UNC REINSTATES PLAYER

North Carolina has reinstated suspended football player Allen

Artis after misdemeanor charges against him for sexual battery and assault on a female student were dismissed, athletics director

Bubba Cunningham announced. Artis was indefinitely suspended from the team last fall after his arrest tied to a February 2016 encounter. Artis had said the two had consensual sex and denied wrongdoing. His attorneys also said UNC determined Artis didn’t violate campus policy in his contact with the student, while a misconduct decision could have led to expulsion.