Gailey Suffers Heart Attack

Georgia Tech football Coach Chan Gailey suffered a heart attack Monday while playing racquetball in the campus recreation center.

Gailey, who turned 53 in January, was taken to an Atlanta hospital after experiencing chest pains. He underwent a balloon angioplasty to clear a blocked artery and was resting comfortably, the school said.

“He’ll be in the hospital probably three or four days, but they do expect a complete recovery,” Athletic Director Dave Braine said.

Gailey has a 21-17 record in three years with the Yellow Jackets and has guided them to three bowl appearances.

Pro Football

Tennessee tackle Brad Hopkins was arrested in Franklin, Tenn., and charged with domestic assault against his wife, Ellen.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Department said Hopkins posted $1,000 bond and was released Monday night.

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New York Giant five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan filed for divorce from his wife of nearly six years, Jean, the same day a judge issued a restraining order against her, a spokesman for Strahan said.

The judge ordered her to deposit into escrow more than $3 million she removed from the couple’s bank account last week and deposited into her account, a spokesman for the player said.

On Thursday, Strahan was served with a temporary restraining order telling him to keep away from his wife. The New York Post reported Monday that the order was issued after Strahan and his wife argued Thursday at Montclair, N.J., and she accused him of harassment.

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Oakland re-signed defensive end Bobby Hamilton to a $6-million, three-year contract.

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Former Minnesota quarterback Brad Johnson worked out for his old team, which is in the market for a backup to Daunte Culpepper after Gus Frerotte agreed to sign with Miami.

The Vikings said that Frerotte, who played behind Culpepper the last two seasons, had signed with the Dolphins, who declined to comment.

Johnson, 36, was cut by Tampa Bay this month in a salary-cap move. He was drafted by Minnesota in 1992.

Boxing

Promoters Don King and Dan Goossen are trying to fill the sudden opening April 30 at New York’s Madison Square Garden with John Ruiz’s defense of his World Boxing Assn. heavyweight crown against James Toney.

That slot had been filled with World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s defense against Hasim Rahman.

The Klitschko-Rahman fight has been delayed because Klitschko suffered a pulled thigh muscle several days ago while training in Ukraine.

Tom Loeffler of Klitschko’s promotional company said talks are underway to stage Klitschko-Rahman in Staples Center on June 18.

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An announcement is expected today that former heavyweight boxer Riddick Bowe, 37, will fight a yet-to-be-determined opponent April 7 in the Pechanga Resort at Temecula. The bout will be televised on FSN as part of that night’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period.”

Miscellany

A meeting between Antonio Cue, Chivas USA president and co-owner, and captain Ramon Ramirez went well enough that the Mexican star will be welcomed back to the Major League Soccer expansion franchise in a news conference Wednesday at the Home Depot Center.

Ramirez, 35, had quit the team last week after problems reportedly arose concerning a visa for his children’s nanny.

Chivas USA said it would play expansion club Real Salt Lake in Carson on Wednesday and Mexico’s Club America on March 23 at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

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The NHL and Players’ Assn. representatives agreed to meet this week, but declined to reveal the day or location, in their effort to solve a labor dispute that canceled the 2004-05 season.

League executives have vowed to have a 2005-06 season and are hoping to have a new collective bargaining agreement deal in place by June.

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Three-time world champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia led his preliminary group and two-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir was fourth in his group in the World Figure Skating Championships at Moscow.

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A brawl at an Illinois boys’ high school state tournament basketball game in Chicago’s United Center sent two people to the hospital, one a police officer who was in good condition after suffering a heart attack and the other a teenager who was in good condition with head trauma, the Chicago Fire Department said.