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2B Daily News – Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Kings hire Smart, Jackson as assistant coaches SACRAMENTO (AP) — The Sacramento Kings have hired former Golden State Warriors head coach Keith Smart and ex-player Bobby Jackson as assistants under Paul Westphal. Smart was dismissed after going 36-46 in his lone season running the Warriors despite making a 10-game improvement from the previous season. He took over last minute in September 2010 for the NBA's career wins leader, Don Nelson. Jackson, who played 12 NBA seasons, becomes an assistant after two years as the Kings' basketball oper- ations special assistant working in scouting, player evaluations and NBA Draft preparation. Players file antitrust complaint against league NEW YORK (AP) — Locked-out NBA players includ- ing Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant filed class-action antitrust lawsuits against the league on Tuesday in at least two states, moving pro basketball's labor dispute from the negotiating table to federal court. Attorney David Boies, who represented the NFL during that sport's work stoppage and now has been brought aboard by basketball's players, said the NBA lockout violates antitrust laws by refusing to allow players to work. Boies also said NBA Commissioner David Stern's ulti- matum to the now-disbanded union to accept the owners' last economic model or face a harsher proposal ''turned out to be a mistake'' that strengthens the players' case because it proves that the collective bargaining process had ended. ''If you're in a poker game, and you run a bluff, and the bluff works, you're a hero. If someone calls your bluff, you lose. I think the owners overplayed their hand,'' Boies said at the players' association headquarters. ''They did a terrific job of taking a very hard line and pushing the players to make concession after concession after concession, but greed is not only a terrible thing — it's a dangerous thing.'' CY (Continued from page 1B) ball, sharp curve and wicked slider. Verlander led the majors in wins by going 24-5 and topped baseball with 250 strikeouts. His 2.40 ERA was the best among AL pitchers who qualified for the title. The 28-year-old righty was listed on top on all 28 ballots by members of the Baseball Writers' Associa- tion of America and finished with 196 points. Jered Weaver (18-8, 2.41) of the Los Angeles Angels was the only other pitcher listed on every ballot and second with 97 points. James Shields of Tampa Bay was third with 66, followed by CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees with 63. Tigers reliever Jose Valverde, who was perfect in 49 save chances, was fifth with 28. ''Since the end of the sea- son, people have been saying that the Cy Young is wrapped up,'' said Verlander, who added he waited until the announcement to cele- brate. Verlander pitched his sec- ond career no-hitter, won 12 straight starts down the stretch and helped the Tigers take the AL Central. In many games, he was simply unhittable. He pitched a no-hitter on May 7 at Toronto, missing a perfect game just by an eighth- inning walk on a full-count delivery. In his next start, he held Kansas City hitless for 5 2-3 innings. Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hit- ters. Later in the season, the 6- foot-5 star took a pair of no- hit bids into the eighth inning — one of those came on July 31 against Weaver and the Angels, a 3-2 win at Detroit. ''I felt like it was a state- ment game,'' Verlander said. ''A lot of people had eyes on that game.'' Verlander also led the majors with 251 innings, all while issuing a career-low 57 walks. He pitched four com- plete games, including two shutouts. This was the ninth time there was a unanimous win- ner of the AL Cy Young and first since Johan Santana in 2006, when he won the AL pitching Triple Crown. Ver- lander said he remembered watching Santana that year. ''That's a big league pitcher,'' Verlander recalled telling himself. ''That's a stud.'' This was the fourth time a Detroit pitcher won it, with Denny McLain earning the award in 1968 and tying for the honor in 1969, and reliever Willie Hernandez winning in 1984. McLain, in 1968, and Hernandez went on to win the AL MVP awards, too. A four-time All-Star, Ver- lander became the first for- mer AL Rookie of the Year to also take the Cy Young. This win included a $500,000 bonus to his $12.75 million salary in 2011. Verlander said he started his push this year in spring training. He'd gotten off to bad starts in previous sea- sons and decided to be ''results oriented'' beginning in exhibition games. Verlander has started his offseason workout program, and plans to wait until Janu- ary before throwing again. He went to the New England Patriots-New York Jets game Sunday night with teammate Rick Porcello and said a football was being passed around, but he avoided the temptation to toss it. The only thing missing from Verlander's pitching resume is a World Series title. He is 3-3 with a 5.57 ERA in eight career postsea- son starts, and went 2-1 in the playoffs this year as the Tigers reached the AL cham- pionship series before losing to Texas. He probably wouldn't mind a hit, either. He's 0 for 20 with 13 strikeouts in his big league career. He also tied for the AL lead in errors by a pitcher with five. Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers is the favorite to win the NL Cy Young when the results are released Thursday. He won the NL pitching Triple Crown, leading with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts and tying for wins at 21. The AL and NL Man- agers of the Year will be announced Wednesday. US offense awakens in 3-2 win at Slovenia (AP) — The United States won for just the second time since Jurgen Klinsmann took over as coach, with Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore scoring in a two-minute span late in the first half to lead the Americans over Slovenia 3-2 on a foggy Tuesday night in Ljubljana. Tim Matavz scored twice for Slovenia, and Edson Buddle got the opening goal for the Americans, who had been outscored 5-2 in going 1-4-1 since Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley in late July. The former Ger- man star and coach switched to a more attack-oriented 4-4-2 against the Green Dragons, who played another exciting match against the U.S. fol- lowing their controversial 2-2 tie in the first round of last year's World Cup. ''It looked much better,'' Klins- mann said. ''It's a process, and that process, besides results, is going real- ly well.'' The Americans, who have dropped to 34th in FIFA's world rankings, fin- ished a disappointing year 6-8-3, their worst record since going 7-9-11 in 1994. But this was their first victory in Europe 3 1/2 years, having gone 0-5 since winning at Poland in March 2008. ''It's always good to come over and win on European soil,'' Dempsey said. On a night when the fog prevented players from seeing clearly for more than 10 or 20 yards, Buddle put the U.S. ahead in the ninth minute off a pass from Dempsey after a defensive mixup. Matavz tied the score in the 26th as STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State graduate assistant cited by a grand jury report as claiming he saw an ex-assis- tant football coach sexually abusing a young boy in a campus locker room shower says in an email he made sure the act was stopped and then went to police — con- tradicting what the report says. Mike McQueary's comments, in an email made available to The Associated Press on Tuesday, appeared to add more confusion to a scandal that has enveloped the university and resulted in the firing of head coach Joe Paterno, the ousting of pres- ident Graham Spanier and charges of perjury against the athletic director and a senior vice president. McQueary, now the foot- ball team's wide receivers coach, told a friend from Penn State that he made sure the 2002 shower assault he witnessed was stopped and went to the police about it. The friend made McQueary's email, written Nov. 8, available to the AP on Tuesday on the condition he not be identified. McQueary, who has been placed on administrative leave and did not coach in Saturday's 17-14 loss to Nebraska, wrote: ''I did stop it, not physically ... but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room ... I did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police .... no one can imag- ine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30- 45 seconds ... trust me.'' Added McQueary: ''Do with this what you want ... but I am getting hammered for handling this the right way ... or what I thought at the time was right ... I had to make tough impacting quick decisions.'' According to the grand jury report, McQueary testi- fied he spoke to his father and then to Paterno before speaking to athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz, who oversaw campus police. Paterno has not been charged with any crime, and state prosecutors have said he is not a target. Curley and Schultz are accused of breaking the law by not going to police but maintain their innocence. McQueary's actions also have been scrutinized, with some critics suggesting he didn't do enough after wit- nessing what he said was the sexual abuse of a child. an American offside trap failed. Dempsey scored with a header in the 41st and Altidore made it 3-1 when he converted a