ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Lloyd Carr, who led Michigan to the national football championship in 1997 and five Big ten titles, is stepping down as the Wolverines’ associate athletic director Sept. 1.
Carr, 64, coached Michigan’s football team from 1995-2008. His teams had a record of 122-40 (81-23 Big Ten).
He played football at Missouri and Northern Michigan and was an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan in 1976-77 and Illinois in 1978-79. Carr came to Michigan in 1980 as an assistant to head coach Bo Schembechler, and remained as an aide under Gary Moeller.
Carr stepped down as coach in 2008, making way for Rich Rodriguez.
Selig stays with Arizona being All-Star site
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bud Selig considers Arizona’s new immigration law a political issue and is showing no signs that Major League Baseball will shift next year’s All-Star game out of the state.
A day after Milwaukee pitcher Yovani Gallardo and other All-Stars said they could envision boycotting the 2011 game at Phoenix in protest, the commissioner never mentioned a possible shift.
The situation “will be solved in the political process at the appropriate time,” Selig said Tuesday. “We’ll do things when baseball can influence decisions.”
Negro Leagues to get two new stamps
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Negro Leagues take the baseball field again on Thursday as the Postal Service honors the organizations that gave black players a chance to show their talents before the major leagues were integrated.
A pair of 44-cent commemorative stamps will be dedicated in ceremonies at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo.
One stamp shows a close play at home plate, while the other commemorates Andrew “Rube” Foster, founder of the leagues that operated from 1920 to 1960.
Legendary stars who played in the leagues included Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, James “Cool Papa” Bell, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1945.