Overtime

Olympics

Skeleton coach will go to court Monday

In Elizabethtown, N.Y., U.S. skeleton coach Tim Nardiello will get his day in court Monday, when the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation has been ordered to show that it had good reason to suspend him while sexual harassment allegations are investigated.

In an order issued Thursday by the New York Supreme Court, Judge James P. Dawson called for the hearing and ordered that U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton president Jim Shea Sr. show cause to keep the court from granting a preliminary injunction that would reinstate Nardiello as coach.

On Saturday, Nardiello was placed on paid administrative leave and earlier this week, the federation decided Nardiello would not be allowed to travel with the team for next weekend's races in Germany while allegations that he sexually harassed athletes are investigated. His status for February's Turin Olympics is still uncertain.

Football

Spartans to hold individual tryouts

The Augusta Spartans will be holding tryouts Saturday at Augusta-Richmond County Recreation Department baseball field off Lumpkin Road. Registration begins at noon. Cost is $50.

The Spartans, a first-year team in the American Indoor Football League, begin play March 10.

For more information, call head coach Bubba Diggs at (803) 613-9444.

Golf

Phillips shoots 77 in Florida tourney

In Sebring, Fla., Augusta State sophomore Garrett Phillips shot 77 and is 19th after the first round of the Harder Hall Invitational at Harder Hall Golf Course.

Phillips is eight shots back of leader Stacy Lewis, who plays for Arkansas.

Evans' Alina Lee, who plays for Georgia, is tied for fourth after 72.

- In Daytona Beach, Fla., Betsy King was selected as U.S. captain for the Solheim Cup next year in Sweden, where she will try to lead the Americans to only their second victory overseas.

King, with 34 victories and six majors that got her into the Hall of Fame, will have the most Solheim Cup experience of any previous captain. She played in the first five matches, earning eight points, and was part of the team that defeated Europe in Wales.

- Saturday's Georgia Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony is sold out.

More than 600 people will attend the event when George Hamer Jr., Rosie Jones, Martha Wilkinson Kirouac and Tim Simpson will be honored.

Horse Racing

Limehouse named Aiken's top horse

Limehouse will receive the Aiken Trained Horse of the Year Award on March 19 at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum.

The horse recently retired with career earnings of $1,100,433. He won seven races, finished second twice and was third three times. He also finished fourth in the 2004 Kentucky Derby.

Tennis

Federer advances to Qatar semifinals

In Doha, Qatar, Roger Federer advanced to the semifinals of the Qatar Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Marcos Baghdatis.

The top-ranked Federer will meet Tommy Haas, of Germany, for a spot in the final. Haas beat Mikhail Youzhny, of Russia, 6-4, 6-3.

In other matches, second- seeded Nikolay Davydenko, of Russia, was upset in the quarterfinals by Filippo Volandri, of Italy, 6-3, 6-4. He'll play seventh-seeded Gael Monfils, who defeated Dmitry Tursunov, of Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Baseball

Franklin, Phillies reach agreement

In Philadelphia, the Phillies made a move to bolster their starting rotation, agreeing to terms with right-handed pitcher Ryan Franklin, pending a physical.