The Boston Herald, in its Wednesday editions, apologized for a story that said the Patriots videotaped a St. Louis Rams’ walkthrough before the 2004 Super Bowl.
“I must compliment the Boston Herald for doing what is unprecedented in terms of recognizing their error in a major way,” Patriots owner Robert Kraft said, adding that the story was “completely false and unsubstantiated … I’m really delighted with that (apology), but I wish it never happened.”
Meanwhile Sen. Arlen Specter said he wanted an independent investigation of the Patriots’ taping antics, similar to the Mitchell Report.
Raytown coach wins Lambert
Raytown basketball coach Mark Scanlon was selected as the 2008 Paul Lambert coach of the year as the top boys basketball coach in the Kansas City area. William Jewell basketball coach Larry Holley made the presentation at the Raytown High School awards ceremony Wednesday.
Scanlon’s Blue Jays won the Bank Midwest/William Jewell Holiday Tournamnet and games in the Hy-Vee shootout and Rivals Day tournaments as well as the Suburban Mid Six White Championship with a 10-0 record. The Blue Jays were 27-1.
College baseball and softball
Central Missouri, 41-15, will play Wayne State (Neb.) 40-11 at noon today in the NCAA Division II North Central Regional baseball tournament at Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia, Kan. No. 1-seeded Emporia State, 48-8, will play Concordia St. Paul, 27-14, at 7 p.m. The double-elimination tournament runs through Saturday.
•Emporia State women’s softball team won its first game at the NCAA Division II championship, when Samantha Sheeley tossed a six-hitter in a 6-0 win over C.W. Post. They play Humboldt State at 5:30 p.m. today in Houston.
BALCO sprinter reinstated
American sprinter Michelle Collins, who served a three-plus-year suspension for BALCO-related drug offenses, was reinstated by track and field’s governing body. Her ban was to expire in July, but it was reduced because she cooperated with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and federal investigators.
Collins, 37, is eligible to try to qualify for the U.S. Olympic trials, which start next month. She was a 2000 Olympian. She never tested positive, but an arbitration panel concluded she used performance-enhancing drugs for several years — which she later admitted.
Winslow MIA at Browns camp
Tight end Kellen Winslow, who underwent offseason knee surgery, didn’t show up for the Browns’ organized team activities this week. The workouts are not mandatory, but Winslow apparently wants the team to rework his contract for next year.
Worth noting
•UMKC men’s basketball program signed 6-foot-5 forward Latreze Mushatt from Saginaw, Mich. Mushatt averaged 22 points and nine rebounds last season for Saginaw Arthur Hill High School.
•Former NFL center Curtis Whitley (San Diego, Carolina and Oakland) was found dead in his trailer home in west Texas. He was 39. There were no signs of foul play, but the case is under investigation.
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