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U.S. skier Vonn named Female Athlete of the Year Goldandbronzemedals at the
InRome,Ga.,quarterbackGary
Vancouver Games, plus a third consecutive World Cup overall title, helped U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn become the 2010 Female Athlete of the Year, chosen by members of the Associated Press. She is the first skier — male or female — to win one of the annual AP awards, which began in 1931. Vonn received 77 of 175 votes submitted by news organizations that make up the AP’s membership, more than double what anyone else got in the tally announcedSaturday. “For sure, 2010 was the best
yearI’veeverhad,”Vonn,26,said by telephone from France, where she won a World Cup downhill earlier intheday. Zenyatta’s 32 votes placed the
racehorseNo. 2 in theAP ballot- ing for the second consecutive year. Connecticut basketball player Maya Moore finished thirdwith29 votes. . . . In Val D’Isere, France, Vonn
won her first downhill race of the season to close the gap on overall World Cup leader Maria
Riesch.NadjaKamer andfellow Swiss LaraGutwere second and third, respectively. . . . In Val Gardena, Italy, Silvan
Zurbriggen of Switzerland won a World Cup men’s downhill to take the lead in the overall standings. He clocked 1 minute 57.21 seconds, edging Austria’s Romed Baumann by 0.06 of a second. Defending World Cup downhill champion Didier Cucheof Switzerlandwas third.
COLLEGEFOOTBALL Freshman Jake Heaps threw
four touchdown passes, con- necting with Cody Hoffman on three, and piled up 264 yards passing to help BYU (7-6) beat Texas-El Paso, 52-24, in theNew Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque. TheMiners finished6-7. . . . In Boise, Idaho, Chandler Har-
nish ran for two touchdowns and threw for another asNorth- ern Illinois (11-3) routed Fresno State, 40-17, in the Humanitari- an Bowl to reach 11 wins for the first time inschoolhistory. RyanColburnthrewtwotouch-
downs for the Bulldogs (8-5), now 0-6 in bowls against non- BCS teams since 1999. . . . Pat Devlin threw two touch-
down passes and Delaware forced five turnovers to beat vis- itingGeorgia Southern, 27-10, in the Division I-AA semifinals. The Blue Hens (12-2) advanced to the championship game against Eastern Washington on Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas. Georgia Southernfinished10-5. . . . In Florence, Ala., David Na-
deau’s 32-yard field goal as time expired lifted Minnesota-Du- luth(15-0) to a 20-17 victory over Delta State in the Division II championshipgame. . . . In Salem, Va., Levell Coppage
ran for 299 yards and three touchdowns and Wisconsin- Whitewater forced five turn- overs andshutoutMountUnion in the second half for a 31-21 victory and its second consecu- tiveDivisionIII championship. TheWarhawks completedtheir
secondstraight 15-0season. The Purple Raiders wound up the season14-1. . . .
Wagner had an 83-yard touch- down run, TomYaremko kicked a 22-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter as Carroll College (14-0) beat Sioux Falls, 10-7, in the NAIA champi- onship game, snapping theCou- gars’ winning streak at 42 games. Sioux Falls (13-1), which won the previous two titles, is moving up to Division II next year. The two schools have com- bined towin nine straightNAIA titles.
PROFOOTBALL GreenBayPackersquarterback
Aaron Rodgers did not receive medical clearance after sustain- ing his second concussion of the season and was ruled out for Sunday night’s game at New England. Matt Flynn, a seventh-round
draft pick out of LSUin 2008, is expected tomakehis first career start for thePackers.
SOCCER Barcelona routed Espanyol,
5-1, behind two goals each from PedroRodriguezandDavidVilla to win its 10th straight league game and move five points ahead of second-place RealMa- dridinthe Spanishleague. Espanyol had conceded only
two goals inits sevenvictories at El Prat-Cornella Stadium, but Barcelona needed just 30 min- utes to double that number and beat the league’s best home team. Xavi Hernandez also scoredforBarcelona, inthe30th minute. Osvaldo had the lone goal for Espanyol in the 62nd minute. Since halftime ofBarce- lona’s match against Villarreal on Nov. 13, the champions had scored31 goalswithout reply. . . . In Germany, U.S. defender
Steven Cherundolo scored an own-goal, and Hannover’s club- record run of five straight victo- ries ended with a 3-1 loss at Nuremberg. . . . InterMilanwontheClubWorld
Cup in Abu Dhabi, defeating TP Mazembe, 3-0, to end the run of theAfricanchampion.
