Harrick’s Son Gets Suspended

Georgia assistant basketball coach Jim Harrick Jr. was suspended by the school Friday, a day after a former player accused him of paying his expenses and committing academic fraud.

Harrick, son of head Coach Jim Harrick, is barred from participating in practices and games, Athletic Director Vince Dooley said in a statement.

He will be permitted to use basketball office facilities.

“In light of the seriousness of the allegations, we feel that it is appropriate to suspend Jim Harrick Jr. with pay, until such time as these allegations are investigated to our satisfaction,” the statement said.

In an interview with ESPN on Thursday night, Tony Cole said Harrick Jr. paid $300 for a phone bill that Cole ran up while staying with the mother of a friend during the summer of 2001.

Cole also said Harrick Jr. took or arranged for someone else to take two correspondence courses for him from Lincoln Trail College. Harrick Jr. also taught a coaching class at Georgia and gave Cole an “A” even though the player never attended the class, Cole said.

University President Michael Adams issued a statement saying Ed Tolley, legal counsel to the university’s athletic association, would lead the investigation and that the NCAA’s enforcement director, David Price, had been asked for assistance.

“The allegations concerning the basketball program are serious. We will take definitive and appropriate actions based upon the findings of this investigation,” Adams said.

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Pro Football

Of all the former players Bill Parcells could have brought in to join him with the Dallas Cowboys, wide receiver Terry Glenn might have been one of the least likely.

But Parcells traded for the player he once derisively called “she,” giving up an undisclosed draft pick to acquire him from the Green Bay Packers. Glenn restructured his contract, getting a five-year deal tailored to help the Cowboys’ salary cap.

Parcells and Glenn have have patched up their relationship since Parcells’ infamous insult.

Parcells made Glenn the seventh pick of the 1996 draft and he had 90 catches for 1,132 yards and six touchdowns for the New England Patriots.

The Cowboys also re-signed offensive lineman Flozell Adams to a $25-million, five-year contract. Although Adams received a $10 million signing bonus, his cap figure for the upcoming season could be as low as $2.5 million.

Running back Trung Canidate, a former first-round pick of the St. Louis Rams, was traded to Washington for guard David Loverne and a fourth-round draft pick. Loverne started 11 games for the Redskins in 2002.

The Rams also signed free-agent center Dave Wohlabaugh.

Clint Dolezel threw seven touchdown passes and the Grand Rapids Rampage held the Carolina Cobras to a season-low 13 first-half points in a 68-34 Arenal Football League victory at Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Tennis

Top-seeded Roger Federer defeated Hicham Arazi, 7-5, 6-3, to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Open at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He next faces Ivan Ljubicic, who beat fifth-seeded Rainer Schuettler, 6-3, 6-4.

In the other half of the draw, third-seeded Jiri Novak will play Tommy Robredo for a spot in the final. Novak defeated Sjeng Schalken, 6-4, 6-4, and Robredo eliminated Feliciano Lopez, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4.

Second-seeded Wayne Arthurs rallied from a set down to defeat Magnus Norman, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4, and advance to the semifinals of the Copenhagen Open. Arthurs will play third-seeded Karol Kucera, who beat Michel Kartochvil, 7-5, 6-2.

The injury-plagued season of Russian fan favorite Anna Kournikova continued as she was forced to withdraw from the upcoming Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells. Kournikova, once a top-10 player, has dropped to 58th in the world. A strained back has kept her out since the Australian Open.

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Golf

Frank Lickliter II shot a nine-under-par 63 to take a three-shot lead halfway through the PGA Chrysler Classic at Tucson.

Lickliter, who started the second round three strokes out of the lead, was at 14-under 130 through 36 holes, two off the tournament record of 128 set by David Duval in 1999.

Brian Gay, who started the day tied with Lickliter, shot a six-under 66 and was alone in second at 11-under 133.

Laura Davies birdied the final two holes for a four-under-par 68, giving her an 11-under 133 total and a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Women’s Australian Open at Sydney.

Rebecca Coakley (67) was second and defending champion Karrie Webb (67) was two shots back with Lorena Ochoa and Beth Bauer.

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Miscellany

Irina Slutskaya of Russia used a clean free skate to move past Sasha Cohen of Laguna Niguel into first place in the Grand Prix Figure Skating Final at St. Petersburg, Russia.

The VISA American Cup Gymnastics competition will be held today at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

Renate Goetschl of Austria won a World Cup super giant slalom at Innsbruck, Austria. She was timed in 1 minute 26.18 seconds, beating Carole Montillet of France by 0.03 seconds and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria by 0.36.

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia ran the fastest 3,000 meters of the indoor season, finishing in 7 minutes 28.29 seconds at the Karlsruhe meet in Karlsruhe, Germany. The world indoor record is 7:25.90, set in 1998 by Kenya’s Daniel Komen.

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Passings

Chris Brasher, the 1956 Olympic steeplechase champion who two years earlier set the pace for Roger Bannister’s historic mile, died Friday at his home in the village of Chaddleworth, north of London. He was 74.