Wednesday, October 8, 2008
D.C. United's injury woes continued yesterday when the club announced that Brazilian midfielder Fred would miss the final three games of the regular season with a hamstring injury. He has appeared in 21 of 27 matches (19 starts) and has two goals and four assists.
His prognosis came a day after United lost Argentine playmaker Marcelo Gallardo for the remainder of the year because of a sprained knee ligament. Leading scorer Luciano Emilio (hamstring) is doubtful to play Sunday at Houston and team captain Jaime Moreno will serve the second of a two-game suspension for elbowing a Dallas player on Sept. 28. Moreno's appeal was denied by MLS yesterday.
· HIGH SCHOOLS: Anacostia is looking for a varsity football opponent for Friday or Saturday after its previously scheduled opponent, Eastern, canceled its season yesterday because of a lack of players. Coaches interested in playing Anacostia can contact Coach Willie Stewart at 202-669-0423. . . .
Larry Johnson, former assistant director of the Virginia High School League who helped develop the state's six-division football playoff system and created weight standards for wrestlers, died Monday at age 68. Johnson was battling liver cancer. Johnson, who supervised 15 sports for the VHSL, worked for the league from 1985 until his retirement in 2003.
· COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Colgate and Georgetown will not reschedule last Saturday's game, which was postponed because of a viral outbreak on the Georgetown campus.
Patriot League officials made the decision yesterday after consulting with the league's seven football athletic directors, who unanimously endorsed the decision.
The Oct. 4 game was postponed after 214 Georgetown students were sickened by norovirus, commonly known as the stomach flu, and several football players were exposed to it.
The game will be listed as an unplayed game in league standings and overall school records for the season.
· TENNIS: Venus Williams was beaten in the opening round for the second time in 12 tournaments this season, losing, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, to Flavia Pennetta of Italy at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
The Wimbledon champion, who also lost in the first round at Memphis in March, dropped to 1-3 against Pennetta.
On the men's side, where Russians have won nine of the last 11 Cups, the winners included two-time defending champion Nikolay Davydenko and Marat Safin, runner-up to Davydenko in 2006.
· AUTO RACING: Formula One announced it was dropping the Canadian Grand Prix from its 2009 schedule.
It marks the first time since 1987 that the Canadian GP will not be on the schedule. . . .
Patrick Carpentier was released from NASCAR's Gillett Evernham Motorsports, and Mike Wallace and A.J. Allmendinger will finish the season in the No. 10 Dodge.
· PRO BASKETBALL: Elgin Baylor is out as vice president of basketball operations with the Los Angeles Clippers, and Coach Mike Dunleavy will assume his responsibilities as general manager.
Dunleavy said Baylor had decided to resign after spending 22 years as an executive with the team. . . .
The Orlando Magic picked up its $2.8 million option on former Duke star J.J. Redick for next season.
Redick has struggled to work his way into the backcourt rotation and last season asked for a trade.
· HORSE RACING: Horses pre-entered in the 14 Breeders' Cup races to be run Oct. 24-25 at Santa Anita will face drug testing ahead of racing's richest event.
Horses will be selected randomly for testing from the pre-entry lists to be released Tuesday, the California Horse Racing Board announced.
· CYCLING: The German cycling federation has begun proceedings aimed at banning Stefan Schumacher for two years after confirming that the Tour de France stage winner tested positive for blood doping before and during the July race.
-- From News Services and Staff Reports
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