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NCAA FOOTBALL: Miles out at KU
The University of Kansas announced late Monday it had “mutually agreed to part ways effective immediately” with embattled coach Les Miles.
The move comes in the wake of allegations by female students and staffers of inappropriate behavior when he was the football coach at LSU.
NCAA HOOPS: McDermott ban over
Creighton announced it has lifted Greg McDermott’s suspension for making racially insensitive remarks to his players after a game last week.
McDermott created a firestorm for twice using the term “plantation” as part of an analogy urging team unity. The university suspended McDermott indefinitely on Thursday after he had coached in a Wednesday loss at Villanova.
In Harrisonburg, Va., Jalen Ray’s 20 points for Hofstra weren’t enough as Elon eliminated the Pride from the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals, 76-58.
In Pensacola, Fla., Michael Almonacy scored a career-high 32 points with six 3-pointers and Appalachian State upset two-time defending champion Georgia State, 80-73, to win the Sun Belt Conference championship and return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000.
In Asheville, N.C., Isaiah Miller scored 25 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and had six assists as top-seeded UNC Greensboro earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament with a 69-61 win over seventhseeded Mercer in the Southern Conference championship.
NFL: WFT tags OG Scherff again
The Washington Football Team has placed the franchise tag on Brandon Scherff for a second year in a row.
The team announced the move on the eve of the tagging deadline after the two sides couldn’t come to terms on a longterm contract.
The Titans have found a team in the Dolphins to take their 2020 first-round draft pick off their hands, trading offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson after his rookie season. NFL.com said a swap of picks also is involved.
A traffic case involving Raiders player Josh Jacobs was closed in Las Vegas after he completed community service and paid a fine stemming from a vehicle crash in January near McCarran International Airport, his lawyers said.
The Seahawks released veteran defensive end Carlos Dunlap.
The Vikings signed defensive end Stephen Weatherly to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
MLB: Nats GM mum on Jeffress
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo declined to specify why Jeremy Jeffress was released from a minor league contract by the team, saying only that he considered it an “employment issue” and acknowledging it was not related to the reliever’s performance.
After Washington announced his release Sunday, Jeffress tweeted: “I’m not what they say I am, I’m what God says! I don’t deserve this false negativity!”
Washington pitcher Jon Lester is back in camp after surgery to remove his thyroid gland on Friday in New York.