BOSTON — Doc Rivers received a contract extension giving him three more years as coach of the Boston Celtics on Tuesday after leading them to an NBA title one year following the second-worst season in team history.
Rivers’ contract, which had one year left, was extended through the 2010-2011 season at an annual salary of about $5.5 million.
Rivers coached the Celtics to their NBA record 17th championship and their first in 22 years in his fourth season as coach. He is 168-160 with the Celtics.
• Former Kansas teammates Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers were fined $20,000 apiece after being banished last week from the NBA rookie symposium.
Security at the resort near New York where the event took place found Arthur and Chalmers in a room with two women, and the scent of marijuana was detected. No drugs or drug paraphernalia were found, but having guests in the room violated NBA policy, and the two rookies were sent home.
Arthur and Chalmers apologized but denied using marijuana. Next year they’ll have to again attend the symposium, which addresses the challenges of making the transition to pro ball. Arthur is with the Memphis Grizzlies and Chalmers with the Miami Heat.
World champion skater Buttle retires
TORONTO — World champion figure skater Jeffrey Buttle announced his retirement at age 26.
Buttle became the first Canadian to win the men’s title since Elvis Stojko in 1997 when he won in March. He also was the bronze medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and is a three-time national champion.
He said he’s satisfied with everything he’s accomplished in his career, adding it was a tough decision with the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
“That was definitely the battle that was going on in my mind,” Buttle said. “. . . Having the Olympics here in Vancouver is important to me, but winning them wasn’t.
“It just wasn’t in my heart.”
Logano to race NH for Hall of Fame
LOUDON, N.H. — Joey Logano will make his Sprint Cup debut this weekend in New Hampshire in the No. 96 Toyota for Hall of Fame Racing. Logano, who will take over for Tony Stewart next season at Joe Gibbs Racing, was scheduled to make his debut last weekend in Richmond, Va., before rain washed out qualifying.
Duke defends decision to dismiss Giuliani
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University said former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s son was properly dismissed from the golf team and was never promised a spot on the squad.
Andrew Giuliani sued Duke in July, claiming he was improperly cut from the team this year and that the coach violated a contract he entered when he agreed to come to the university and pay $200,000 in tuition and fees.
But Duke said in a court filing the 22-year-old Giuliani was properly suspended after throwing an apple in the face of another player, breaking a golf club during a tournament, injuring a teammate and becoming verbally abusive with a coach.
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