penalty kick two minutes later, giving the U.S. its highest-scor- ing first half since June 2008 against Barbados. But Slovenia, ranked 27th in the world, responded with a furious rally after halftime, and Matavz cut the deficit in the 61st, just after Bostjan Cesar's corner kick had bounced off the crossbar. U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra became the 12th American to make 100 international appearances, but Klinsmann made three changes from Friday's 1-0 loss at France. ''It was a special night,'' Klins- mann said. ''The team was pumped up all day, and they wanted to do well for him.'' Buddle and Altidore started up front as Klinsmann went to a two-for- ward formation. Michael Bradley — son of the former coach — and Bud- dle got their first starts since Klins- mann's debut in August. ''It was kind of coming over the last couple of months,'' Klinsmann said. ''We've been working on that.'' Fabian Johnson, who started for Germany in the 2009 European Under-21 final, began in midfield, four days after making his American debut as a second-half substitute. Johnson nearly put the U.S. ahead in the first minute, with goalkeeper Samir Handanovic just tipping his volley over the crossbar. Buddle scored his third goal in 10 appearances, and his first since June Emails to McQueary from the AP were not immediate- ly answered Tuesday. McQueary's remarks in the email to his friend came less than a day after former assistant coach Jerry San- dusky's admission that he showered with and ''horsed around'' with boys stunned legal observers. Sandusky's comments, they said, could be used by prosecutors try- ing to convict him of child sex abuse charges. Experts in criminal law and crisis management questioned Sandusky's deci- sion to give a TV interview in which he said that there was no abuse and that any activities in a campus show- er with a boy were just horseplay, not molestation. ''Mr. Sandusky goes on worldwide television and admits he did everything the prosecution claims he did, except for the ultimate act of rape or sodomy? If I were a prosecutor, I'd be stunned,'' said Lynne Abraham, the former district attorney of Philadelphia. ''I was stunned, and then I was revolted.'' Abraham, who led a grand jury probe involving 63 accused priests from the Philadelphia archdiocese, was retained this week to lead an internal investigation of Sandusky's charity, The Second Mile, from which he's accused of culling his victims. Sandusky is charged with abusing eight boys over the span of 15 years. He told NBC on Monday that he is not a pedophile but should not have showered with boys. ''I could say that I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them, and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact,'' Sandusky said Monday on NBC News' ''Rock Center.'' ''I am innocent of those charges.'' When NBC's Bob Costas asked him whether he was sexually attracted to underage boys, Sandusky replied: ''Sexually attracted, no. I enjoy young people. I love to be around them. But, no, I'm not sexually attract- ed to young boys.'' Sandusky apparently decided to talk to Costas by phone Monday at the last minute, with the blessing of his attorney, Joseph Amen- dola, who was in the studio. What was especially astonishing about San- dusky's interview was when 2010 against Australia, after Han- danovic's attempted clearance was stripped by Dempsey from Darijan Matic. Dempsey tipped the ball to Buddle, who scored from 25 yards. Two minutes later, an open Alti- dore skied one over the crossbar from Johnson's cross. With the defense playing a high line, Zlatan Ljubijankic split the cen- ter backs and Matavz broke in alone, scoring from about 15 yards over Howard's outstretched right hand. Dempsey broke the deadlock with a header from about 8 yards off Michael Bradley's corner kick. With his 24th international goal, Dempsey tied Joe-Max Moore for fourth place on the U.S. scoring list, trailing only Landon Donovan (46), Eric Wynalda (34) and Brian McBride (30). Miso Brecko then tripped up John- son in the penalty area, and Altidore converted the penalty kick for his first goal under Klinsmann and 13th over- all. Slovenia had a chance to tie in sec- ond-half injury time, but Valter Birsa — who scored the opening goal when the teams met in South Africa last year — put a 25-yard free kick over the crossbar. ''We'd liked to have finished game a little bit stronger than we did,'' Dempsey said. ''But we're happy with the win.'' NOTES: The U.S. is planning exhibitions at Panama on Jan.25 and at Italy on Feb. 29. The second is a FIFA fixture date, meaning most of the player pool should be available. Email, TV talk add new twists to Penn State case he stumbled