Duke’s lacrosse team defeated
Johns Hopkins ended Duke’s lacrosse season for the third time in four years and spoiled the last chance for the players stained by a stripper scandal to leave with an NCAA championship.
Johns Hopkins’ 10-9 victory over top-seeded Duke on Saturday put it in Monday’s championship game against Syracuse, which beat Virginia 12-11 in double overtime.
Five Duke players had been granted an extra year of eligibility to make up for their aborted 2006 season, when since-disbarred district attorney Mike Nifong charged three players with raping a stripper hired to dance at a party.
•On the women’s side, Penn and Northwestern meet today in the title game.
Noted marathoner Haile Gebrselassie discovered his old legs can carry him well in the 10,000 meters.
Gebrselassie ran his fastest 10,000 meters in four years at the FBK Games on Saturday at Hengelo, Netherlands. He was within the 27-minute mark he sought to be included on the Ethiopian team for the Beijing Olympics.
Meanwhile, in the 100 hurdles, world indoor champion Lolo Jones of the United States won in 12.87 seconds.
Silver Stars stop Storm
The San Antonio Silver Stars just keep coming out on top of the Seattle Storm.
Sophia Young scored 23 points, Becky Hammon added 20 and San Antonio defeated Seattle 87-72 Saturday to give the Silver Stars their sixth straight win over the Storm.
Swin Cash scored 15 points to lead Seattle. Lauren Jackson, the WNBA’s reigning MVP, had 14 points and seven rebounds in the Storm’s first loss of the season in its fourth game.
•Lindsay Whalen scored 21 points to lead four teammates in double figures Saturday as the Connecticut Sun defeated the Sacramento Monarchs 87-64.
•Pete Gaskill, an Oak Park assistant coach, was hired as the boys basketball coach for Staley High School, the Northland school that will open in August.

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