DALLAS — Dallas Stars center Stu Barnes is retiring after 16 years in the NHL.
The Stars said Thursday that Barnes, 37, has agreed to a two-year contract to join Dave Tippett’s coaching staff as an assistant. The Stars also announced two-year contract extensions for associate coach Rick Wilson and assistant coach Mark Lamb through the 2010-11 season.
Barnes had 261 goals and 336 assists for 597 points in his 1,136-game NHL career.
Formula One great Hill dies
MONTEREY, Calif. — Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula One champion, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 81.
Hill won the 1961 Formula One title by a point over Wolfgang von Trips, his Ferrari teammate who was killed in the team’s final race of the year. Hill won three F1 races, taking the Italian Grand Prix in 1960 and 1961 and the Belgian Grand Prix in 1961.
Havret leads Johnnie Walker
GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Ryder Cup hopefuls Darren Clarke and Colin Montgomerie had encouraging opening rounds in the Johnnie Walker Championship.
Clarke shot a 1-under-par 72 and Montgomerie had a 74 on The Centenary Course at Gleneagles, where Frenchman Gregory Havret took the first-round lead with a 68.
Nick Dougherty had a 73 to start a late bid to rise from 14th in the standings to the top 10 who qualify automatically. Two who could be ousted from the leading 10 on Sunday had mixed fortunes. Ninth-place Soren Hansen shot a 2-under 71, while Oliver Wilson, 10th, had a 76. Justin Rose, eighth and at slight risk, shot 73.
Oklahoma State’s Riley suspended
INDIANAPOLIS — Oklahoma State point guard Andrea Riley, the Big 12’s top scorer (23.1), has been reprimanded and suspended by the NCAA for fighting with an LSU player during the Cowgirls’ final postseason game last season.
Riley’s one-game suspension, which would be served in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, stems from an incident involving LSU’s Erica White in the regional semifinals. Riley appeared to take a swipe at White’s head in the second half, although a foul wasn’t called.
Footnotes.
The Memphis Grizzlies signed center Hamed Haddadi, who averaged 16.6 points and 11.2 rebounds while playing for the Iranian team at the Beijing Olympics.
• The New Orleans Hornets signed free-agent Sean Marks, a nine-year NBA veteran who can play power forward and center.
• Oscar De La Hoya acknowledged he wasn’t sure if he will retire after his Dec. 6 bout against Manny Pacquiao.
• Jia Perkins scored 19 points to lead the Chicago Sky to a 69-60 win over the New York Liberty.
In another WNBA game, Tamika Whitmore scored 15 points and the Connecticut Sun raced out to a big early lead in an 84-58 victory over the Indiana Fever.
• Curlin, the champion 3-year-old of 2007 and horse of the year, drew the No. 5 post in a field of eight for Saturday’s $500,000 Woodward Stakes in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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