Southern California: : A former associate of NBA star O.J. Mayo told Yahoo Sports that basketball coach Tim Floyd paid in 2007 to help get Mayo to play for the Trojans. In a story posted Tuesday night at Yahoo Sports, Louis Johnson said Rodney Guillory told Johnson that Floyd had given Guillory "a grand."
Louisville: : A woman accused of trying to extort money from men's basketball coach Rick Pitino was indicted. A federal grand jury indicted Karen Cunagin Sypher on charges of extortion and lying to the FBI.
Maine: : Associate men's basketball coach Mike Burden resigned Monday after being charged with making sexual advances to a student athlete. Orono, Maine, police said Burden, 36, was charged with unlawful sexual contact against a 21-year-old woman, who is on the soccer team, and assault against a second woman who stopped to help her early Sunday.
Arkansas: : Michael Washington has decided to pass on the NBA and return to Arkansas for his senior season.
Wesleyan: : Longtime coach Norm Daniels died at 102. The university said he died Monday morning. Daniels coached five sports in almost 40 years at the Connecticut school. His longest assignment was baseball, which he coached for 33 seasons beginning in 1941.
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Benoit's doctor sentenced to 10 years in prison
The doctor to a professional wrestler who killed himself, his wife and their 7-year-old son was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs to patients. Dr. Phil Astin, 54, had pleaded guilty Jan. 29 to a 175-count federal indictment. Prosecutors said Astin prescribed painkillers and other drugs to known addicts for years. They said at least two of Astin's patients died because of his lax oversight of what medicines they were taking. However, the indictment was unclear about whether Chris Benoit, a wrestler for Stamford, Conn.-based World Wrestling Entertainment, was one of the two. Police said Benoit strangled his wife and son and then hanged himself in their suburban Atlanta home.
Tennis: : Third-ranked Venus Williams was beaten, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, by Alisa Kleybanova at the Madrid Open. Fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic overcame a stubborn challenge from Daniela Hantuchova to win, 7-5, 6-2. On the men's side, Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling, 6-1, 7-5, while new No. 3 Andy Murray scored a tough 7-6 (9), 6-4 win over Simone Bolelli.
Cycling: : Italy's Danilo Di Luca won the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia in an uphill finish while Lance Armstrong finished 15 seconds behind and dropped to sixth place overall.
