Monday’s Sports In Brief

Published May 28, 2013 7:37am ET



GOLF

BELEK, Turkey (AP) — Tiger Woods is returning to Turkey in the fall to play a European Tour event, this time over 72 holes of stroke play.

Organizers of the Turkish Airlines Open said the No. 1 player in the world will be part of the 77-man field on Nov. 7-10 on the Maxx Royal course. Woods played in Turkey last year when it was an unofficial event of medal-match play. He lost in the semifinals to Justin Rose, who went on to win.

The tournament will be the third of four straight culminating with the European Tour finale in Dubai. With a $7 million purse, it will be the second European Tour event Woods plays. He missed the cut in Abu Dhabi to start the European Tour season.

NASCAR

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Fox Sports said it still had not determined why an overhead TV camera cable snapped during the Coca-Cola 600.

The network says a full investigation is under way and use of the camera is suspended indefinitely. Earlier, NASCAR said it would wait for Fox Sports to conclude its review before deciding if such technology would be used in the future.

Charlotte Motor Speedway said 10 people were injured when part of the drive rope landed in the grandstand. Three were taken to hospitals but all were checked out and released soon after.

Several drivers, including then-leader Kyle Busch, reported damage to their cars from the rope.

RUTGERS ABUSE SCANDAL

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Julie Hermann is not resigning as Rutgers’ incoming athletic director following a report that 16 years ago she humiliated and emotionally abused players while coaching the women’s volleyball team at Tennessee. And the university is standing behind her.

Embattled Rutgers President Robert Barchi said in a statement the university looks forward to her running the athletic department. He added that she was the best of the 63 candidates interviewed for the job of succeeding Tim Pernetti.

Despite the Star-Ledger report, Barchi said Hermann’s entire career has been stellar and that she will “work in the best interests of all of our student athletes.”

BASKETBALL

David Robinson, Pat Summitt and Teresa Edwards headline the 2013 FIBA Hall of Fame class.

Robinson, the all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker for the U.S. won two gold medals and a bronze in the Olympics. He played for the U.S. on the 1988, 1992 and 1996 teams, becoming the first American to appear in three games.

Summitt, the all-time leader in victories in college basketball, won a silver medal as a player on the 1976 Olympic team and guided the U.S. to gold in 1984. She is one of only two American women to win a medal as both a player and head coach, joining Anne Donovan.

Edwards helped the U.S. win four gold medals and a bronze in her five Olympics from 1984-2000.

PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner got the dunks in her debut, becoming the first WNBA player to do it twice in one game, but fellow rookie Elena Delle Donne had the better game and got the rout.

Delle Donne outplayed No. 1 overall draft pick Brittney Griner and had one of the best rookie debuts in WNBA history, scoring 22 points to lead the Chicago Sky over the Phoenix Mercury 102-80.

The fans inside US Airways Center and watching on national TV saw Griner throw down a one-handed dunk early in the fourth quarter and a vicious two-handed slam in the closing minutes. She joined Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie as the only WNBA players to dunk in a regular-season game.

Griner finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots.

TENNIS

PARIS (AP) — Spanish star Rafael Nadal favors more transparency in tennis drug testing even though he says the sport is clean.

Speaking after a first-round victory at the French Open, Nadal bristled when asked about the frequency of testing. He favors revealing who is being tested and how often. He says if such procedures were in place, such questions about drug testing would not have to be asked.

All top players are subject to testing without warning and Nadal says the results reflect well on the tour. Nadal, a former member of the ATP Player Council, says tennis is a “very clean sport.” He adds: “We don’t have a lot of cases of doping.”