SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Silver Stars forward Chamique Holdsclaw has a torn right Achilles tendon and will miss the remainder of the WNBA season.
The Silver Stars said Tuesday she is expected to have surgery. Holdsclaw, a six-time all-star, was hurt in Sunday’s loss at Minnesota.
Holdsclaw, 33, wasn’t sure if she’d return next season.
“We’ll see. We’ll definitely see how my rehab goes. I’m not in a rush just to hop back out there; I’m not 23 anymore,” she said.
Also, the Washington Mystics dealt the Silver Stars’ playoff hopes a blow with a 76-66 victory.
OU’s Box out with back injury
NORMAN, Okla. — Linebacker Austin Box could miss the start of Oklahoma’s season because of a back injury that is expected to sideline him for three to six weeks.
• Michigan cornerback Troy Woolfolk was taken to a hospital after suffering what coach Rich Rodriguez described as a “lower body injury.”
• The Armed Forces Bowl is moving its Dec. 20 game to the SMU campus in Dallas, with plans to return to the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas, for 2011.
French player banned 18 games
PARIS — Nicolas Anelka‘s profane tirade at the World Cup might have been his last act with the French national team.
He was suspended for 18 games, one of four players banned by the French soccer federation for a World Cup mutiny that was criticized by President Nicolas Sarkozy and underlined an embarrassing first-round exit.
The federation also handed suspensions — subject to appeal — to former captain Patrice Evra (five games), Franck Ribery (three) and Jeremy Toulalan (one).
• Former Spain coach Javier Clemente was hired as Cameroon’s national soccer coach, succeeding Paul Le Guen.
This Bud’s for you, Kevin Harvick
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Budweiser has teamed with Sprint Cup Series points leader Kevin Harvick as a primary sponsor for most of the 2011 season. The beer maker said its familiar red paint scheme will be on Harvick’s No. 29 Chevrolet for 20 races next season, as well as the nonpoints events at Daytona and the annual all-star race.
• Australian NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose, signed a multiyear deal with Richard Petty Motorsports to drive the No. 9 Ford beginning in 2011.
Footnotes.
University of Mississippi men’s basketball coach Andy Kennedy settled a defamation lawsuit with a cab driver and a valet stemming from a dispute over a ride in 2008. Details of the settlement were kept confidential.
• Seton Hall University settled a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by former men’s basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez.
• Guard Whitney Hand is expected to miss the first half of the Oklahoma women’s basketball season after a setback in her recovery from a right knee injury.
• Gio Ponti has drawn the No. 6 post position and was given 7-5 odds for Saturday’s 28th running of the Arlington (Ill.) Million.
The Associated Press
