Sports briefs 12/10/05

Basketball

• Surrounded by Michael Jordan and other former teammates and coaches, an emotional Scottie Pippen fought back tears as the Chicago Bulls retired his number 33 during halftime of Friday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

His number is the fourth to hang from the rafters, joining Jordan's 23, Bob Love's 10 and Jerry Sloan's 4.

Pippen and Jordan led the Bulls to six NBA championships during the 1990s.

Colleges

• Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz was named the interim replacement for ousted Colorado coach Gary Barnett on Friday and will lead the team against Clemson in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 27.

Barnett resigned Thursday at the request of athletic director Mike Bohn.

Hankwitz, 57, is in his second stint with the Buffs. Barnett named him defensive coordinator before last season. Hankwitz also coached with Colorado from 1985 through 1994. After that, he spent time at Kansas, Texas A&M and Arizona before returning to CU.

* Jason Garey scored two goals in an NCAA tournament-record 15-second span and top-seeded Maryland beat SMU 4-1 Friday to advance to the championship game of the NCAA College Cup.

Top-seeded Maryland, which has won more games than any other NCAA team on its way to four consecutive trips to the soccer semifinals, meets second-seeded New Mexico (19-1-2), a 2-1 semifinal winner over Clemson, in Sunday's championship game.

Garey's goals came less than 2 minutes after halftime to give the Terrapins (18-4-2) a 3-0 lead.

* Jennifer Saleaumua had 13 kills to help top-seeded Nebraska overcome a slow start and sweep UCLA in NCAA tournament regional action Friday night.

Playing in front of an NCAA record crowd of 14,489 at Omaha's Qwest Center, Nebraska (31-1) won 30-28, 30-23, 30-16 to move within a win of its first trip to the Final Four since 2001.

In regional action in State College, Pa., Missouri (25-4) defeated Hawaii 30-26, 26-30, 30-27, 30-22. Missouri will play Tennessee (24-8) in the regional final today.

* East Stroudsburg quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger received the Harlon Hill Trophy on Friday night as the nation's top Division II player.

The junior was presented the award, the Division II equivalent of the Heisman Trophy, on the eve of the Division II championship game between Grand Valley State and Northwest Missouri State.

Football

• Chicago Bears offensive linemen Olin Kreutz and Fred Miller were fined $50,000 each Friday for a fight that violated the NFL's personal conduct policy.

The players were involved in the fight last month at the FBI shooting range in the Chicago area, prompting an internal investigation by the bureau.

NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue fined Kreutz and Miller because the league's special conduct policy addresses off-field matters. It specifically prohibits conduct that endangers NFL employees and casts a negative light on the league and its players.

Kreutz broke Miller's jaw during the altercation.

* The NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks placed linebacker Jamie Sharper on injured reserve Friday, ending his season.

Sharper, a nine-year veteran who signed with the Seahawks as a free agent in April, started the first eight games this season before being sidelined by a staph infection in his right knee.

Sharper signed a $17.5 million, five-year contract, with a $1.5 million signing bonus with Seattle.

Hockey

• The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired right wing Eric Boguniecki from the St. Louis Blues on Friday for defenseman Steve Poapst.

The 30-year-old Boguniecki had a goal and four assists in nine games for the Blues this season. He also played two games for Peoria in the AHL.

The 36-year-old Poapst had four assists in 21 games for Pittsburgh this season. The Penguins signed Poapst as a free agent in August.

-- From wire reports