COLLEGES
Family’s lawyer
criticizes NCAA
• A lawyer representing the mother of Connecticut guard Ryan Boatright says the family is considering legal options after the NCAA detailed its investigation into the freshman’s eligibility. The NCAA has cleared Boatright to play, but said Saturday he and his mother had accepted more than $8,000 in impermissible benefits from at least two people.
Attorney Scott Tompsett on Sunday called the NCAA’s news release false and misleading. He said the people providing the benefits were friends of the Boatright family and had “no expectation of repayment or reciprocation.”
The NCAA said the benefits came from at least two people with links to “nonscholastic basketball and professional sports.”
Several news organizations had previously reported that a plane ticket was purchased for Boatright’s mother by Reggie Rose, who runs the AAU team for which Boatright played. Rose, the brother of NBA star Derrick Rose, has declined to comment.
WINTER SPORTS
Hoefl-Riesch edges Vonn in Switzerland
• Lindsey Vonn was denied a three-win weekend sweep by just 0.03 second as Maria Hoefl-Riesch won a super-combined event in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Hoefl-Riesch won for the first time in 11 months to kick-start her defense of the World Cup overall title she took from Vonn last season. Vonn earned 80 points and extended her lead to 387 over Tina Maze of Slovenia, who placed fifth Sunday. Hoefl-Riesch, who is third overall, trailed Vonn by 0.23 after the super-G but just edged the American on a flat slalom course slowed by warm sunshine. The German racer had a combined two-run time of 2 minutes, 8.41 seconds.
• Andi Langenhan of Germany set a track record on the Olympia course in winning a luge World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Langenhan timed 1 minute, 6.130 seconds, in his second run to complete his second victory of the season in a combined time of 2:12.624. David Moeller was second, trailing Langenhan by 0.122, as Germans filled the top four places.
OTHER
Athletics are open to Manny Ramirez
• An Oakland Athletics executive says the team remains open to signing slugger Manny Ramirez but it is not actively pursuing the free agent. Assistant General Manager David Forst made his remarks during Sunday’s A’s Fanfest at the Oakland Arena, next door to the Coliseum. A’s owner Lew Wolff had suggested the move last week. Ramirez applied for reinstatement to Major League Baseball last month. He was suspended for 100 games last year but the ban was trimmed to 50 because he sat out nearly all of last season. The suspension would start with the first game he is eligible to play after signing with a club.
• NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger earned his first major victory in almost six years by closing out the Rolex 24 at Daytona for Michael Shank Racing. Allmendinger drove the final stint in the No. 60 Ford Riley, spending almost three hours behind the wheel at the end of the twice-around-the-clock endurance race. His team included IndyCar driver Justin Wilson and Grand-Am regulars Ozz Negri Jr. and John Pew.
• Mike Fagan won the USBC Masters for his first major title, rallying to beat Chris Barnes 246-213 in the final at Sunset Station’s Strike Zone Bowling Center in Henderson, Nev.
— From wire services
