YSU football alumni golf set for May 10

YSU football alumni golf set for May 10

Youngstown

The Youngstown State Football Alumni Club will host its annual Ned Mervos Golf Outing sponsored in part by ms consultants, inc., on May 10 at the Youngstown Country Club.

The fee for members is $125 per golfer while non-members will be charged $150.

Tee/green sign sponsorships are available for $75.

The deadline for registration is Friday.

Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. with lunch being served starting at 11 a.m. Golf starts at noon while dinner will be at 5:30 p.m.

Membership in the organization is $75. The annual fee includes a YSU Football Alumni gift, membership certificate and discounts on YSU Football Alumni events.

For more information, contact Tom Morella at 330-941-2351.

YSU names Grossetti football strength coach

Youngstown

Terry Grossetti Jr. has been hired as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Youngstown State football team. Grossetti announced the hire on his Twitter account Monday.

Grossetti previously worked at Slippery Rock University.

He joined the Slippery Rock staff in 2017 as the strength and conditioning coach.

Grossetti is currently the owner and director of training at Grossetti Performance, which has two training facilities in Western Pennsylvania.

Prior to opening his own company, Grossetti spent two years as the director of sports performance at Power Train Sports in Wexford, Pa., and one year as the speed trainer at the House of Speed in Youngstown.

Nets minority owner fined for criticizing refs

NEW YORK

Brooklyn minority owner Joe Tsai was fined $35,000 by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Monday for public statements detrimental to the league, becoming the latest member of the Nets organization to be penalized for actions during their playoff series against Philadelphia.

Tsai tweeted support Sunday for general manager Sean Marks, who was suspended one game and fined $25,000 for entering the referees’ locker room following the Nets’ Game 4 loss.

The Nets also fined Jared Dudley $25,000 for escalating an altercation during the game.

Doctor: Nick Saban has hip replacement

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has undergone hip replacement surgery.

Dr. Lyle Cain said Monday the 67-year-old Saban is expected to make a full recovery and “should be able to return to work in the very new future.”

Saban said after Alabama’s spring game that his hip problems would be evaluated and that he could need six to eight weeks of recovery.

He said he wanted to get it fixed “because I don’t want to coach for one more year, I want to coach for a lot of more years.”

Report: Luke Walton sued for sexual assault

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

A female sports reporter has accused new Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton of sexual assault in a lawsuit.

TMZ reported Monday night citing legal documents that Kelli Tennant is suing Walton. TMZ reports that Tennant claims she went to Walton’s hotel room to discuss a book she was writing when Walton pinned her to the bed, forcibly kissed her and groped her. The alleged incident happened before Walton became coach of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2016 and while Tennant worked for Sportsnet LA.

No date was given for the alleged assault.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Tennant’s lawyer declined to say whether she reported the alleged assault to police.

Walton was let go by the Lakers earlier this month and hired by the Kings.

The Kings say they are aware of the report and gathering additional information. The team had no other comment.

Staff/wire report