Feb 7, 2018 4 min read

Meadows racing suspended, again

The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has announced the extension of the suspension of live racing through Feb. 23. The track previously announced the suspension would last through Feb. 6.

During the suspension of live racing, The Meadows Racetrack and Race Book will remain open for simulcasting along with the off-track betting facility at Harmar.

The suspension of live racing at The Meadows will have no impact on operations inside The Meadows Casino, its food and beverage outlets or its bowling facility.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture was notified Jan. 24 that a Standardbred horse at The Meadows had showed clinical signs consistent with Equine Herpes Virus Myeloencephalopathy and tested positive for EHV-1. At that time, two barns were placed under quarantine and all horses were restricted from entering or leaving the track.

Five barns of 190 horses have been under quarantine by state veterinarians after an initial outbreak.

Unless a new case of EHV-1 is detected, all horses can be cleared after 28 days without symptoms or 21 days with confirmation of negative test results for the virus.

Cal hires W&J’s Curtis as coach

Pete Curtis, who has head coaching experience at all three NCAA divisions, has been hired as the head coach for the California University women’s soccer program, the school announced Wednesday morning.

Curtis spent the past 11 seasons as the head coach at Washington & Jefferson. He guided the Presidents to a 132-69-17 mark with seven years of at least 12 victories, highlighted by three consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships and appearances in the NCAA Division III tournament.

A native of Liverpool, England, Curtis spent 16 years as a head men’s soccer coach at various NCAA levels prior to W&J. He spent five seasons as head coach at Charleston (W.Va.) from 1995-99, leading the Golden Eagles to an appearance in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II tournament.

In the NBA

Kristaps Porzingis will have to wait to play in the All-Star Game. Same with the playoffs.

He hoped to accomplish both during his third season in the NBA, his first as the unquestioned star of the New York Knicks.

But those plans were derailed when Porzingis crashed to the court, punching the floor in pain after a dunk in the second quarter of a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

An MRI revealed a torn left ACL, an injury that will sideline Porzingis for the rest of this season and perhaps a good deal of the next.

Yankees trade for Seahawks’ QB

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has been traded – from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees.

The MLB’s Rangers selected Wilson in the Triple-A portion of the Rule 5 draft during the winter meetings in December 2013, about two months before he led the Seahawks to a win over Denver in the Super Bowl.

On Wednesday, Texas traded Wilson to the Yankees for future considerations.

Wilson spent a day in uniform with the Rangers at spring training in Surprise, Arizona, in 2014 without appearing in a game, and made another cameo appearance at camp the following spring. An infielder, Wilson hit .229 in two seasons in the low minor leagues in Colorado’s system in 2010-11.

The 29-year-old Wilson is expected to be in the Yankees major league camp in March, where he will participate in pregame workouts and watch games from the Yankees dugout while in Florida. He will be assigned to the Double-A Trenton roster.