A California lawmaker wants to name a section of a Los Angeles freeway in honor of Vin Scully, the legendary broadcaster who retired last year after calling Dodgers games for 67 seasons.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez introduced a resolution last week to rename a 2-mile stretch of Interstate 110 that passes Dodger Stadium.
The resolution also asks state transportation officials to determine the cost of installing signs with the proposed name "Vin Scully Highway." The newspaper said the signs could be installed using funds raised by outside donations.
Gomez introduced a similar measure last session, but it died without receiving a committee hearing.
The 89-year-old Scully received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House in November.
Moving on
With Jim Furyk being named the next Ryder Cup captain, it left former PGA champion David Toms out of the mix.
And that's OK with him.
Toms said he would have wanted a chance to be captain in recent years, but he didn't seem put off about being passed over.
"It's a big commitment and I have a lot of things going on in life outside the golf scene," Toms said Tuesday. "It would take a lot of time and a lot of dedication away from other things I'm doing."
Toms just turned 50 and makes his PGA Tour Champions debut next week. His son, Carter, is a freshman at LSU and his daughter is about to turn 12.
"I'm not sure that I want to spend the time to be the type of captain that it takes to be successful, and what the PGA of America wants," he said. "I'm not sure when I'm 50 and starting a new career that I would serve myself well."
He seemed content with his other captaincy -- he will lead the Americans in the first Junior Presidents Cup this summer.
UConn honor
A 13-year-old New York girl killed by a stray bullet while riding home from basketball practice has been made an honorary member of the UConn women's basketball team.
UConn Coach Geno Auriemma said he decided to make the gesture after hearing the story of Mount Vernon, N.Y., eighth-grader Shamoya McKenzie, who died on New Year's Eve.
McKenzie's mother said her daughter had a poster of the current UConn team in her bedroom, and dreamed of playing for the Huskies.
Auriemma said after reading about her life, he sent McKenzie's family a team jersey with her number, 30, along with a letter that read, "Once a Husky, Always a Husky."
"I don't know that it makes anything any better," Auriemma said Tuesday night after his Huskies won their 90th consecutive game. "But, it was just our way of saying, 'You didn't get a chance to be here, but you kind of are.' "
McKenzie, who was 6-foot-2, was already playing for Mount Vernon's junior varsity high school team. She was described by Mount Vernon school officials and coaches as an excellent student, athlete and role model.
"It got a lot of notice because she is a basketball player," Auriemma said. "All over America this stuff unfortunately happens to too many kids her age."
Sports on 01/12/2017