College Sports News

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former University of California lineman who spent time in the Tennessee Titans' camp in 2001 has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.

JONESBORO, Ark. - Arkansas State cornerback Paul Stephens has been dismissed from the team.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Police have interviewed Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino about allegations brought by a woman charged with trying to extort him, his lawyer said Monday.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Former Pacific-10 commissioner Wiles Hallock, who oversaw the league's expansion from eight to 10 teams, died at his home Monday. He was 91.

Some of the cost-cutting measures undertaken by college athletic departments and conferences:

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Atlantic Coast Conference won't hold its baseball championship at Fenway Park next year, choosing a North Carolina venue over far-flung Boston. Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin aren't printing media guides. The Miami Hurricanes will be busing players to games.

OKLAHOMA CITY - In a July 9 story about potential NCAA rules violations in Oklahoma State's baseball program, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the school said coach Frank Anderson initially determined that a gift to a former player wasn't a rules violation. The school's associate athletic director for compliance, Scott Williams, made that determination.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lions' workout schedule Friday includes lifting weights and pull-ups, followed by an odd assortment of drills like pulling sleds and pushing around giant tractor-trailer tires in front of hundreds of fans.

OKLAHOMA CITY - The NCAA is citing Oklahoma State for a potential major rules violation in its baseball program.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - A junior defensive back at Western Carolina has died after participating in a voluntary offseason workout.

SALT LAKE CITY - After taking its fight to change the Bowl Championships Series to Congress, the Mountain West Conference is reluctantly agreeing to a BCS television deal.

SEATTLE - Washington running backs Brandon Johnson and David Freeman have been ruled academically ineligible for the upcoming season.

There's only so much our nation's politicians can do in their limited time in Washington, D.C., and only so many issues they can tackle.

LUBBOCK, Texas - Former San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Washington Nationals last month, has been selected as the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's player of the year.

LOS ANGELES - Art Venegas is out as UCLA's men's track and field coach after 10 years.

WORCESTER, Mass. - Sean Kearney is the new basketball coach at Holy Cross.

ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa - Northern Iowa offensive lineman Austin Steichen and two other men have been arrested in connection with an alleged assault.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas coach Bill Self's fence-mending trip worked: Xavier and C.J. Henry are still coming to Lawrence to play for the Jayhawks.