Lakers, Coach K discuss opening

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski (above) met with Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak on Thursday and was in "serious discussions" with the team about its coaching vacancy.

ESPN's Jim Gray reported Thursday night on ESPN.com that Krzyzewski, a 57-year-old Hall of Famer, has been offered the Lakers' coaching position.

Krzyzewski led the Blue Devils to three national championships in almost a quarter-century at the school.

"Coach K has informed us that the Los Angeles Lakers have contacted him and entered into serious discussions to fill their vacant head coaching position," Duke athletic director Joe Alleva said.

Lakers spokesman John Black said Kupchak met with Krzyzewski.

"They talked about our coaching vacancy," Black said.

Duke president Richard Brodhead said he and Alleva urged Krzyzewski to finish his career at the school.

Ex-NBA player Bol injured in accident

Former NBA player Manute Bol was seriously injured in an auto accident in Connecticut. The 7-foot-7 Bol was riding in a cab Wednesday when it rolled over, killing the driver and throwing the former University of Bridgeport star from the car, authorities said. Bol, 43, suffered a head injury and was taken by helicopter to Hartford Hospital, state police spokesman J. Paul Vance said. "The doctor said, for his age, he's in extremely good shape and would probably be dead if he wasn't an athlete," longtime friend Andrew Kearns said. Bol's condition was not released Thursday, but Kearns said Bol broke his neck. "It's going to be a long recovery, unfortunately," Kearns said.

Woods' caddie offers apology

The caddie for Tiger Woods said he was wrong to kick over a news photographer's camera during the U.S. Open, blaming his snap decision on hearing too many clicks from too many cameras at the wrong time. "I lost my cool," Steve Williams said Thursday. "I shouldn't have done that." But he offered no apologies for taking a camera away from a fan at Shinnecock Hills, and no guarantee that he wouldn't do that again. "I'm not being a bully," Williams said. "I'm just doing what I have to do to make our jobs easier." Williams said more photographers are coming onto the practice range to try to shoot Woods' swing sequence, making it difficult for them to practice.