Goebel announces he’s retiring from skating
The Quad King is stepping down.
Tim Goebel, the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist whose trademark was the quadruple jump, announced his retirement from competitive figure skating Tuesday.
“I’m currently working on college applications with the hopes of attending Columbia or NYU in the fall,” he said in a release. “I plan to continue to skate, perform and coach on a part-time basis while I’m in school, as my class schedule allows.”
Goebel was the first American to land a quad, back in 1998, and was the first in the world to do three in a single program.
He also was the first skater to land a quad salchow, and first to do it in combination with a triple jump.
College basketball
N. Colorado hires Boyle
The University of Northern Colorado named Tad Boyle as its new men’s basketball coach Monday, capping a two-month search.
Boyle, 42, spent the past six years as an assistant at Wichita State University. The Bears will play in the Big Sky Conference next season.
•Barry Rohrssen, 45, a Pittsburgh assistant and strong recruiter in the New York area, was hired to succeed Bobby Gonzalez as coach at Manhattan.
•Glen Miller of Brown will be hired as Penn’s basketball coach, succeeding Fran Dunphy, a university official told the AP.
•Connecticut guard Marcus Williams joined Saint Louis center Ian Vouyoukas and Texas point guard Daniel Gibson in declaring early for the NBA draft.
•Darren Cooper has been cleared by the NCAA to return to the University of Portland for an additional season.
Cooper played his freshman year at Eastern Washington and returned as a sophomore for the 2002-03 season. But after one exhibition game, Cooper returned home to Portland because his uncle had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
Miscellany
Capel faces ban
American sprinter John Capel tested positive for marijuana at a meet in February and faces a two-year ban because it’s his second such failed test.
•South African marathon runner Gert Thys tested positive for a steroid after winning the Seoul International Marathon and has been suspended from all competition pending a resolution.
•Nevada freshman pitcher Steve Masten died after being rushed to the hospital Monday night. The university did not release any details.
•Adidas is suing the four Grand Slam tournaments and the International Tennis Federation in a dispute over limiting the size of its logo on players’ clothing.
•Stanford hired Iowa athletic director Bob Bowlsby to run the Cardinal’s athletic department.
Bowlsby will join Stanford in July as the replacement for Ted Leland, who left earlier this year to become vice president for university advancement at Pacific.
•D.C. United’s Alecko Eskandarian was fined $250 by Major League Soccer for an unusual goal celebration last weekend that included spitting out a mouthful of the energy drink Red Bull.
•Duke University lacrosse player Collin Finnerty, 19, who is charged with raping a stripper in North Carolina was ordered to stand trial in Washington on an unrelated assault charge from last fall.