Summitt stepping down as Vols coach
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 18 (UPI) -- Pat Summitt, diagnosed with early onset dementia, has resigned as Tennessee women's basketball coach after piling up an NCAA record 1,098 wins in 38 seasons.
The school said Wednesday it has named her head coach emeritus and associate head coach Holly Warlick has been named her successor.
Summitt, 59, who was diagnosed with the disease several months ago, won eight national championships with the Volunteers. She finished her career with a 1,098-208 record.
Petrino's ex-girlfriend quits Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., April 18 (UPI) -- A woman who was hired by the University of Arkansas football program while she was having an affair with Coach Bobby Petrino has agreed to resign.
School officials said Tuesday Jessica Dorrell will receive a $14,000 payment to settle her contract with the university, CNN reported. She has been on paid leave since the affair came to light and Petrino has been fired.
Dorrell, who played volleyball as a student at Arkansas, was hired as student athlete development coordinator for the football program on March 23 after more than 150 people applied for the position. Her affair with Petrino came to light after he was in a motorcycle crash April 1 in which she was a passenger.
"While Ms. Dorrell had a legitimate right to apply for and accept a position within the football program, the circumstances surrounding the former coach's decision to hire her compromised her ability to be effective in such a position," Jeff Long, Razorbacks' athletic director, said. "She and I believe she should have the opportunity to move on."
Coyotes' Torres suspended indefinitely
NEW YORK, April 18 (UPI) -- The NHL suspended Phoenix forward Raffi Torres indefinitely Wednesday for his hit on Chicago's Marian Hossa in Game 3 of their playoff series.
Torres launched himself off the ice for an open-rink shoulder hit on Hossa in the first period of the Coyotes' 3-2 overtime win Tuesday.
Hossa was taken off the ice on a stretcher. He was checked out at a hospital and released Tuesday night. The Blackhawks have not provided details of his injury other than to say he suffered an "upper body blow" and tests "yielded encouraging results."
It wasn't known when he will return to play.
Torres was not penalized on the play. He will miss Game 4 Thursday.
Torres asked that a hearing planned for Wednesday be delayed until Friday in New York.
Torres was suspended two games for a similar hit against Minnesota defenseman Nate Prosser in January.
Nadal continues Monte Carlo run
ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN, France, April 18 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal ran his winning streak at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters to 38 matches with a straight-set win in Wednesday's second-round play.
Nadal dropped just 14 points on serve in a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen. Nadal is 7-0 lifetime versus Nieminen. Their last previous meeting was in Monte Carlo last year in the second round.
Nadal didn't face a break point until he was up 5-2 in the second set. He lost that point but quickly posted his fourth break of the day to end the match.
Nadal, ranked No. 2 in the world, is seeking an eighth consecutive title at Monte Carlo. A win this week would give Nadal a record 20th Masters tournament championship.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic improved to 7-0 against Andreas Seppi with a 6-1, 6-4 win Wednesday. Djokovic saved all three of the break points he faced.
Thomaz Bellucci knocked off fifth-seeded David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2 in just more than an hour. Bellucci won 70 percent of the points on serve and dropped just five points in four second-set service games.
The only other seeded player to lose Wednesday was No. 15 Jurgen Melzer, who fell to Julien Benneteau 6-4, 6-3.
No. 6-seeded Tomas Berdych got by Marin Cilic 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; seventh-seeded Janko Tipsarevic topped Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3; and No. 8-seeded Nicolas Almagro stopped Potito Starace 7-6 (7-3), 6-1.
Only two of Wednesday's 13 matches went three sets. That includes No. 16-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov, who beat Bernard Tomic 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 and earned a third-round shot at Djokovic. Also, qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin defeated Filippo Volandri 7-6 (10-8), 2-6, 6-2.
Other winners Wednesday were ninth-seeded Gilles Simon, 12th-seeded Kei Nishikori, Robin Haase and Stanislas Wawrinka.
