Two-time NBA scoring champ Tracy McGrady, ex-UConn women’s star Rebecca Lobo, Kansas men’s coach Bill Self, and former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause are in this year’s 11-person Basketball Hall of Fame class, which was announced Saturday. McGrady was a seven-time All-Star who played 15 years in the league and led the NBA in scoring in 2002-03 and 2003-04 with Orlando. Lobo starred for UConn when it won a national title in 1995 in an undefeated season and also won Olympic gold for Team USA in 1996. Self is one of six coaches to lead three schools to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight and led the Jayhawks to a national title in 2008. Krause, who died last month at age 77, was the general manager during the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty in the 1990s. The others in the class are Notre Dame women’s coach Muffet McGraw; Texas high school coach Robert Hughes; former NCAA executive Tom Jernstedt; Harlem Globetrotters player, owner, and CEO Mannie Jackson; former Globetrotters player Zack Clayton; ex-European star Nikos Galis; and ex-NBA and ABA star George McGinnis.
. . . Court documents indicate a former financial adviser to retired Spurs star Tim Duncan plans to plead guilty in a multimillion-dollar fraud case. Lawyers for Charles Banks, 49, of Atlanta say he plans to admit that he misled Duncan — identified in court documents as “T.D.’’ — to get his signatures on about $6 million in loans related to a merchandising business.
FIGURE SKATING
Hanyu completes comeback to garner second world title
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu pulled off a remarkable comeback in Helsinki to win his second world figure skating title, a boost to his bid to retain his Olympic title next year. Hanyu, fifth after the short program, produced a world-record free skate score of 223.30 points for a total of 321.59. Short program leader Javier Fernandez of Spain dropped to fourth, giving Hanyu his second career world championship. Hanyu also won in 2014. Japan’s Shoma Uno took silver with 319.31 points, while China’s Jin Boyang (303.58) won bronze for the second straight year. Seventeen-year-old American champion Nathan Chen finished sixth and Jason Brown seventh as the United States joined Japan as the only countries to earn the maximum three spots at the Olympics. Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir broke their own record with 198.62 points to win their third career world title. French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron (196.04 points) skated to silver and American siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani (185.18) took bronze.
HOCKEY
US women skate past Russia at World Championships
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Brianna Decker, and Northeastern alum Kendall Coyne each scored twice to lead the United States past Russia, 7-0, at the world championships in Plymouth, Mich. Amanda Kessel also scored and Madeline Rooney made 14 saves to give the Americans their second shutout in two games. Also, Ronja Savolainen scored the winner at 18:19 as Finland beat Canada in women’s hockey for the first time with a 4-3 win. The closest Finland had come previously was a 6-6 tie in a 1999 exhibition game . . . NHL.com reported that New York Islanders center John Tavares is week to week with a lower-body injury sustained in Friday’s win over New Jersey.
SOCCER
Schweinsteiger scores for Chicago in MLS debut
Bastian Schweinsteiger scored in his MLS debut and Luis Solignac scored in second-half stoppage time as the Chicago Fire tied the Montreal Impact, 2-2, in Bridgeview, Ill. Schweinsteiger, a World Cup winner with Germany, was acquired from Manchester United on March 21 after the 32-year-old struggled to replicate the highs of his Bayern Munich career . . . Erick Torres scored three straight goals to break a 1-1 tie and lead Houston to a 4-1 win over the visiting New York Red Bulls . . . Christian Ramirez scored two second-half goals and host Minnesota United rebounded from an early deficit to earn the franchise’s first ever win, 4-2, over Real Salt Lake . . . Jack Harrison and Thomas McNamara scored to help New York City FC beat the visiting San Jose Earthquakes, 2-1 . . . Justin Meram scored in each half to lead the host Columbus Crew past Orlando City SC, 2-0 . . . Jose Guillermo Ortiz and Luciano Acosta scored in the first half and DC United beat the Philadelphia Union, 2-1, in Washington . . . Edinson Cavani scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain crushed Monaco, 4-1, in Lyon, France, to win the French League Cup for a record fourth straight year and seventh time overall. Julian Draxler and Angel Di Maria also scored.
MISCELLANY
Konta knocks off Wozniacki to capture Miami Open title
No. 10 seed Johanna Konta captured the biggest title of her 11-year career, beating Caroline Wozniacki, 6-4, 6-3, to capture the Miami Open championship in Key Biscayne, Fla. Konta, 25, improved to 19-3 this year and will climb to a career-high No. 7 this week . . . The field for next month’s Kentucky Derby came into more focus, when the Todd Pletcher-trained Always Dreaming posted an impressive win at the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park and the Joe Sharp-trained Girvin prevailed by 1¼ lengths over Patch in the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds . . . After four years as New Mexico men’s basketball coach, Craig Neal and the school have parted ways just three weeks after athletic director Paul Krebs gave Neal a vote of confidence . . . The San Francisco 49ers signed running back Tim Hightower, adding depth behind Carlos Hyde. Hightower spent the past two years in New Orleans after missing three seasons with complications from a knee injury . . . Southern Cal freshman linebacker Tayler Katoa will miss the 2017 season after tearing a knee ligament during spring practice . . . Mairis Briedis of Latvia defeated Marco Huck by unanimous decision in Dortmund, Germany, to take the WBC cruiserweight title and the German’s minor IBO belt.
. . . Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko accused Philip Craven, the head of the International Paralympic Committee, of being “completely dishonest’’ on doping issues. The IPC barred the entire Russian team from last year's Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro after World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren accused Russia of a widespread, state-backed doping program, including in disability sport . . . The Toronto Blue Jays gave manager John Gibbons a contract extension through 2019 with a club option for the 2020 after guiding the team to two straight playoffs
