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Slowly honored as
male track co-athlete of the week
Senior Steve Slowly was selected the
Conference USA Male Track Co-Athlete of the Week for the week of
April 15.
Slowly
sprinted to a NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 200-meter dash
at the TCU Invitational Saturday with a personal best time of 20.27.
It
marks the second fastest time recorded for a collegian during the
outdoor season. It also is the sixth fastest time in the 200-meter
dash at TCU. Slowly was also a member of TCU’s winning 4x100-meter
and 4x400-meter relays teams at the TCU Invitational.
Slowly
shares the award with sprinter Julien Dunkley from East Carolina.
Newton
pleads guilty to drug trafficking
DALLAS (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys
offensive lineman Nate Newton pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal
drug trafficking charge after accepting a plea agreement.
Under
the terms of the agreement, Newton pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute
marijuana.
The
other charges, aiding and abetting to possess and distribute marijuana,
will be dropped.
Sentencing
was scheduled for July 19 before U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G.
Lynn.
Steven
Rozen, Newton’s attorney, said he expects Newton will serve
up to 30 months with credit for time served.
Newton
was returned to the detention center in Seagoville, a southeast
Dallas suburb, where he has been since his Dec. 12 arrest.
Johnson
nominated for admission to Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A few
years later than he wanted, Magic Johnson is in position to join
friend and rival Larry Bird in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Johnson,
unable to persuade the hall to waive its five-year retirement requirement
so he could enter alongside Bird in 1998, was nominated for induction
Wednesday in his first year of eligibility.
Johnson,
who led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships, was nominated
along with 13 other players and coaches and the Harlem Globetrotters.
The
other players nominated are Portland coach and former 76ers guard
Maurice Cheeks; scoring star Adrian Dantley; defensive ace Bobby
Jones; seven-time All-Star Chet Walker; and James Worthy of the
Lakers.
Nominees
need 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for induction.
Grizzlies’
Gasol wins Rookie of the Year honors
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies
forward Pau Gasol won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year Award on
Wednesday as a near-unanimous pick.
Gasol,
a native of Spain, is the first European to win top rookie honors.
He
received 117 of a possible 126 votes from a panel of sports writers
and broadcasters.
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