Former St. Joseph's star Pat Calathes signed a three-year deal yesterday with the Maroussi Basketball Club in Greece. Terms were not announced.
A 6-foot-10 guard, Calathes led the 2007-08 Hawks in scoring (17.5 points per game) and rebounding (7.5 per game) in his senior season.
He was named to the all-Atlantic Ten Conference first team.
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A second defendant pleaded guilty in Minneapolis to the 2007 beating death of Howard Porter, who led Villanova to the NCAA basketball title game in 1971.
Rashad Raleigh, 29, accepted a plea agreement that calls for him to be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Porter, 58, disappeared on the night of May 18, 2007, after leaving his St. Paul home. He was found badly beaten in Minneapolis the next morning and died May 26.
Penn decathlete Mike Hall and Villanova middle-distance runner Frances Koons have been named The Inquirer's academic all-area male and female performers of the year. Both were seniors.
The awards are voted on by the sports information directors of the 28 colleges and universities in the Philadelphia area.
A federal judge in Los Angeles approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by former college athletes who contended the NCAA failed to cover the full costs of their education.
The settlement stemmed from a case brought in 2006 by former Stanford football player Jason White, ex-UCLA football player Brian Polak, and Jovan Harris, who played basketball at the University of San Francisco.
The NCAA will create a $10 million fund over the next three years to reimburse former student-athletes.
Elsewhere. Jeshua Anderson, the NCAA 400-meter hurdles champion who was expected to play a key role for Washington State as a sophomore wide receiver, will be sidelined for at least six weeks after a hernia operation. . . . UCLA quarterback Ben Olson will have surgery today on his broken right foot. He is expected to miss at least five games. . . . Clemson's Rashaad Jackson, a senior defensive tackle, needs surgery to repair a torn tendon in his thigh. He will be out until at least midseason.
Pro basketball
The New Orleans Hornets re-signed Ryan Bowen, a 6-foot-9 forward, who averaged 2.2 points and 1.9 rebounds last season.
The Charlotte Bobcats traded Kyle Weaver, a 6-6 rookie guard, to Oklahoma City for a second-round choice next year. He was the 38th overall draft pick in June and averaged 12.2 points as a senior at Washington State.
Soccer