MISC. Four-timewinnerErnieElstook
a two-shot lead into amarathon last day of the South African Open in Durban. Els’s second straight 65, a flawless second round of 7-under par, lifted him to the top of the leaderboard at 14-under 130, two strokes clear of Retief Goosen, who finished witha 68. Els and Goosen will play the
final 36 holes Sunday with 19- year-old Frenchman Romain Wattel, who shot a 66 to lie one stroke behindGoosen. . . . Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Gar-
cia matched American Ryan Lochtewith her third goldmed- al at the short-course world swimming championships in
Dubai.Shewas timedina cham- pionship-record 2:05.73 in the 200-meter individual medley, adding toherback-to-back titles in the 200 butterfly and 400 IM onWednesday’s openingnight.
—AssociatedPress TONI L. SANDYS/THE WASHINGTON POST Hoyas guard Austin Freeman dunks the ball for two of his 14 points, which tied the team
high.No. 15Georgetown improved to 10-1.
No. 15 Hoyas pass an easy early test 99 75
Georgetown rides its red-hot shooting to rout of Loyola
BY TARIK EL-BASHIR TheGeorgetownHoyas’ lopsid-
ed victory over Loyola (Md.) on Saturday did notcomeasmuchof a surprise. What was somewhat shocking, however, was the effi- ciency with which they disman- tled their overmatched opponent. Led by Austin Freeman, Chris
Wright andHenry Sims, the 15th- rankedHoyas made all but one of their two-point attempts in the first half, owned a double-digit lead before the contest was nine minutes old, then celebrated the end of first-semester exams with a99-75beatdownthatmarkedthe eighth time they’ve surpassed 90 points under Coach John Thomp- son III. “I was extremely nervous com-
ing into this game just because of exams, no practice, or sporadic practice, and not 100 percent at- tendance at practice,” Thompson said. “I wasn’t sure how sharp we were going to be.” Thompson’s concern, as it
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Spanish League, Sevilla at Real Madrid » ESPN2 only from Comcast. COLLEGE FOOTBALL U-Md. tells Friedgen his tenure is finished friedgen from D1
who is their head coach and Anderson responded that he did not know at thatmoment. When Friedgen’s departure is
announced, former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach will immedi- ately emerge as the clear front- runner to replace Friedgen. There ismutual interest between Leach and Maryland, according to three people, two of whomare close to Maryland and one of whomis close to Leach. When reached on his cell-
phone Friday, Leach said that Maryland had yet to contact him. Leach is said to be very inter-
ested in the job. He has a strong relationship with Kevin Plank, a former Maryland football player who sits on the school’s board of trustees and whose apparel com- pany,UnderArmour, is the outfit- ter for the school’s athletic teams. Meantime, four Maryland as-
sistants are deciding whether to accept offers to join James Frank- lin, Maryland’s former offensive coordinator and head coach-in- waiting, onVanderbilt’s coaching staff, according to a person with direct knowledge of the offers. Those assistants are defensive coordinatorDon Brown, running backs coach John Donovan, wide receivers coach Lee Hull and special teams coach Charles Bankins. Contract negotiations were expected to begin Saturday for those who accept. Maryland is making an at-
tempt to try to persuade Brown to stay, a source familiarwith the situationsaid, adding thatBrown has a relationship with Leach. Friedgen, who has a 74-50 re-
cord in 10 seasons, struggled in recent years to match his initial success at the helm of the team. He was nearly fired after a 2-10 season in 2009. In 2010, he or- chestrated the second-biggest
turnaround among major foot- ball teams in the country, leading the Terrapins to an 8-4 record and their seventh bowl game in Friedgen’s 10 seasons.Hewonthe ACC Coach of the Year Award for the second time. But the program has been
plagued by attendance issues in recent years. Season ticket sales have declined for five straight
seasons.Maryland fellmore than $500,000 short of season ticket sales projections in each of the past two seasons. And only once this season did fans fill Byrd Stadiumto 75 percent capacity. Despite finishing in a three-
way tie for third in the ACC, Maryland fell to the eighth slot in the ACC bowl pecking order in large part because bowl officials were concerned about how well Maryland fans would travel to a bowl game. Friedgen has repeatedly said that he wanted to coach beyond
2011, andhehadbeentellinghigh school prospects that he planned to coach themfor themajority of their college careers. Anderson had announced Nov. 18 that Friedgen would return in 2011. But when Franklin accepted
the Vanderbilt job last week, it enabled Maryland to save $1 million that the school would have owed Franklin had he re- mained at Maryland and not been named head coach by Janu- ary 2012. Anderson said Franklin’s de-
parture changes theway he looks at the football program now. Anderson said Friday that he and Friedgen already had talked about the program’s future, add- ing, “I will tell you by early next week, our discussions are way ahead, and we will be able to comment further on that next week.”
