Sports in brief

Times wires
Monday, September 12, 2011

PRO HOCKEY

Only player to survive crash dies in hospital

MOSCOW — The only member of a top Russian hockey team to survive a plane crash that killed 44 died Monday of his injuries in a Moscow hospital.

The Vishnevsky hospital said Alexander Galimov, 26, died of the severe burns that covered about 90 percent of his body, despite the best efforts of doctors in its burn unit, considered one of the best in Russia.

The crash Wednesday of a chartered Yak-42 jet outside the western city of Yaroslavl took the lives of 28 players, two coaches and seven other staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl club.

The team has decided not to take part in this year's Kontinental Hockey League season. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said it will be demoted to a lower league as part of a gradual rebuilding program.

PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT: Cory Conacher scored his second goal in as many games, but the Lightning fell 7-3 to the Predators in Coral Springs. Brett Connolly and Alex Hutchings also scored for Tampa Bay (0-2), which plays its final game Wednesday against the host Panthers.

DEVILS SALE: New Jersey minority owner Brick City LLC denied a report that the team is facing bankruptcy and said it is finalizing a deal to sell its interest and give managing partner Jeff Vanderbeek some new partners.

SAVARD HONORED: Bruins F Marc Savard will get his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup despite having missed the playoffs with post-concussion syndrome.

NBA

Season on brink, talks to restart

A pivotal stretch in the NBA lockout begins today, when full bargaining committees return to the table. That could move players and owners closer to a new labor deal, but it also could send things in the wrong direction if more voices in the room leads to discord.

WOLVES PICK COACH: The Timberwolves hired Rick Adelman as coach, the Associated Press reported. Adelman, 65, is 945-616 in 20 seasons as a coach.

JORDAN FINED: Bobcats owner Michael Jordan was fined by the NBA for making comments about the league's ongoing collective bargaining process. ESPN.com reported the fine was $100,000.

WNBA: Four-time scoring champion Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor signed multiyear extensions with the Phoenix Mercury.

BOXING

Excess potassium caused death

Anthony Jones, who died at age 28 after being knocked out in a Jan. 29 heavyweight fight in Arkansas, had too much potassium in his system, which caused his organs to fail and his heart to stop, the Arkansas Athletic Commission said in a report.

JURISPRUDENCE

Former NBA star's suit goes to trial

A federal jury in Atlanta is hearing a lawsuit filed by retired NBA All-Star Joe Barry Carroll, who claims the Tavern at Phipps restaurant discriminated against him and a friend when bartenders insisted they give up their seats to white women. The restaurant said it has a policy to ask men sitting at the bar to move when women behind them are standing.

ET CETERA

HORSES: A filly by Unbridled's Song sold for $1 million to Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm during the second session of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale.

SOCCER: The U.S. team will play Ecuador in an exhibition Oct. 11 in Harrison, N.J.

Times staff, wires

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