Carruth released from prison

Former NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth was released from prison after serving more than 18 years for conspiring to murder the mother of his unborn child.

The Carolina Panthers’ 1997 draft pick was released from Sampson Correctional Institution in Clinton, N.C., after completing his sentence of 18 to 24 years.

Carruth was found guilty of orchestrating a plot to kill Cherica Adams on Nov. 16, 1999, in Charlotte, N.C., to avoid paying child support. Adams was shot four times while driving her car but managed to make a 911 call that helped implicate Carruth.

Adams went into a coma and died less than a month after the shooting.

The child she was carrying, Chancellor Lee Adams, was delivered by emergency cesarean section but suffers from permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.

A jury finished its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of three men charged with conspiring to cheat major college basketball programs by paying young athletes to sign with schools sponsored by Adidas.

Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent Ryan Kedley, who helped uncover the sexual exploitation of 400 boys by an Iowa basketball coach, says victims can still come forward to share their information.

Kedley says state and federal investigators have attempted to contact all 400 known victims of former Iowa Barnstormers coach Greg Stephen.

Texas Christian receiver and standout returner KaVontae Turpin has been suspended from the team following his arrest on suspicion of assault over the weekend.