Dexter Muni opening Saturday
DEXTER — Dexter Municipal Golf Course will open at 9 a.m. Saturday.
All regular tees and greens and the driving range will be in use. Carts will be available.
An open house will also be underway from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info, call 924-6477.
UC Berkeley settles in football practice death for $4.75 million
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California, Berkeley has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a football player who died in 2014 during a conditioning workout for $4.75 million, both sides said on Thursday.
The settlement with the family of 21-year-old Ted Agu was reached on April 8 and requires the school to adopt safety changes to protect student athletes, UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said.
“The University is glad to have reached a resolution with the Agu family, as it has been a difficult process for everyone involved,” Mogulof said.
Agu, whose status as a carrier of the sickle cell trait blood abnormality was known, died on February 7, 2014 near California Memorial Stadium on the Berkeley campus after an exhausting conditioning drill.
So called “sickle cell crises” can occur during intense exercise, and those who have the trait can be especially vulnerable to dehydration and low oxygen, according to medical experts.
The family called the drill “extremely intense and egregiously inappropriate, given his medical condition,” according to court records. They said that Agu showed serious signs of fatigue that were ignored by Berkeley trainers and coaches.
Memphis hires Tubby Smith as coach
Memphis landed a basketball coach with 18 NCAA Tournament appearances as it announced Thursday that Tubby Smith been hired to replace Josh Pastner.
Smith, 64, spent the past three seasons at Texas Tech. He has a career mark of 557-276 and won the 1998 national title at Kentucky.
Smith received a five-year contract valued at $15.45 million, according to a university press release. His deal is worth $2.8 million in 2016-17, 2.9 million the following season and $3.25 million in each of the next three seasons.
Texas Tech went 19-13 this past season and reached the NCAA Tournament, allowing Smith to join Lon Kruger as the only coaches to take five different teams to the tourney.
Smith also has served as head coach at Tulsa, Georgia and Minnesota.
MLB suspends Phillies’ Stumpf 80 games for doping
Major League Baseball on Thursday suspended Philadelphia rookie left-hander Daniel Stumpf for 80 games for violating the policy against using performance-enhancing drugs.
His suspension begins immediately and he will forfeit $221,858.
Stumpf tested positive for taking an anabolic steroid.
The 25-year-old rookie Texas native has appeared in three games this season and compiled a 40.50 ERA.
Petrino gets new seven-year deal from Louisville
Louisville and head football coach Bobby Petrino on Thursday agreed to a new seven-year deal that keeps the 55-year-old Petrino with the Cardinals through 2023.
Petrino led the Cardinals to an 8-5 record and a win in the Music City Bowl over Texas A&M last season
Petrino becomes the third highest paid coach in the ACC behind Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher. According to reports, the deal is worth $30.6 million.
Since returning to Louisville two years ago, Petrino has worked his magic leading the Cardinals to a 17-9 record and a pair of bowl bids.