NYR G Lundqvist fined $5k for water incident

NYR G Lundqvist fined $5k for water incident

NEW YORK

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist has been fined $5,000 for emptying his water bottle onto Sidney Crosby while the Pittsburgh Penguins captain was involved in a scrum in front of the New York net.

After the buzzer sounded following the second period of Game 6 on Sunday night, Lundqvist casually skated behind Crosby and sprayed him with water while Crosby was down on the ice. No penalty was called.

Klinsmann selects preliminary US roster

Defenders John Brooks, Timmy Chandler and DeAndre Yedlin are among the 30 players selected by U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann on his 30-man preliminary roster.

Midfielder Julian Green, who made his national team debut last month, and forwards Terrence Boyd and Chris Wondolowski also are among the players picked who will try to earn spots at the Americans’ pre-World Cup training camp, which opens Wednesday at Stanford, California.

Klinsmann must submit a 23-man roster to FIFA by June 2. Among those left off Monday were defender Tim Ream; midfielders Sacha Kljestan, Brek Shea, Jose Torres and Daniel Williams; and forwards Herculez Gomez and Juan Agudelo.

Ex-Minnesota QB charged with assault

MANKATO, Minn.

A former Minnesota quarterback is charged with assault for allegedly kicking a former Minnesota State linebacker in the head, leaving him critically injured.

Twenty-year-old Philip Nelson was charged Monday with first-degree assault and third-degree assault. Authorities say Nelson kicked 24-year-old Isaac Dallas Kolstad in the head after another man punched and knocked him to the ground early Sunday as bars were closing in Mankato. Police are still looking for the other man.

Kolstad is in critical condition. His family says he suffered severe head injuries. The criminal complaint says doctors aren’t sure he’ll survive.

NBA’s Silver rebukes Sterling over remarks

LOS ANGELES

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has issued a new rebuke to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling over his comments about Magic Johnson in an interview.

Sterling repeatedly disparages Magic Johnson’s HIV status and dismisses his business and charity work in an interview that aired Monday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

Sterling apologized in the interview for the racist remarks that earned him a lifetime NBA ban from Silver last month, but when the subject turns to Johnson, Sterling repeatedly refers to Johnson having “AIDS” and says he is no role model for children.

The commissioner’s statement says he apologizes on behalf of the NBA to Johnson, who “continues to be dragged into this situation and be degraded by such a malicious and personal attack.”

Wire reports