015. Agler has a 91-45 record in four seasons as coach. He’s also director of player personnel. The Storm reached the playoffs all four years and won the 2010 championship. The Storm is one of six independently owned teams in the women’s professional basketball league.

Suspended Syracuse safety Phillip Thomas has been suspended for one year for a violation of athletics department policy. The university offered no further explanation in a one-sentence email. Thomas has started all 10 games for the Orange, leads the team in tackles with 82 and ranks first in the Big East with six interceptions.

Retired Breeders’ Cup Classic and Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer has been retired to stand at stud in Versailles, Ky. The 4-year-old son of Distorted Humor out of Golden Ballet will stand at WinStar Farm in Versailles for a $17,500 fee. Drosselmeyer won $3.7 million in his career.