Sports Log
Tigers shelve Willis, bench Ordonez
June 19, 2009
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BASEBALL
The Detroit Tigers altered their rotation and the middle of their lineup yesterday, placing lefthander Dontrelle Willis on the 15-day disabled list with an anxiety disorder and benching slumping slugger Magglio Ordonez indefinitely. Willis was the 2003 NL Rookie of the Year and a 22-game winner in ’05, but is 1-4 with a 7.49 ERA this season while struggling with control problems that have intensified in recent starts. He walked eight in 3 2/3 innings in a loss at Pittsburgh Sunday and has walked 18 in 11 innings over his last three starts. “I’ve talked to everybody and I don’t feel like I have any nervousness out there,’’ Willis said. The 35-year-old Ordonez, batting primarily third, is hitting .273 with two homers and 22 RBIs . . . Phillies left fielder Raul Ibanez went on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin. John Mayberry Jr. was recalled from Triple A Lehigh Valley to take Ibanez’s roster spot . . . The Cardinals activated infielder Khalil Greene, who was on the 15-day DL because of a social anxiety disorder.Arizona St. advances at World Series
Kole Calhoun hit a game-tying grand slam in the fifth inning and a go-ahead double in the seventh, and Arizona State erased a four-run deficit in a 12-5 victory over North Carolina at the College World Series at Omaha. ASU (51-13), the No. 5 seed, plays No. 1 Texas tonight . . . Dusty Rhodes, 82, who helped the Giants win their last World Series title in 1954, died Wednesday of cardiopulmonary arrest at a Las Vegas hospital. Obituary, B14.FOOTBALL
Prosecutor opposes Clarett’s request
A Franklin County (Ohio) prosecutor is opposing former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett’s request for early release from prison. Clarett was sentenced in September 2006 to serve at least three years for a holdup in Columbus and a separate highway chase that ended with police finding loaded guns in his SUV . . . The Jaguars were awarded long snapper Jeremy Cain off waivers from the Redskins. Cain was a two-time All-American at UMass.HOCKEY
Lafleur handed suspended sentence
Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur, 57, was given a one-year suspended sentence, fined $100, and ordered to donate $10,000 to charity for giving contradictory testimony during his son’s 2007 bail hearing. Lafleur is appealing the guilty verdict handed down May 1. He has also filed a $3.5-million civil lawsuit against the Montreal police and the Crown over the warrant used to arrest him . . . Blackhawks assistant general manager Rick Dudley resigned to pursue other opportunities . . . The Penguins signed defenseman Alex Goligoski to a three-year, $5.5 million contract.AUTO RACING
Formula One prepares for breakup
Eight Formula One teams, including Ferrari and current championship leader Brawn GP, started preparations for a breakaway motor-racing series next year after failing to resolve their dispute with motor sport’s governing body over financial constraints. FIA president Max Mosley was insistent on a voluntary $60 million budget cap for teams. Those that don’t agree to the cap would have more technical restrictions, something Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo called “fundamentally unfair.’’ . . . NASCAR driver Carl Long’s suspension has been reduced to eight races from a record 12, but his record $200,000 fine remains. Long was penalized for having an oversize engine at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in May.MISCELLANY
NCAA to uphold Florida State sanctions
The NCAA infractions committee intends to uphold sanctions against Florida State that would take away wins in 10 sports, including as many as 14 by football coach Bobby Bowden, after the organization said 61 Seminole athletes cheated on an online test in a music history course from the fall of 2006 through summer 2007 or received improper help from staffers who provided them with answers and typed papers for them . . . Melissa Giove, 37, a former mountain biking world champion, is being held on $250,000 bail after federal authorities say they seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate New York . . . Tour de France organizers banned former world champion Tom Boonen from next month’s race after the Belgian rider tested positive for cocaine for the second time in less than year.
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