Times wires
Friday, April 29, 2011
Colleges
USF's top scorer won't go to NBA
TAMPA — Augustus Gilchrist, USF's top scorer last season, will return for his senior season. The power forward's name was not among the 69 of underclassmen submitted to the NBA on Friday, the last day they could do so.
Gilchrist, who scored 13.4 points per game, told USF coach Stan Heath he was putting his name in the draft but leaving open the option of withdrawing before the deadline. He also asked for an evaluation from the league.
With Gilchrist back, the Bulls will have seven of their top eight scorers back next season (all but C Jarrid Famous) plus five newcomers, including Arizona State transfer Victor Rudd.
More basketball: Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan received an extension through 2015-16. Terms were not disclosed.
football: N.C. State granted Russell Wilson, who led the ACC with 3,563 passing yards last season, a release from his scholarship, meaning he is free to transfer. He is playing baseball in the Rockies' system and hasn't decided if he will return for his final season of eligibility. Coach Tom O'Brien previously said redshirt junior Mike Glennon will start.
Tennis
Djokovic remains unbeaten in 2011
Novak Djokovic beat Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Serbia Open in Belgrade to improve to 26-0 this year. Djokovic is off to the best start to an ATP season since Ivan Lendl went 29-0 in 1986. John McEnroe set the record of 42-0 in 1984. Djokovic, ranked No. 2, has won 63 of 69 sets and four tournament titles, including the Australian Open. In the semifinals, Djokovic plays fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic, who beat Somdev Devvarman 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Estoril Open: Juan Martin del Potro reached the semifinals by beating top-seeded Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-5 in Oeiras, Portugal. The former U.S. Open champ, who missed most of last season after wrist surgery, next faces Pablo Cuevas, who beat Thomaz Belluci 6-4, 6-2.
Figure skating
Olympic champion takes lead at worlds
Olympic champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea led after the short program of the world championships in Moscow. In her first competition since last year's worlds, she scored 65.91 points despite stepping out of her opening triple lutz. Japan's Miki Ando was second, 0.33 behind. U.S. champion Alissa Czisny was fourth. The free skate is today.
Ice dancing: Defending champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada won the short dance. They earned 74.29 points, 0.53 more than Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White. The free dance is today.
ET CETERA
Hockey: Dennis Endras, who plays in the German league, made 31 saves as Germany upset Russia 2-0 on the first day of the world championships in Slovakia. The Oilers' Jordan Eberle scored twice to lead Canada past Belarus 4-1. The United States opens today against Austria.
Obituary: Poland's Waldemar Baszanowski, among the top weightlifters ever, died in Warsaw. He was 75. Mr. Baszanowski was lightweight Olympic champion in 1964 and 1968 and world champion in 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969.
Greg Auman, Times staff writer; Times wires