SPORTS IN BRIEF | July 10, 2012
Huck nets pair in Dunbrack victor y
Leanne Huck netted a pair of goals to pace first-place Halifax Dunbrack to a 2-0 victory over Halifax County in EastLink Premiership women’s soccer action Monday night at Mainland North Common.
Kelsey West posted the shuout for Dunbrack (7-2-0). County drops to 4-5-2.
First-place Wildcats hand Dry 7-2 setback
The Kentville Wildcats pouned out 14 hits in a 7-2 victory over the visiting Dartmouth Moosehead Dry in Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League play Monday night in Kentville.
Curtis Falls and Kevin Matheson had three hits apiece for first-place Kentville (12-3).
Chris Head and Matt Thomas each had a double and a single to lead Dartmouth (9-5).
Knicks acquire Camby from Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) — Marcus Camby has agreed to rejoin the New York Knicks in a deal that sends three players and two second-round draft picks to the Houston Rockets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move.
The Rockets, continuing to reshape their roster after missing the playoffs for the third straight season, will get guard Toney Douglas, centres Josh Harrelson and Jerome Jordan and secondround picks in 2014 and 2015.
Camby, meanwhile, returns to New York, where he played from 1998-2002.
Cansdale named swim coach at Dal, SNS
Lance Cansdale was announced for two prominent swimming jobs on Monday.
The former NAIA all-American swimmer, who coached the Halifax Trojans swim club for several years, has been named provincial coach for Swim Nova Scotia as well as the new head coach of the Dalhousie Tigers.
He will assume all of his new duties on Aug. 1.
He is a former executive director for Swim B.C. and has been a head coach at the university level in Canada and the U.S.
He has worked with national teams including the 1999 World Cup Tour, 2001, 2003 and 2005 world championships and the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
His most recent post was Swimming Canada’s director of domestic operations.
At Dalhousie, he inherits a program that has seen the men win 14 straight conference championships. The women have won 11 in a row.
Cansdale takes over from David Fry, who retired at the end of last season.
Heat star Wade has surgery on knee
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade of the NBA champion Miami Heat had surgery Monday on his left knee, and is expected to need up to eight weeks to fully recover.
Wade can begin therapy immediately and the Heat said the all-star guard is expected to be ready for the start of training camp. The procedure took just 20 minutes, and Wade wrote on his Twitter page Monday afternoon that he is “doing fine."
Heat team physician Harlan Selesnick performed the operation at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, just outside of Miami.
I’ll Have Another sold for $10 million
NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of I’ll Have Another says he sold his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to a farm in Japan for $10 million, a price that far exceeded any amount he was offered in the United States.
I’ll Have Another was retired with a tendon injury the day before he was to run in the Belmont Stakes and attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years.
Sinclair scores as Canada edges Colombia
VEVEY, Switzerland (AP) — Christine Sinclair scored her 135th international goal as Canada beat Colombia 1-0 in a women’s soccer Olympic tuneup Monday.
Sinclair scored just after the 30-minute mark. Lauren Sesselmann made the pass down the left side before Sinclair fired a shot into the net’s opposite corner.
Sinclair has the third-most international goals in women’s soccer history, trailing Americans Mia Hamm (158) and Abby Wambach (138).
Canada improved its 2012 record to 10-4 and will play its next tuneup against New Zealand on Saturday.
Novak signs four-year contract with Knicks
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Novak is returning to the New York Knicks with a four-year deal worth $15 million.
Novak’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, says the deal is a reward for a player who finally got his opportunity and took advantage of it. The Knicks claimed him after he was waived by San Antonio and Novak went on to lead the NBA in three-point shooting at 47.2 per cent.
Novak may not have been able to return without a challenge by the union to claim his “Bird Rights," allowing the Knicks to exceed the salary cap to keep him. Previously, players only kept their Bird Rights if traded, but the players’ association successfully argued that players claimed off waivers should, too.
MacLean improving after cardiac episode
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Phoenix Coyotes say forward Brett MacLean is improving after being taken to hospital for a cardiac emergency last week.
“We have been in contact with Brett’s family and the hospital over the past week and the reports are that he is doing well and his condition is improving," Coyotes GM Don Maloney said in a statement released Monday.
“Brett will continue to undergo tests with the cardiology team at University Hospital in London, Ont."
The 23-year-old winger was taken to hospital July 2 after suffering a medical emergency while playing hockey in Owen Sound, Ont.
The Coyotes said MacLean received CPR on site before being taken by ambulance to hospital. He was then taken by air ambulance to London, where he was admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit.
Kings sign Robinson to rookie contract
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings have signed first-round pick Thomas Robinson to a rookie contract.
Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie made the announcement Monday. Sacramento selected Robinson with the fifth overall pick in the NBA draft almost two weeks ago.
Robinson, the first unanimous first-team All-American since Blake Griffin, led the Jayhawks to the national championship game against Kentucky, where Kansas lost 67-59. He averaged 17.9 points and 11.8 rebounds in 31.8 minutes per game in his junior season and led the nation with 27 double-doubles. Robinson also was the Big 12 Player of the Year.
Hinrich agrees to deal to remain with Bulls
CHICAGO (AP) — Veteran guard Kirk Hinrich has agreed to a deal to return to the Chicago Bulls.
A person with knowledge of the NBA confirmed the deal on condition of anonymity Monday because it has not been announced. Free agents can’t sign new contracts until Wednesday.
Hinrich’s decision was first reported by the Chicago Tribune. The 31-year-old Hinrich spent his first seven seasons with Chicago before he was traded to the Washington Wizards two years ago.