Sports briefs
Duquesne ousted in A10 tournament
Dominick Welch and Osun Osunniyi scored 18 points apiece as St. Bonaventure defeated Duquesne 75-59 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament in Richmond on Friday.
Jaren Holmes added 14 points, Jalen Adaway scored 12 and Kyle Lofton had 11 for the Bonnies. Osunniyi also had 14 rebounds and six assists, and Welch added nine rebounds with four 3-pointers.
St. Bonaventure (14-4) dominated the first half and led 40-19 at halftime. The Dukes’ 19 first-half points marked a season low for the team.
Michael Hughes had 15 points for the Dukes (9-9). Tyson Acuff and Tavian Dunn-Martin each had 12 points.
In the NHL
Brent Seabrook gutted out injuries and played through pain to win the Stanley Cup three times for the Chicago Blackhawks and take home an Olympic gold medal with Team Canada.
His physical style slowly took a toll and eventually ended his career.
Seabrook announced Friday that his career is over because of a right hip ailment that rendered him unable to walk just before Christmas and didn’t let up when he tried skating again. The 35-year-old defenseman isn’t technically retiring because there are three years left on his contract, but he knows he won’t suit up in an NHL game again.
In the NBA
Blake Griffin’s time in Detroit is over, another significant step in a rebuilding process that has the Pistons at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
The veteran forward and the Pistons agreed to a contract buyout.
The Pistons announced last month that they would keep Griffin out of the lineup while resolving his future, a clear sign that the star forward could be on the way out. The Pistons also traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks last month.
In the majors
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he’s feeling better after getting a pacemaker and said he hopes to return to the team Saturday or Sunday.
Boone said he would have been back with the Yankees on Friday if not for novel coronavirus protocols.
He had the pacemaker inserted Wednesday and was discharged from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday.
- The Houston Astros are minus eight pitchers because of COVID-19 protocols, but general manager James Click said there were no plans to pause activity at the team’s spring training camp.
Manager Dusty Baker said Friday that pitchers Cristian Javier, Pedro Báez, Francis Martes, Enoli Paredes and Hector Velazquez were out. On Thursday, Baker said pitchers Bryan Abreu, Ronel Blanco and Luis Garcia were sent away from the complex.
It was not known whether the eight pitchers had tested positive for the virus or had come in close contact with someone who had tested positive. There was no exact timetable for their return, but they must quarantine for at least a week under Major League Baseball’s health and safety protocols.
In golf
Jennifer Kupcho and Austin Ernst each shot their second straight 5-under 67 to share the second-round lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s Drive On Championship.
A day after playing most of the back nine with a migraine that blurs her vision, Kupcho had six birdies and a bogey at Golden Ocala.
Golden Ocala is renowned for having replica holes from famous courses, three of them from Augusta National and two from the Old Course at St. Andrews.