COLLEGE FOOTBALL

The University of Maryland acknowledged Tuesday that the football player who collapsed during practice and subsequently died did not receive proper medical care and the school must accept “legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes.”

Maryland has parted ways with strength and conditioning coach Rick Court, who resigned in the wake of the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair. Athletic director Damon Evans acknowledged that “mistakes were made” in the treatment of McNair, who was hospitalized May 29 after a team workout and died June 13.

The attorney for the McNair family said a preliminary death certificate indicates the cause of death was heatstroke.

Court had previously been placed on administrative leave. Head coach DJ Durkin is also on administrative leave, but a decision on his future is not immediately forthcoming.

TENNIS

Milwaukee’s Tim Smyczek received an entry into the main draw of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

Smyczek, who had a career-best result when he reached the third round in New York in 2013, will be playing the main draw for the sixth time in his career.

Former U.S. Open champions Stan Wawrinka and Svetlana Kuznetsova and two-time Grand Slam women’s singles champion Victoria Azarenka also were awarded wild cards.