Sports Briefs April 17, 2012
NBA
Former University of Florida basketball star Dwayne Schintzius, who also played in the NBA, died after a two-year battle against cancer. He was 43.
Relatives said Schintzius died Sunday at a Tampa hospital following complications from a failed bone marrow transplant. Schintzius began treatment for leukemia in 2010.
The 7-foot-2 center played for the Gators from 1987 to 1990, helping Florida to its first three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Schintzius was drafted 24th overall in the first round by the San Antonio Spurs in 1990. He also played for the Kings, Nets, Pacers, Clippers and Celtics during an eight-year professional career.
Heat 101, Nets 98: At Newark, N.J., LeBron James scored Miami's final 17 points in a furious one-man rally to help Miami past New Jersey.
Hornets 75, Bobcats 67: Greivis Vasquez scored 20 points to lead New Orleans at Charlotte.
Wizards 87, Bulls 84: Kevin Seraphin had 21 points and 13 rebounds to lift Washington at Chicago.
Nuggets 105, Rockets 102: Arron Afflalo scored 26 points to lead Denver at Houston.
Hawks 109, Raptors 87: Jeff Teague had 19 points and 10 assists, Ivan Johnson scored 21 points and visiting Atlanta beat Toronto.
Pacers 111, Timberwolves 88: At Indianapolis, David West had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help Indiana over Minnesota.
Magic 113, 76ers 100: Ryan Anderson had 26 points and 16 rebounds and host Orlando beat Philadelphia.
Jazz 123, Mavericks 121, 3OT: At Salt Lake City, Dirk Nowitzki had 40 points in a losing effort as Dallas fell to Utah.
Suns 125, Trail Blazers 107: Marcin Gortat had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead host Phoenix over Portland.
Spurs 120, Warriors 99: At Oakland, Calif., Tiago Splitter had 15 points and eight rebounds to help San Antonio beat Golden State.
Clippers 92, Thunder 77: Nick Young scored 19 points off the bench to help host Los Angeles Clippers beat Oklahoma City.
Basketball
Richard Pitino has been hired to replace Isiah Thomas at Florida International, signing his contract to take over a program that has not posted a winning season in 12 years.
The 29-year-old Pitino is the son of Louisville coach Rick Pitino. The younger Pitino spent this past season as Louisville's associate head coach under his father, helping the Cardinals reach the Final Four.
Running
Wesley Korir, a Kenyan citizen and permanent resident of the United States, won the Boston Marathon in a heat-slowed time of 2 hours, 12 minutes, 40 seconds that was more than five minutes behind the world best established a year ago by Geoffrey Mutai.
Sharon Cherop won the women's race to complete the Kenyan sweep, outsprinting Jemima Jelagat Sumgong to win by 2 seconds in 2:31:50.
Hockey
The NHL fined the Ottawa Senators $10,000 and forward Zenon Konopka $2,500 for Konopka's conduct prior to Game 2 of the first-round playoff series against the New York Rangers.
Konopka was fined for his verbal abuse directed at a New York Rangers player conducting a live television interview nearby during pregame warm-ups.
Baseball
Barry Bonds was given an extension until May 4 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco granted a second extension request by Bonds' lawyers, which had been filed Friday. The original deadline had been March 21 before the court granted an extension last month to April 20.
- The Associated Press