CONCORD, N.C. — Brian Vickers will miss the remainder of the NASCAR season because of blood clots in his lungs and left leg.
The NASCAR driver was hospitalized two nights last week after feeling chest pains during a visit to Washington, D.C. Testing revealed the clots, and Vickers missed last weekend’s race at Dover, Del.
“This is what I love to do,” Vickers said Friday, “and I fully intend on doing it again.”
Vickers, 26, is being treated for a pulmonary embolism with the blood thinner Coumadin, and his physician couldn’t clear him to race because of the dangers of the driver being injured in a crash.
• Qualifying for the NASCAR all-star race has been rained out, giving Kurt Busch the pole based on the qualifying draw. Joey Logano will start on the outside of the front row today in the 100-lap race in Concord, N.C., that pays more than $1 million to the winner.
Court rules in favor of Hardy
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The top court in sports ruled in favor of U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy, rejecting the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal to extend her doping ban.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed WADA’s appeal to lengthen the ban from one to two years, but offered no ruling on whether Hardy should be allowed to compete at the 2012 London Olympics. Hardy tested positive for clenbuterol at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July 2008 and missed the Beijing Games.
Holdsclaw signs with Silver Stars
SAN ANTONIO — Chamique Holdsclaw signed with the San Antonio Silver Stars after the former No. 1 overall pick said she could no longer play for the Atlanta Dream because of a falling-out with the coach-general manager.
• In WNBA play, the Atlanta Dream beat the Connecticut Sun 97-82, and the Washington Mystics scored the final 16 points in a 77-61 win over the New York Liberty.
Footnotes.
Florida International’s Garrett Wittels matched the second-longest hitting streak in Division I history, getting a hit in his 47th straight game against Florida Atlantic. Wittels tied Wichita State’s Phil Stephenson, who hit in 47 straight games in 1981. Oklahoma State’s Robin Ventura holds the NCAA record with a 58-game streak in 1987.
• Mark Hardy, a former Los Angeles Kings defenseman and current assistant coach, was arrested and charged with felony fourth-degree sexual abuse after a complaint by a family member at a hotel in Washington. Hardy, 51, is due to appear in court again June 4.
• Jeff Jordan‘s on-again, off- again basketball career at Illinois ended when the school granted the reserve guard clearance to transfer. It isn’t clear where Michael Jordan‘s eldest son is headed.
• LSU point guard Bo Spencer, the Tigers’ leading returning scorer, is academically ineligible for the fall semester.
• The United States will face Argentina in the final of the World Team Cup after Bob and Mike Bryan won the decisive doubles match for the Americans against the Czech Republic in Duesseldorf, Germany.
