Tressel to speak at Curbstone luncheon


January 18, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

Tressel to speak at Curbstone luncheon

AUSTINTOWN

Youngstown State University president Jim Tressel will be the guest speaker Monday at the weekly luncheon of The Curbstone Coaches at Lucianno’s Banquet Center in the Wedgewood Plaza in Austintown. The event begins at noon and is open to the public.

Also, plans are underway for The Curbstone Coaches’ 48th annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on May 3 at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. Boxing Hall of Famer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini will be the featured speaker. To order tickets, contact Mike Murray at 330-565-7820.

Brady, Bailey earn AAC honors

WARREN

Canfield senior Connor Brady and Boardman senior Brooke Bailey were named swimmers of the meet at Saturday’s All-American Conference championships at Warren Harding High.

Brady won the 100-yard butterfly in a meet record time of 52.54 and broke pool and meet records in the 100 back (53.91) as the Cardinals finished second in the team standings behind Boardman.

Bailey set pool and meet records in the 100 breast (1:05.81), breaking her own school record in the process, as the Spartans won the team title. Bailey also set a meet record in the 500 free and helped Boardman set meet and pool records in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay.

Analyst Greg Anthony suspended after arrest

WASHINGTON

Greg Anthony has been suspended indefinitely by CBS following his arrest on solicitation charges.

A CBS spokeswoman says “Greg Anthony will not be working again for CBS this season.”

District of Columbia police say the CBS basketball analyst and former NBA player has been arrested and charged with soliciting a prostitute.

Lt. Kelvin Cusick tells The Associated Press that Anthony was arrested at 5:46 p.m. on Friday. He said Saturday that Anthony faces a misdemeanor solicitation charge that’s punishable by up to 180 days in jail.

Cusick says the 47-year-old Anthony was released Friday evening.

Anthony had been scheduled to announce the Michigan State-Maryland men’s basketball game Saturday in nearby College Park, Maryland.

Colts’ Richardson out for AFC championship

INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis running back Trent Richardson didn’t travel to New England for the AFC championship game Sunday, with the Colts saying only that the move was made because of personal reasons.

Also, reserve offensive tackle Xavier Nixon missed the team flight Saturday and has been listed as out for the game.

Richardson was inactive for Indianapolis’ victory at Denver last week after playing one snap in the playoff opener against Cincinnati.

Acquired from Cleveland for a first-round pick in September 2013, Richardson lost the starting job to Daniel Herron late in the season.

In 15 regular-season games this season, Richardson ran for 519 yards and three touchdowns.

UFC fines Jones $25K for positive cocaine test

LAS VEGAS

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been fined $25,000 by the mixed martial arts promotion for violating its code of conduct by failing a drug test.

The UFC announced the fine Saturday.

Jones tested positive for the main metabolite of cocaine one month before his fight against Daniel Cormier on Jan. 3. He was allowed to fight because cocaine is not a banned out-of-competition substance under World Anti-Doping Agency rules.

Jones spent one night in a drug rehabilitation facility after his test was revealed this month, according to his mother.

Staff/wire reports