NORTHERN COLORADO SUSPENDS 12 PLAYERS
The University of Northern Colorado football team will be without 12 of its players for Saturday’s game when Northern Arizona University travels to Greeley.
The shorthanded UNC Bears will take on the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at noon Saturday at Nottingham Field. The loss of 12 players for the Bears comes at a bad time for head coach Earnest Collins Jr. as they look to snap a sevengame losing streak where they are 07 on the season and 04 in conference play.
Northern Colorado said in a release that no studentathlete names will be released and they would have no further comment on the suspended players.
Former USA Gymnastics president arrested.
DALLAS» As he traveled to Tennessee for a vacation with his wife and three children, former USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny had no clue a Texas grand jury had indicted him for allegedly tampering with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, an attorney for the former top official said Thursday.
The Walker County district attorney’s office says Penny was arrested Wednesday in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
The indictment alleges Penny ordered the removal of documents from the Karolyi Ranch near Huntsville, Texas, relating to Nassar’s activitiesthere.Thedocumentswere delivered to Penny at the USA Gymnastics headquarters in Indianapolis, according to the indictment. Authorities have not recovered them.
McGregor wants a UFC fight at AT&T Stadium.
Flamboyant UFC fighter Conor McGregor was standing on the field with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones during the pregame last week. What were they discussing?
Putting a UFC fight in AT&T Stadium, it seems. NFL Films caught Jones running down the specs of the stateoftheart facility with McGregor.
“It is a spectacle, this place,” McGregor said.
G League will sign elite youth players.
MIAMI» The G League will begin offering “select contracts” worth $125,000 next year to elite prospects who are not yet eligible for the NBA, a move that could slightly lessen the handful of oneanddone players at the college level. There is no determination yet on how players will be identified.
Attorney tells jurors NCAA coaches knew of payouts.
YORK» MiNEW chael Schachter, a lawyer for a longtime Adidas employee, urged jurors Thursday to use common sense and evidence to conclude college basketball coaches like Bill Self at Kansas and Rick Pitino at Louisville knew shoe companies were paying money to families of elite athletes to steer them to their schools.
Serena’s coach admits helping her.
Serena Williams’ coach says inmatch coaching should be allowed in tennis to help the sport’s popularity.
Patrick Mouratoglou, who admitted he used banned hand signals to try to help Williams during her loss in the U.S. Open final, wrote Thursday in a posting on Twitter that making coaching part of the spectacle would let “viewers enjoy it as a show” and “ensure that it remains pivotal in the sport.”
Running legend Keino arrested.
KENYA» Running great Kip NAIROBI,
Keino handed himself over to police in Kenya on Thursday and is under arrest, set to face charges of corruption and abuse of office that threaten the reputation of one of track and field’s most revered figures. The twotime Olympic champion, 78, was the forerunner for generations of Kenyan distancerunning champions.
Reavie leads CJ Cup.
American Chez Reavie overcame cool, windy conditions for a 4under 68 and a onestroke lead after the first round of the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges on Thursday.