prisbelle@washpost.com yandas@washpost.com
turned out, was completely un- warranted. In the opening 20 minutes, theHoyas (10-1)made14 of their 15 two-point attemptsand
sank 4 of 8 from beyond the three-point arc as they pushed their lead to a 50-27 at the inter- mission. They entered the game tied for third in the nation in shooting percentage (51.3). “Who missed it?” Thompson
playfully inquired, referring to the first half’s single wayward two-point shot. The culprit was Jason Clark.
But the junior guard more than made up for that miss by direct- ing a defensive effort that was almost as impressive as George- town’s offensive effectiveness. The Hoyas harassed Loyola
(4-6) into shooting only 29.2 per- cent in the opening 20 minutes and,duringaspanof9minutes35 seconds, held the Greyhounds without a field goal. At the other end,Georgetownmadeeight con- secutive field goals in that span, and 11 overall, to key the second- best shooting half of Thompson’s seven-year tenure. “I thought we did a very good
job of making their shots tough— difficult, hard, contested shots,” Thompson said. Loyola Coach Jimmy Patsos
said after the game that he had hoped for a closer result, particu- larly with Greg Monroe now in the NBA. The Greyhounds are 0-22 all-time against ranked teams, with all of the defeats coming by double digits. “I thought we may catch them
sleeping, but to be honest with you, I think they caught us a little on our heels,” Patsos said before cracking, “I thought when Mon- roe left, I would catch them. They’re probably better without him.” Patsos also praised the Hoyas’
guards and singled out Sims for his continued development. Sims matched his career highs for points, with 12 on 5-of-5 shooting, and assists, with five. “Sims is a Baltimore kid, and
he’s really” improved, Patsos said. “John gets guys better.” Thompson added: “It’s been
well documented, and said by me, [Sims] had an awful sophomore year. Now he’s a junior who is playing well and is giving us good minutes, which might be an un- derstatement. We’re coming to expect this.” Three others also made their
markon the game:HollisThomp- son scored 14 points and was 3 for 4 from three-point range; Nate Lubick finished with eight points and a career-high five assists; and Moses Ayegba notched a career- best six points and showed his shot-blocking prowess by swat- ting a pair of attempts — on the same possession. The only areas where the
Hoyas had any difficulty was at the free throw line, where they went 21 for 31, and on the boards, where they were out-rebounded
GEORGETOWN LOYOLA
for only the second time this season. The Greyhounds finished with a 33-29 edge in rebounds, anda16-6advantageonthe offen- sive glass. “That point was noted in the
locker room, wasn’t it fellas?” Thompson said, looking around atWright and Clark. With a lead that swelled to 30
in the second half, Thompson pulled his stars early. Wright left the game with almost 16 minutes remaining, while Freeman and Clark departed with about 14 minutes left to play. Sitting at the end of the bench in warmups, the trio finally could relax after a hectic week filled with exams, term papers and practice. “School is tough,” Wright said.
“As you can see I don’t have my hair cut; I’ve been in the books.” Although the game proved to
be a one-sided affair from the openingtip,Clark said itprovided a needed boost for a team sched- uled to play only twice in the span of
11days.TheHoyas’nextgameis Thursday atNo. 18Memphis. “It was a good confidence
builder after being off for a while,” he said, “and everybody played well.”
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