Vanderbilt fires football coach Mason
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt fired coach Derek Mason on Sunday after losing the first eight games of his seventh season, and offensive coordinator Todd Fitch will serve as the interim coach.
More college football: Alabama is the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press poll again as the top eight teams in the rankings held steady for the fourth week in a row. ... LSU receiving leader Terrace Marshall Jr. has decided to opt out for the rest of this season.
College basketball: Maryland star Len Bias, who was chosen No. 2 by the Celtics in the 1986 NBA draft before dying days later of a drug overdose, was chosen for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Bias leads a group of six players and two coaches to be enshrined in Kansas City next November. The other players are
Hersey Hawkins (Bradley), David Greenwood (UCLA), Jim Jackson (Ohio State), Antawn Jamison (North Carolina) and Paul Pierce (Kansas). The coaches are Rick Byrd, who won 805 games in his career at Maryville, Lincoln Memorial and Belmont, and Tom Penders, who took four different schools to the NCAA Tournament.
Golf: Christiaan Bezuidenhout came from three shots behind to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship as Adrian Meronk faltered in his quest to become the first Polish player to win a European Tour event. Bezuidenhout finished with a 69 to win at 14 under par overall, four shots clear of overnight leader Meronk (76) and another three players tied for second.
Soccer: Wolverhampton beat Arsenal 2-1 in an English Premier League game overshadowed by a serious head injury to Wolves forward Raul Jimenez. ... Tottenham and host Chelsea played to a scoreless draw at Chelsea. ... Edinson Cavani completed Manchester United’s comeback in stoppage time at Southampton, heading in his second goal for a 3-2 win. ... The U.S. will play El Salvador in an exhibition on Dec. 9 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., just the fourth match this year for the American men.