Sports Log
Police report: Young talked of suicide
September 13, 2008
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NFL
The Titans called Nashville police for help searching for Vince Young because his therapist told coach Jeff Fisher the quarterback had mentioned suicide several times before driving away from his home with a gun. Both Fisher and Young have said what happened Monday night was overblown by the media. But the supplemental report filed by Nashville police showed that Fisher was worried about the quarterback after the call from Young's therapist. "I asked [Fisher], 'What made [the therapist] worry about him?' " Lieutenant Andrea Swisher wrote. "He stated, 'His mood, his emotions, he wants to quit, and he mentioned suicide several times.' He went on to state that he left the house with a gun." The Nashville City Paper obtained the report yesterday through a public records request . . . The Giants and Jets ended negotiations on stadium naming rights with German insurance company TENNIS
ATP clears Davydenko in betting probe
Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko was cleared by the ATP after a yearlong investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a match he lost to a low-ranked opponent. The governing body of men's tennis said it found no evidence of wrongdoing by Davydenko, opponent Martin Vassallo Arguello, or anyone else associated with their match in Sopot, Poland, Aug. 2, 2007. Davydenko, then ranked No. 5, pulled out of the match against the 87th-ranked Vassallo Arguello in the third set, citing a foot injury.BASEBALL
GM says Wedge will be back for 2009
Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said manager Eric Wedge will return next season, according to a report in The Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Indians, who had a disappointing start in 2008 and fell 16 games out of first, are 36-22 since trading CC Sabathia to the Brewers in July. Shapiro credits his sixth-year manager for that turnaround . . . Pirates starter Tom Gorzelanny will miss the rest of the season because of an injury to his left middle finger . . . Cardinals righthander Chris Carpenter will miss the rest of the season because of a muscle strain in his pitching shoulder.MISCELLANY
Physicist: Bolt could have run a 9.55
Norwegian physicist Hans Eriksen has done the math, and says Usain Bolt could have run the 100-meter Olympic final in 9.55 seconds if he had not slowed down to showboat. "We estimate that he could have finished the race in a time between 9.55 and 9.61," Eriksen said of Bolt, who finished in a world-record 9.69 seconds in Beijing . . . Two-time Olympic skeet shooting gold medalist Kim Rhode is offering $5,000 for the return of her shotgun, which she says was stolen from her pickup truck in Lake Elsinore, Calif., while she was buying shoes for her wedding . . . Anjali Forber-Pratt of Natick finished sixth in the 100-meter women's wheelchair race at the Paralympic Games in Beijing . . . Former Capitals head coach Bruce Cassidy has been named an assistant to new Providence Bruins coach Rob Murray . . . The Canadiens acquired 37-year-old forward Robert Lang from the Blackhawks for a second-round pick in 2010. The Canadiens also re-signed defenseman Patrice Brisebois to a one-year deal . . . The New Jersey Devils re-signed center Rod Pelley and traded defenseman Sean Zimmerman to Phoenix for forward Kevin Cormier . . . Guard Delonte West signed a two-year contract with the Cavaliers . . . Trail Blazers center Raef LaFrentz will have surgery on his right shoulder this month and will be out indefinitely . . . The WNBA game between the Comets and Sacramento Monarchs in Houston was postponed because of Hurricane Ike . . . Diana Taurasi scored 31 points to help Phoenix hold off host Minnesota, 96-87 . . . Graham Zusi scored in the 11th minute to give No. 8 Maryland a 1-0 men's soccer victory over No. 9 Boston College in College Park, Md. . . . Ale Ivo's strike in the 74th minute lifted St. John's to a 1-0 victory over visiting BU.© Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company.


