Sports Desk
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BASKETBALL
Jay Williams Cut by Nets
Jay Williams’s quest to return to the NBA some three years after a horrible motorcycle accident was put on hold yesterday when the New Jersey Nets waived the point guard less than two weeks before the start of the season.
“It’s heartbreaking doing it regardless, and then to do it with a guy like him,” the Nets’ coach, Lawrence Frank, said. “The one thing to think about with him is, let’s say he didn’t get injured, anyone who takes three, 3 1/2 years off, he just needs an opportunity to play.
RUNNING
Kenya’s Cheruiyot Carted Away After Chicago Marathon Win
Robert Cheruiyot had just held off fellow Kenyan Daniel Njenga to win the Chicago Marathon yesterday, when he slipped near the finish and banged his head. Race officials said he was not seriously injured.
Cheruiyot, winner of this year’s Boston Marathon, stayed down for several minutes after hitting his head. He was taken from the course in a golf cart and headed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Although Cheruiyot slipped before the tape, he did cross the finish line. It was a painful ending to a race in which he sprinted away from Njenga in the final stretch and finished in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds.
HOCKEY
Flyers GM Clarke Resigns, Hitchcock Fired
General manager Bob Clarke resigned and coach Ken Hitchcock was fired in a dramatic shakeup yesterday, with the Philadelphia Flyers off to their worst start in 17 years.
Assistant John Stevens was appointed head coach and former Flyers coach Paul Holmgren was promoted from assistant general manager to interim general manager — the latest combination in an attempt to end a 31-year Stanley Cup drought.
The Flyers are 1–6–1 and have the fewest BASEBALL points in the NHL.
MLB Owners, Union Reach Labor Agreement
Baseball players and owners have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told the Associated Press yesterday.
The deal, struck during bargaining in New York on Friday night and Saturday, is subject to the sides putting the agreement in writing, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been finalized.
— Associated Press