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BASKETBALL Bridges donates $40

Michigan State said its compliance office discovered that Miles Bridges’ family had dinner with an agent last winter without his knowledge, committing an NCAA violation. The school said the finding Friday made Bridges ineligible, leading it to apply for reinstatement, which was granted the next day by the NCAA. Bridges donated $40 to a charity of his choice as a condition of the reinstatement process. Yahoo! Sports published expense reports last week listing a $70 lunch with the player’s parents and a $400 cash advance to Bridges’ mother. The second-ranked Spartans are the top-seeded team in this week’s Big Ten tournament in New York.

Eustachy to resign

Larry Eustachy has agreed to step down as men’s basketball coach at Colorado State, ending a “climate assessment” of the program led by Athletic Director Joe Parker. Eustachy agreed to resign and amend his contract, which will now pay him $750,000 in three installments over the next two years. He’ll remain on paid leave until June 30, at which time he’ll formally resign, the university announced Monday. Eustachy’s decision to resign and amend his contract means there will be no conclusions or recommendations associated with Parker’s investigation into Eustachy’s behavior and interactions with players and staff, the school said. Parker has not divulged what prompted the investigation.

BASEBALL Reds, Revere agree

Ben Revere and the Cincinnati Reds finalized a minor league contract Monday after the outfielder passed a physical. Revere hit .275 with 1 home run and 20 RBI in 109 games last year for the Los Angeles Angels, appearing in left field for 78 games. The 29-year-old left-handed hitter has played with Minnesota, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington and the Angels.

MOTOR SPORTS Petty to sell cars

NASCAR legend Richard Petty said after “accumulating stuff” for 80 years, it’s time to sell some of his most famous cars, trophies and other items. Petty’s iconic day-glow red and Petty blue 1974 Dodge Charger is going on sale at an auction May 12 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, along with other cars, his 1981 Daytona 500 trophy and other items. Petty drove the ‘74 Charger to 31 wins, including his fifth Daytona 500 championship. “We’re putting some pretty good stuff out there, some winning Daytona cars, some rings, some watches, some knives,” Petty, 80, told The Associated Press. Petty said he

has more cars and memorabilia than he can showcase in his museum in Level Cross, N.C. “We feel like we’ve got enough stuff in the museum and none of my kids really want it. They’ve got enough of their own junk.” Petty won a record 200 races, including seven at the Daytona 500, and seven Cup championships.

TENNIS Agut snaps slide

Roberto Bautista Agut ended a three-match losing streak when he beat Florian Mayer of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Dubai Championships on Monday. The third-seeded Bautista Agut hadn’t won a match since taking his seventh ATP title in Auckland in January. The Spaniard had to save four break points to serve out the first set. He lost his serve three times but broke Mayer five times to reach the second round. Sixthseed Philipp Kohlschreiber also advanced at the expense of French qualifier Gleb Sakharov 6-4, 6-2. Robin Haase of the Netherlands, Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus and Benoit Paire of France were also winners.

OLYMPICS No anthem backlash

Russia’s return from a doping suspension won’t be derailed because its hockey players sang their national anthem, the International Olympic Committee said Monday. The Russian men’s team defied IOC rules by belting out the anthem at their medal ceremony after Sunday’s 4-3 overtime victory against Germany in the gold-medal game. Russian fans at the match also sang along. “We understand that this was over excitement by the athletes who had just won a gold medal in extraordinary circumstances,” the IOC said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press. Players on the Russian team said they agreed before the game that they would sing the anthem. The IOC suspended Russia’s membership in December over a doping scheme at the 2014 Olympics, but allowed 168 Russians to enter the Pyeongchang Olympics as “Olympic Athletes from Russia” in neutral uniforms. They had to sign a document agreeing not to display any national symbols or protest the restrictions. The Olympic anthem played when Russians won gold. The IOC voted against reinstating Russia in time for the closing ceremony Sunday, which would have allowed Russian athletes to march under their national flag. The Russian delegation had stockpiled uniforms with the Russian flag in preparation. However, the IOC decided Russia will be reinstated if no more of its athletes fail drug tests from the Pyeongchang Games. Russia produced two of the four doping cases announced so far.