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Sports news briefs: 8/18/09
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Mayfield's stepmother cited

Jeremy Mayfield's estranged stepmother was accused of trespassing on the suspended NASCAR driver's property.

A criminal complaint filed in North Carolina District Court shows Lisa Mayfield was accused of four misdemeanor counts of simple assault and one misdemeanor count of second-degree trespassing for an incident that allegedly occurred Saturday night at the driver's Catawba County home.

A Sept. 14 court date was set for Lisa Mayfield, who was released Sunday on the condition she can not access any property owned by Jeremy Mayfield.

Mayfield was suspended in May for failing a random drug test. NASCAR says he tested positive for methamphetamines, and Lisa Mayfield said in sworn testimony she personally witnessed the driver use the illegal drug at least 30 times.

More auto racing

Formula One driver Felipe Massa says he's nearly recovered from a fractured skull and hopes to return to racing at the Brazilian Grand Prix Oct. 18. Massa says his left eye "is not 100 percent yet" after his life-threatening crash with Ferrari at the Hungarian Grand Prix July 25 left him hospitalized for nine days with multiple skull fractures.

Hockey

Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane apologized for the pain he caused those close to him after his arrest on charges that he and a cousin beat up a cab driver in Buffalo, N.Y., earlier this month. Kane made a brief statement before the start of the U.S. Olympic men's orientation camp in suburban Chicago.

• The New York Rangers signed free agent Vinny Prospal, reuniting this former Tampa Bay Lightning forward with coach John Tortorella.

Basketball

Carmelo Anthony is suing his former business manager, alleging he misappropriated more than $2 million of the Denver Nuggets star's assets.

• The Phoenix Suns signed second-round pick Taylor Griffin to a contract. He is the older brother of first overall pick Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers).

• The Toronto Raptors agreed to send swingman Carlos Delfino to Milwaukee in exchange for power forward Amir Johnson as part of a four-player trade. The deal would also send guard Roko Ukic to Milwaukee in exchange for Bucks guard Sonny Weems.

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are being reunited with Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma at practice for the U.S. women's national team. Joining Bird and Taurasi among the first eight chosen to the player pool are fellow 2008 Olympic gold medalists Tamika Catchings, Candace Parker, Cappie Pondexter, Kara Lawson, Sylvia Fowles and Seimone Augustus.

• IUP women's coach Jeff Dow hired Emily Briggs as an assistant. Briggs was a graduate assistant at California, Pa.

Boxing

Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik's fight against Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) was postponed because of an injury to his left hand. Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs), the WBO and WBC titleholder from Youngstown, Ohio, was scheduled to fight Williams Oct. 3 in Atlantic City, N.J., but promoter Top Rank said that the fight was being pushed back to November.

Softball

Bill Graham is the new coach at IUP. Graham, an assistant at Ashland the past two seasons, take over for Ali Ferrari, who left for Coastal Carolina.

First published on August 18, 2009 at 1:08 am