For The Record

Died
At age 89 after a recent stroke, former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell hockey coach Ned Harkness (above). In 1954, two years after he coached RPI's men's lacrosse team to an NCAA title, Harkness led the hockey team to an NCAA championship. In 1963, after 14 years as a coach at RPI, he moved to Cornell, where he won NCAA hockey titles in 1967 and '70. He is one of only two coaches to win NCAA hockey championships with two different schools.

Died
At age 92, Mary Garber, one of the nation's first female sportswriters. In the early 1940s Garber was a society writer for the Twin City Sentinel in Winston-Salem, N.C., but she moved to the paper's sports department because its all-male staff was depleted by World War II. She was banned from press boxes and locker rooms, but she continued covering sports until 1997—even though she didn't gain access to a male locker room until the 1974 ACC basketball tournament. In 2005 Garber was the first female recipient of the Red Smith Award for contributions to sports journalism.

Dismissed
From the Kansas State football team after he was charged with child abuse by Riley County (Kans.) police, junior running back Leon Patton. Patton, 20, was accused last Thursday of shaking a two-month-old boy "feloniously and intentionally" on July 15 in the Manhattan area; police have not released any information on Patton's relationship to the child or the child's condition. If convicted Patton could serve 31 months in jail.

Agreed
To a contract with the Pirates, Pedro Alvarez (below), the second overall pick in this year's June draft. Last month the 21-year-old third baseman, who played three seasons at Vanderbilt, committed to a deal with Pittsburgh that included a $6 million signing bonus. But his agent, Scott Boras, contended it should be voided because Alvarez agreed to it—without Boras's approval—shortly after the midnight Aug. 15 deadline for draftees to sign. The players' union filed a grievance on Alvarez's behalf. An arbitrator was to rule on the case later this month, but on Monday, Alvarez, with Boras's blessing, reportedly signed a four-year deal worth a guaranteed $6.4 million.

Suspended
For 10 games for violating the NBA's antidrug program, Celtics forward Darius Miles. Miles, 26, the third overall pick in the 2000 draft, by the Clippers, has missed the last two seasons after having microfracture surgery on his right knee. His suspension—the NBA said it was for use of phentermine, an amphetamine and appetite suppressant—will take effect with the first games that Miles is physically able to play.

Unveiled
At Syracuse, an anachronistic statue (left) of former running back Ernie Davis. In 1959 Davis led the Orangemen to a national championship and two years later became the first black Heisman Trophy winner. (He died of leukemia in 1963.) Last week the school introduced a bronze statue of him following the premiere on campus of The Express, a film about his life. Created by New York City sculptor Bruno Lucchesi, the statue depicts Davis with Nike swooshes on his jersey and cleats—even though the company wasn't founded until 1972. A school spokesman said the sculptor will fix his mistake.

Criticized
For unpatriotic remarks made in a YouTube video, Mavericks forward Josh Howard. In the clip Howard, 28, is shown at a charity flag-football game in Landover, Md. With the national anthem playing, Howard says to the camera, "The Star-Spangled Banner is going on right now. I don't even celebrate that s---. I'm black." The video led to a flood of angry e-mails to Dallas owner Mark Cuban; he posted many of them on his blog, including some that directed racist insults at Howard. Cuban removed the e-mails last Friday, saying that he was trying to point out the irony of bigoted people attacking Howard. He also said that Howard had apologized for the video.