CLEVELAND — Zydrunas Ilgauskas will consider a couple of offers from the Cleveland Cavaliers and choose the one he wants this morning, his agent said Monday night.
Ilgauskas, averaging 7.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game this season, has the option of signing for just the remainder of the season or adding extra years to the deal.
“It’s just a matter of how long of a contract we’ll sign,” Herb Rudoy said.
Cleveland dealt Ilgauskas to Washington at the trade deadline in a three-team deal that brought Antawn Jamison and Sebastian Telfair to the Cavaliers. Monday was the first day he is eligible to re-sign with the Cavaliers under NBA rules.
• Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier is expected to be sidelined at least 10 days with a sprained left knee.
• The Golden State Warriors are for sale and Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison has already made it well known he wants to buy the team.
Vonn’s Cup earnings runneth over
OBERHOFEN, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn has won nearly half a million dollars on the World Cup circuit this season.
The International Ski Federation released the list of its top money winners, with the Vail skier on top at $466,000.
Polish cross country skier Justyna Kowalczyk was next with $346,000. Both were overall champions.
Didier Cuche of Switzerland was the men’s top earner at $316,000.
• Olympian Tommy Ford won his third national title in the giant slalom at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Wilmington, N.Y.
Ford, who won the slalom and the combined Sunday, finished in 2 minutes, 9.14 seconds to beat Warner Nickerson by .79 seconds. Chris Frank was third in 2:10.74.
• Mathias Berthold will coach the Austrian men’s ski team after leading the German women to three gold medals at the Vancouver Olympics.
Footnotes.
Mississippi State athletic director Greg Byrne will take the same position at Arizona. He replaces Jim Livengood, who left in December to become AD at UNLV.
• Former Michigan State running back Glenn Winston has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and a year of probation for his role in a Nov. 22 fight with members of a campus fraternity. Winston is one of 11 current or former Spartans players to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges in connection with the on-campus fight.
• Lee Ann Riley resigned as women’s basketball coach at Stephen F. Austin State University. She compiled a 149-129 record with the Ladyjacks.
• Discreetly Mine, winner of the Risen Star Stakes, was installed as the early 5-2 favorite for Saturday’s Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
• The Chicago Fire released Jon Busch, who started every game for the Major League Soccer team the past two seasons and was the MLS goaltender of the year in 2008.
• Golfer Michelle Wie signed an endorsement deal with McDonald’s, with an advertising campaign that will be launched next month in five languages.
The Associated Press
