Sports Briefs May 10, 2010
Hockey
The Boston Bruins are unveiling a statue of Bobby Orr in his defining moment.
The bronze sculpture depicts the most beloved player in team history flying through the air with his arms outstretched after scoring the goal that clinched the 1970 Stanley Cup championship against the St. Louis Blues. It's scheduled to be unveiled today outside the TD Garden.
The ceremony comes on the 40th anniversary of the goal.
Orr is expected to attend along with Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, Boston Mayor Tom Menino and some of Orr's teammates.
The 600-pound statue is 110 percent of life size. It was designed by renowned sports sculptor Harry Weber. It will be on permanent display outside the arena.
• Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored to help two-time defending champion Russia open with the world hockey championhips with a 3-1 victory over Slovakia in Cologne, Germany.
Maxim Afinogenov and Viktor Kozlov also scored, and Vasili Koshechkin made 32 saves. Ivan Majesky scored for Slovakia in the Group A game.
Basketball
Former Detroit player Bill Laimbeer and former Toronto coach Sam Mitchell met with the Philadelphia 76ers in Dallas to discuss the team's vacant coaching job.
"We want to speak to as many qualified candidates as possible and certainly Bill Laimbeer's credentials as a player and success as a coach - including three championships in six seasons in the WNBA - speaks for itself," general manager Ed Stefanski said. "We want to thank Bill for meeting with us."
Mitchell coached the Raptors for four full seasons and was the NBA coach of the year in 2006-07. He was fired 17 games into the 2008-09 season.
The 76ers also have talked to Avery Johnson and Doug Collins. They fired Eddie Jordan last month after the team went 27-55 in his lone season.
Texas-Pan American's Armen Kirakossian shot a 4-under 68 in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to help the Broncs win the Division I title in the 24th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, while Bethune-Cookman topped the women's field.
Texas-Pan American won its fourth overall title and first since 2007, beating 2009 winner Tennessee State by two strokes.
Bethune-Cookman had a tournament-record 885 total for its eighth title.
Soccer
The Seattle Sounders FC announced they will offer a refund to season ticket holders for their poor performance in losing 4-0 to Los Angeles a day earlier.
The team announced that all season ticket holders who renew their season tickets for the 2011 season will receive a game credit. Seattle has about 32,000 season ticket holders.
General manager Adrian Hanauer says the move by the team should be taken as a sign that the organization won't tolerate a performance like Saturday. He said the only part of Saturday that lived up to expectations were the fans.
• American midfielder Stuart Holden has returned from a broken leg to play for Bolton, while U.S. teammate Oguchi Onyewu is still out for AC Milan.
Forward Brian Ching, a former Gonzaga standout, dressed for Houston on Saturday night for the first time since straining his left hamstring April 1 but didn't appear in the 2-0 win at Chivas USA.
Tennis
Sam Querrey survived a match point as he rallied to beat John Isner 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 to win an all-American Serbia Open final in Belgrade, Serbia.
Auto racing
Red Bull's Mark Webber secured a comfortable wire-to-wire victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Spain, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Webber's teammate Sebastian Vettel filled out the podium after Lewis Hamilton crashed with one lap remaining.
Webber made it 10 straight winners from pole position at the Circuit de Catalunya after the Australian drove a flawless race for a 24-second victory over Alonso and his third career victory.
- The Associated Press