over the ques- tion about whether he was sexually attracted to chil- dren, said crisis manage- ment expert Eric Dezenhall, who runs a Washington con- sulting firm. ''That may not be legal proof that he's guilty, but it is certainly not helpful, to struggle with the question,'' Dezenhall said. The state grand jury investigation that led to San- dusky's arrest followed a trail that goes back at least 13 years, leading to ques- tions from some quarters about whether law enforce- ment moved too slowly. The grand jury report detailed a 1998 investigation by Penn State police, begun after an 11-year-old boy's mother complained that Sandusky had showered with her son in the football facilities. Then-District Attorney Ray Gricar declined to file charges. Another missed opportu- nity came in 2002, the grand jury said, when then-gradu- ate assistant McQueary told Paterno that he had wit- nessed Sandusky sodomiz- ing a boy in the team's showers. The case apparently took on new urgency three years ago, when a woman com- plained to officials at her local school district that Sandusky had sexually assaulted her son. School district officials banned San- dusky from school grounds and contacted police, lead- ing to an investigation by state police, the attorney general's office and a grand jury. Gov. Tom Corbett took the case on a referral from the Centre County district attorney, Michael Madeira, in early 2009 while he was serving as attorney general. Maderia said he referred the report to state prosecu- tors because of an ''indirect connection'' to Sandusky's family, but he declined to specify his tie to the San- dusky family. Corbett bristled Tuesday when asked whether it was fair for people to criticize the NCAA HOOPS Top 25 Schedule Tuesday's results No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Kansas, late No. 3 Ohio State 81, No. 7 Florida 74 No. 5 Syracuse 98, Albany (NY) 74 No. 6 Duke 74, Michigan State 69 No. 10 Memphis 97, Belmont 81 No. 11 Baylor 77, San Diego State 67 No. 13 Xavier 86, IPFW 63 No. 18 Vanderbilt 80, Bucknell 68 No. 20 Cincinnati 73, Jacksonville State 59 No. 23 California 72, Austin Peay 55 Today's games No. 9 Pitt vs. Long Beach St., 6 p.m. No. 14 Wisconsin vs. Colgate, 4 p.m. No. 25 Florida State vs. Stetson, 4 p.m. pace of the probe. ''People that are saying that are ill-informed as to how investigations are con- ducted, how witnesses are developed, how backup information, corroborative information is developed, and they really don't know what they're talking about,'' he told reporters. The attorney general's office declined to comment on the pace of the investiga- tion. The Patriot-News of Har- risburg reported Monday that only one trooper was assigned to the case after the state took it over in 2009. It wasn't until Corbett became governor early this year that his former investigations supervisor in the attorney general's office, Frank Noo- nan, became state police commissioner and put seven more investigators on it, the newspaper said. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA Dallas 11 6 0 22 48 47 Phoenix 9 4 3 21 46 41 SHARKS 95 1 19 Kings Ducks 8 6 3 19 41 40 6 8 3 15 35 50 Central Division WL OT Pts GF GA Chicago 11 4 3 25 62 52 Nashville 9 5 3 21 46 43 Detroit 9 6 1 19 43 35 St. Louis 9 7 1 19 42 39 Columbus 3 13 1 7 38 64 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 10 5 3 23 43 38 Edmonton 9 6 2 20 39 38 Vancouver 9 8 1 19 55 51 Colorado 8 9 1 17 52 60 Calgary 7 9 1 15 36 45 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 11 4 3 25 57 43 N.Y. Rangers10 3 3 23 47 34 Philadelphia10 4 3 23 65 51 New Jersey 8 7 1 17 40 45 N.Y. Islanders 4 8 3 11 31 47 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 11 6 0 22 52 42 Toronto 10 6 2 22 53 61 Ottawa 9 9 1 19 56 66 Boston 9 7 0 18 56 38 Montreal 7 7 3 17 42 45 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Washington 10 5 1 21 56 45 Florida 9 5 3 21 52 42 Tampa Bay 8 7 2 18 48 55 Carolina 6 9 3 15 46 63 Winnipeg 6 9 3 15 48 60 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. —————————————————— Tuesday's results Boston 4, New Jersey 3 Florida 6, Dallas 0 Minnesota 4, Columbus 2 Nashville 3, Washington 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Ottawa 3, Calgary 1 Phoenix 3, Toronto 2, SO Pittsburgh 6, Colorado 3 St. Louis 2, Detroit 1 Today's games Carolina at Montreal, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Thursday's games Detroit at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Boston, 4 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Florida at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Toronto at Nashville, 5 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m. 44 39