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The Cavaliers might not be out of the running for Carmelo Anthony after all.

On Friday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that Anthony had expanded his list of trade locations to include Clevealand:

“Story filed to ESPN: Carmelo Anthony has expanded the list of teams with which he’d accept a trade -- including the Cleveland Cavaliers.”

He added that the Knicks made a call to the Cavs on Monday, but no trade ideas were put on the table.

The NCAA has placed Rutgers on two-year probation and publically reprimanded and censured the university for failing to monitor its football program over a five-year period between 2011 and 2015.

The Division I Committee on Infractions panel ruled Friday that Rutgers did not ensure its football student host group and its drug-testing program followed university policy and NCAA rules.

The panel also said that former football coach Kyle Flood failed to monitor his operations staff and violated university policy by contacting an instructor to make a special academic arrangement for a student-athlete.

The ruling was lenient in that the NCAA agreed with most of the self-imposed sanctions that Rutgers sought as punishment for the violations.

Rutgers helped itself by cooperating with investigation, firing Flood and athletic director Julie Hermann after the 2015 season, and implementing a new drug testing and hiring a new chief medical officer. Hope Solo says she’s settled a grievance with U.S. Soccer over her suspension from the women’s national team last year following comments she made at the Rio Olympics.

Solo was suspended for six months and her contract with the federation was terminated after she called the Swedish team “a bunch of cowards” following the U.S. team’s quarterfinal loss.

Details about the settlement, reached last month, were not released. The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Players Association filed the grievance on Solo’s behalf.

In a statement provided Friday to The Associated Press, Solo reiterated her regret over the comments.

“As I expressed in my apology to the Swedish captain immediately following the match, I have tremendous respect for the Swedish team, and in describing the style of play, I used a choice of words that was both offensive and not at all what I had intended to convey,” she said.