Katie Griswold scores but Butler falls, 3-2

Katie Griswold scores but Butler falls, 3-2

QUEENS, N.Y.

Three second half goals in less than a 10 minute span allowed the St. John’s soccer team to defeat Butler 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.

Katie Griswold, a graduate of Cardinal Mooney High, scored a goal for Butler in the first half and Sophia Maccagnone added her 10th goal of the season late in the match to pull within one, but it wasn’t enough as St. John’s moves on to face Marquette tonight.

Griswold ends her career with 23 goals moving her into a tie for sixth place all-time at Butler. She scored five goals as a freshman, nine as a sophomore, six as a junior and three as a senior.

Utah man pleads guilty to threatening Tygart

DENVER

A Utah man who sent an email threatening U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart after USADA stripped Lance Armstrong of his Tour de France titles has agreed to a guilty plea that will not result in jail time if accepted by a judge.

Robert Hutchins, 60, of Sandy, Utah, agreed to probation in a plea deal in federal court Monday. The sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2014.

According to court filings, on Aug. 23, 2012, the night Armstrong announced he would not fight USADA’s findings against him, an email sent to Tygart and traced to Hutchins read, “Hope you have body guards and bullet proof vest, your (sic) a dead man ...”

Frazier statue finds new life after his death

PHILADELPHIA

Joe Frazier’s statue has found new life on the two-year anniversary of the former heavyweight champion’s death.

Frazier’s statue was set to be erected by spring 2014 at an entertainment complex near Philadelphia’s three sports stadiums near the now-demolished Spectrum, an arena where he fought.

Plans to place the Frazier tribute in the same complex that is already home to the statues of Julius Erving and the Broad Street Bullies were sidetracked when the sculptor commissioned by a city panel to create the statue, Lawrence J. Nowlan, died in August.

England ’concerned’ about pre-WC unrest

LONDON

England soccer coach Roy Hodgson says the team’s security staff is “very, very concerned” about the unrest in Brazil, and hopes the disorder is quelled before the World Cup next year.

The Confederations Cup was targeted in June by protesters upset with Brazil’s poor public services, high taxes and lavish spending on the World Cup.

The protests, which at their peak saw 1 million take to the streets across Brazil on a single day, have grown smaller, but more violent and show no sign of going away.

La Verdad captures Big A feature race

NEW YORK

La Verdad extended her winning streak to three with a dominant victory Thursday in the $64,000 allowance feature for New York-bred fillies and mares at Aqueduct.

In her first start since May, La Verdad set the pace and rolled to an 83/4-length score over Hot Stones. The even-money favorite, a 3-year-old trained by Linda Rice and ridden by Jose Ortiz, ran the six furlongs in 1:11.52 over the track rated good.

Cyclometer wins at Hollywood Park

INGLEWOOD, Calif.

Cyclometer took the lead approaching the stretch and won the $63,544 feature by 21/4 lengths on opening day of the final autumn meet at Betfair Hollywood Park.

The track will close for good on Dec. 22 to make way for retail and residential development.

Ridden by Mike Smith, Cyclometer ran 61/2 furlongs on Cushion Track in 1:15.71 and paid $5.60, $2.80 and $2.10.

Hear the Ghost returned $2.40 and $2.10 as the even-money favorite in his first start since March 9. Atta Boy Pete was another nose back in third and paid $2.80 to show.

Vindicator staff/wire reports