Print

Mail

wiki links

Sports quick take

Figure skating: Corruption further probed
Federal agents investigating the Olympic figure skating scandal are interviewing international officials from the sport, according to a published report. Three officials -- Jon Jackson, Ron Pfenning and Sally Stapleford -- said they were recently interviewed by FBI agents and members of the US Attorney's Office in New York, USA Today said in a story for yesterday. Investigators were interested in interviewing other skaters at competitions worldwide, said Pfenning, an American and member of the International Skating Union's technical committee.

US Football: Hart passes away
Leon Hart, who won the 1949 Heisman Trophy and helped Notre Dame win three national titles, died Tuesday. He was 73. He also was a member of three NFL championship teams in his eight seasons with the Detroit Lions. Hart died at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Notre Dame associate athletic director John Heisler said. A hospital spokeswoman said she did not know the cause of death. The Irish went 36-2-0 during Hart's four years at the school, winning national championships in 1946, 1947 and 1949, and finishing No. 2 in 1948.

Soccer: `Wem-ber-ley, Wem-ber-ley'
The troubled redevelopment of Wembley Stadium was expected to get the go-ahead yesterday with critics saying it will be the ``most expensive'' stadium in the world with a price tag of ?750 million (US$1.16 billion). The final game was played almost two years ago at the historic venue in north London. Since then, it has been overgrown with weeds while various redevelopment schemes have fallen through. Adam Crozier, the head of the English FA, and culture secretary Tessa Jowell were expected to announce the final plans yesterday.

Administration: No business like sports
Leading sports industry figures switched their attention to the responsibilities of professional sport and the need to improve the way it does business as they wrapped up the two day World Sports Forum on Tuesday. "The control of salaries has to change if the business of sport is to survive," said Lewis Katz, owner and co-owner of NBA's New Jersey Nets, NHL's New Jersey Devils and baseball's New York Yankees. "We have to change the business model, the players' salaries have to change. You cannot pay 75 percent of your revenues to players and have a profitable enterprise ... Sport was supposed to be affordable, democratic, for everyone, not just for the wealthy."

This story has been viewed 2514 times.