INDIANAPOLIS — Former Denver East High School standout David Oliver won the Jesse Owens Award on Tuesday as the top American track athlete.
Oliver ran the five fastest times in the world this year in the 110-meter hurdles, and 12 of the top 15 times. That included the 12.89 seconds he ran in Paris on July 16, when he broke the U.S. record with the fourth-fastest time in history.
Allyson Felix, who won the U.S. national title at 100 meters, received her third Jesse Owens Award. She also won in 2005 and 2007.
Iverson scores 15 in Turkey debut
ANKARA, Turkey — Former Nuggets guard Allen Iverson scored 15 points in his debut for Besiktas Cola Turka but failed to carry his team to victory.
Hemofarm Stada defeated Besiktas 94-91 in a European Cup game. Turkish fans shouted “Allen Iverson, the son of Besiktas Cola Turka” during the game.
The 11-time all-star is 17th on the NBA’s career scoring list with 24,368 points over a 14-year career with Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit and Memphis. He won the league’s MVP award in 2001.
• Los Angeles Lakers center Theo Ratliff will be sidelined for at least four to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
• Brandon Roy, the leading scorer (18.1 points a game) for the Portland Trail Blazers, is out indefinitely because of a left knee injury.
• Washington Wizards rookie point guard John Wall is sidelined with a sprained left foot.
• The Orlando Magic-New York Knicks game that was postponed Nov. 2 because of an asbestos scare at Madison Square Garden will be played March 28.
• A private security guard admitted phoning bomb threats to a NBA office in New Jersey that he was hired to protect.
Jose Quesada pleaded guilty to knowingly providing false information indicating that malicious damage by means of an explosive would take place. Quesada, 19, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he’s sentenced in March.
Footnotes.
U.S. investigators interviewed French anti-doping officials at Interpol headquarters as part of a probe into allegations of drug use by cyclists, including Lance Armstrong. The investigation shifted its focus to France, with an American delegation seeking information from police officials and the national anti-doping agency (AFLD) that has stored some of Armstrong’s samples from the Tour de France, which Armstrong won seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005.
• While admitting an error occurred, the Pac-10 reprimanded Arizona State coach Dennis Erickson for publicly criticizing the referees for missing a call on linebacker Vontaze Burfict during the fourth quarter of Stanford’s 17-13 victory Saturday.
• Washington quarterback Jake Locker (rib) has been cleared for Thursday night’s game against UCLA, Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian said on his Twitter account.
• Australian Olympic official John Coates was elected president of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, defeating Dick Pound of Canada.
The Associated Press
