BASKETBALL
Anderson gets big raise
New Missouri basketball coach Kim Anderson is getting a hefty raise at his alma mater after making the jump from Division II Central Missouri. Anderson will receive a $300,000 base salary and $1.1 million in guaranteed money annually. He'll get an additional $100,000 for each 20-victory season that leads to an NCAA tournament berth; an extra $100,000 if named national coach of the year; and $50,000 for each NCAA appearance, regardless of regular season record. The university released the terms of Anderson's five-year contract on Friday, six weeks after luring the 59-year-old former Big Eight star and longtime Tigers assistant under Norm Stewart back to Columbia. He had three 30-victory seasons in 12 years at Central Missouri, where he led the Mules to an NCAA title in March. He earned $165,600 annually in Warrensburg. The contract offers additional financial incentives should Missouri win the Southeastern Conference regular season or tournament titles, advance deep into the postseason or meet certain goals for ticket sales and academics. Should Anderson stay for the duration of his contract, he can collect another $500,000 in deferred annuity payments. Anderson replaced Frank Haith, who left Missouri after three seasons for Tulsa and was paid $1.5 million in guaranteed salary his first year on the job. The Sedalia native interviewed for the Missouri job in 1999 before the school chose Quin Snyder. Missouri passed him over twice more, hiring Mike Anderson and then Haith, before athletic director Mike Alden gave him a chance at the school he led to a Big Eight title in 1976 and where he was the conference player of the year the following season. Anderson was 274-94 at Central Missouri, a .743 winning percentage, and is among the top 10 in career winning percentage in Division II. He was a graduate assistant at Missouri from 1982-85 and was Stewart's top assistant from 1991-99.
• NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he is not concerned about the Los Angeles Clippers' ability to operate as normal in the upcoming draft and free agency periods, even if the sale of the team is not completed quickly. The draft is June 26. Free agency begins July 1. The $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer cannot go forward until a lawsuit filed against the NBA and Silver by banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling is resolved or dropped. Silver says the league is confident that coach Doc Rivers and interim CEO Dick Parsons will guide the team appropriately at draft and free-agency time, regardless of whether the sale is completed or not.
• While former Lakers and Knicks forward Metta World Peace remains a free agent, he's signed on to work as a girl's high school hoops coach. Palisades Charter High School coach Torino Johnson told the Orange County Register that World Peace will be an assistant coach at the Los Angeles school. Johnson says he first met World Peace while coaching his daughter, Sadie, when she played for the Palisades Dolphins. From 2009 to 2013, World Peace played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Last season, the 34-year-old forward played 29 games for the New York Knicks. World Peace, previously known as Ron Artest, has also authored two children's books since 2013.
FOOTBALL
Bruins may build stadium
Two people involved in discussions have told The Associated Press the family of Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs is proposing to build a stadium to secure the Buffalo Bills' future in the region. They say executives of Jacobs' Buffalo-based Delaware North hospitality company are to meet with at least one ownership group and members of a firm hired by New York state to evaluate potential stadium sites. They spoke on condition of anonymity because Delaware North has not revealed its plans. Jacobs' son, Jeremy Jr., told the AP last month his family was involved in talks regarding the Bills' future, including the possibility of developing a new stadium. The Bills are on the market after owner Ralph Wilson died in March.
• New York Giants linebacker Jon Beason has broken a bone in his right foot and is expected to miss most of training camp. The team announced Friday that he also tore a ligament during Thursday's offseason training activity workout. Beason went down defending a pass play. He walked off the field, but was later carted off for evaluation. He had X-rays, an MRI and a CT scan to determine the extent of the injury. His status for the season opener Sept. 8 against Detroit remains in question. Beason said in a statement released by the team that he hopes to be back for the opener. He had at least eight tackles in eight games played with New York last season after arriving in a trade with the Carolina Panthers.
HOCKEY
Buffalo bids for combine
Buffalo Sabres President Ted Black said the team has submitted a proposal to host the NHL's annual pre-draft scouting combine for at least the next three years. Black says the bid was submitted on Friday and the team has been working on its proposal for two years to replace Toronto as the combine's host. The NHL opened the bidding process for the first time this year after the Sabres lobbied to host the annual May event to coincide with the opening of HarborCenter, a $172 million hockey and entertainment complex. HarborCenter's construction was paid for by Sabres owner Terry Pegula, and will feature two rinks and a full-service hotel connected to the team's downtown arena. The deadline for bids is Monday.
MOTOR SPORTS
Theriault wins debut
Austin Theriault won his ARCA debut Friday at Michigan International Speedway at Brooklyn, Mich. The 20-year-old Theriault, from Fort Kent, Maine, is the first driver to win in his first ARCA start since Alex Bowman in 2011. Pole-winner Mason Mitchell led for 65 of the 100 laps but had to settle for second place in the 200-mile race. Theriault was hired this year to drive three Nationwide Series races for JR Motorsports. He was the 2012 Maine Vintage Race Car Association's Driver of the Year. He made his NASCAR K&N Pro Series debut in 2012 after winning the "Maine Young Guns." Theriault led for 25 laps Friday in his No. 66 Toyota.
m Kevin Harvick posted the fastest qualifying speed in NASCAR's top series since 1987, winning the pole at Michigan International Speedway on Friday at 204.557 mph. Harvick's pole-winning speed was the fastest since Bill Elliott set the record of 212.809 mph at Talladega Superspeedway in April 1987, but drivers have routinely broken 200 mph at Michigan since the track was repaved before the 2012 season. Marcos Ambrose had a speed of 203.241 in 2012, the first time anyone won a pole at over 200 mph since Elliott did it before horsepower-sapping restrictor plates were introduced at Talladega and Daytona. Last August, Joey Logano pushed the track record to 203.949. Harvick was even faster in winning his third pole of the year and ninth of his career. Points leader Jeff Gordon was second, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third.
SWIMMING
Gemmell, Mann take titles
Andrew Gemmell and Becca Mann have won the 10-kilometer titles at the U.S. open water national championships and earned berths at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia this summer. Gemmell won the men's race at Castaic Lake near Los Angeles on Friday in 1 hour, 50 minutes and 45.93 seconds. The 23-year-old swimmer from Wilmington, Del., took his first and only lead late in the race. Jordan Wilimovsky of Malibu, Calif., finished second in 1:51.30.28. Alex Meyer of Ithaca, N.Y., and Sean Ryan of Chattanooga, Tenn., tied for third with a time of 1:59:49.36. Mann stayed within striking distance of the leaders before making her move on the final two laps to win in 1:59:13.95. The 16-year-old swimmer from Homer Glen, Ill., earned her first national title.
• Six-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is still paralyzed a week after severing her spinal cord in an all-terrain vehicle accident, though doctors are not sure if it will be permanent. Van Dyken-Rouen posted a note on Twitter on Friday refuting a report that she was no longer paralyzed and another that said she will not need more surgery. The 41-year-old swimmer was unable to move her toes or feel anything touching her legs after the ATV she was driving near Show Low, Ariz., hit a curb and launched her over a drop-off on June 6. Van Dyken-Rouen severed her spinal cord in the accident and was airlifted to a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital, where she had surgery. She plans to rehabilitate at a hospital in suburban Denver.
Sports on 06/14/2014