PHILADELPHIA [bar] Temple coach Al Golden withdrew his name from consideration for the opening at UCLA and will remain with the Owls.
Golden was defensive coordinator at Virginia prior to being named head coach at Temple in December 2005. He is 5-19 in his first two years at Temple. Golden interviewed twice for the UCLA job that opened after the Bruins fired Karl Dorrell.
In a statement from Temple on Wednesday, Golden said he was 'flattered' to have been contacted by UCLA but instead looked forward to a bright future at Temple.
Golden led the Owls to a 4-8 record this season, their highest win total in five years. Temple has not had a winning record since 1990.
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Penn State starting defensive tackle Chris Baker and backup linebacker Navorro Bowman, both charged with assault in connection with a campus fight, will miss Saturday's Alamo Bowl game against Texas A&M. Backup cornerback and special teams ace Knowledge Timmons, facing misdemeanor charges in an incident after the fight, will also miss his second consecutive game. Also not making the trip was backup cornerback Willie Harriott, who was charged with driving drunk on Nov. 11. Backup defensive tackle Tom McEowen also did not make the trip for undisclosed reasons.
hockey
Wings, Lidstrom OK extension
DETROIT [bar] Nicklas Lidstrom and the Detroit Red Wings agreed to a two-year contract extension Wednesday that runs through the 2009-10 season. The deal is worth about $15 million.
Winner of five Norris Trophies, the 37-year-old Swede is the highest-scoring defenseman in Red Wings history with 900 points in 15 seasons. He was picked by Detroit in the third round of the 1989 draft.
In 1,212 regular-season NHL games, Lidstrom has 205 goals and 695 assists. He has 39 goals and 97 assists in 192 playoff games. The eight-time NHL All-Star has three goals and 29 assists in 36 games this season. He has points in 21 of the past 28 games.
Caps drop 'interim' from coach's title
WASHINGTON [bar] Bruce Boudreau became the Washington Capitals' coach Wednesday when the team dropped the 'interim' tag from his title.
The Capitals were 7-5-3 under Boudreau entering Wednesday night's game against Tampa Bay.
He was promoted from the club's American Hockey League affiliate, the Hershey Bears, on Thanksgiving Day, replacing the fired Glen Hanlon. At that point, the Capitals were last in the NHL with a 6-14-1 record, their worst 21-game start to a season since 1981-82.
Entering Wednesday, Washington's mark of 13-19-4 still left it last in the Eastern Conference and 29th in the league. But the Caps have been far more competitive in recent weeks under Boudreau.
IN OTHER HOCKEY NEWS
The Chicago Blackhawks put Martin Havlat on injured reserve for at least a week with a groin injury. The right wing was hurt in the Blackhawks' 4-3 overtime win at Ottawa on Saturday.
Kyle Okposo, a former Minnesota Golden Gophers player set to sign with the New York Islanders, had a goal and an assist to help the United States open the World Junior Hockey Championships with a 5-1 victory over Kazakhstan on Wednesday in Liberec, Czech Republic.
basketball
Sutton to coach at San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO [bar] Eddie Sutton is coming out of retirement to replace Jessie Evans as San Francisco's basketball coach, The Associated Press has learned.
A West Coast Conference official familiar with the situation said Wednesday that Evans was stepping down and that the 71-year-old Sutton would take over the Dons on an interim basis. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
Sutton's return was first reported by CBSSports.com.
Sutton retired as Oklahoma State's coach after the 2005-06 season. He has 798 victories in 36 seasons as a Division I coach at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State.
IN OTHER BASKETBALL NEWS
Texas Tech coach Bob Knight was reprimanded by the Big 12 for comments he made about officiating after a loss to New Mexico Dec. 15.
Los Angeles Clippers forward Tim Thomas was listed as day-to-day after undergoing tests on his injured left knee. Thomas, hurt in Los Angeles' 99-90 loss at San Antonio on Saturday night, had an MRI on Monday and the results were negative.
baseball
Clemens' lawyers probing charges
NEW YORK [bar] Roger Clemens' lawyers are investigating accusations in the Mitchell Report that say the star pitcher used steroids and human growth hormone.
Clemens was the biggest name in this month's report by former Senate majority leader George Mitchell that detailed widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner has repeatedly denied that he ever used steroids or HGH.
Clemens plans to be interviewed for an episode of CBS' '60 Minutes' that is scheduled to air on Jan. 6.
The pitcher will be available to answer questions from other reporters that day in Texas, said Joe Householder, a spokesman for Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin.
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