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Public viewing set for former WVU football coach Bill Stewart
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West Virginia University announced Tuesday that there will be a public viewing of former football coach Bill Stewart from 2 p.m.-9 p.m. Thursday at the Morgantown Event Center, 2 Waterfront Place, Morgantown, W.Va. Stewart, 59, died Monday when he suffered a heart attack while playing in a charity golf tournament in Weston, W.Va. A private Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Morgantown. Burial will be in New Martinsville, W.Va., his hometown.
The family requests contributions be made to the Bill Stewart Memorial Community Fund, care of the Morgantown Community Trust, P.O. Box 409, Morgantown, W.Va., 26507. Arrangements are by McCulla Funeral Home, Morgantown.
Andrew Luck's name will be a part of Stanford long after he's gone. The university announced that its offensive coordinator position was endowed by a "very generous gift" from an anonymous donor in honor of the graduating quarterback. The position will officially be called the Andrew Luck Director of Offense.
• Suspended Virginia Tech place-kicker Cody Journell's future with the Hokies is in the hands of athletic director Jim Weaver. Journell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges in Montgomery County General District Court. He was sentenced to a year in jail, with all but 10 days suspended, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. Journell was suspended from the team since late December, when he was charged with felony breaking and entering.
• Iowa State receiver Albert Gary was sentenced to three years of probation for pleading guilty to first-degree theft.
• Tulsa starting linebacker Shawn Jackson was suspended for the first three games of Tulsa's season for a violation of team policy.
The USGA announced that Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., will play host to the U.S. Amateur in 2017, with nearby Bel-Air Country Club also being used in the two rounds of qualifying to reach the 64 players in match play. A month later, the Walker Cup goes to Los Angeles Country Club's North Course.
The United States fell to its second consecutive defeat at the Team World Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany. Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won their singles in straight sets, Berdych defeating Andy Roddick, 6-1, 6-2 and Stepanek cruising past James Blake, 6-2, 6-1.
• Kim Clijsters said the U.S. Open in September will be her final tournament before retiring. Clijsters, a former No. 1, already had announced that this would be her final season and said Tuesday that she expects to quit after Flushing Meadows, where she is a three-time champion.
• Second-seeded Francesca Schiavone eased into the second round of the Strasbourg International in France after beating Alexandra Cadantu of Romania, 6-1, 6-2, while three other seeded players lost. Third-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia, No. 5 Mona Barthel of Germany and No. 6 Marina Erakovic of New Zealand each exited.
• Lauren Embree and Alex Cercone won their singles matches to help Florida take its second consecutive national title with a 4-0 victory against UCLA in Athens, Ga. Embree was selected the tournament's most outstanding player.
Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue agreed to continue playing the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis through 2014.
• The Cincinnati-Xavier Crosstown Shootout, which was cut short near the completion of the game after a brawl broke out this past season, will continue as scheduled, but reportedly will be played at U.S. Bank Arena in downtown Cincinnati in the next few years. The game previously alternated between campus sites.
A Virginia property where Triple Crown winner Secretariat was born was sold at a foreclosure auction for more than $5 million. Mark Lovell, owner of Tennessee-based Universal Fairs, successfully bid $5.35 million for the State Fair of Virginia and its home, the 360-acre Meadow Event Park site where Secretariat was born in 1970.
First Published May 23, 2012 12:00 am
