College lacrosse
Tierney leaves Princeton to coach at Denver
Longtime Princeton lacrosse coach Bill Tierney is leaving the Tigers for a position at the University of Denver. Tierney spent 22 seasons with Princeton, leading the Tigers to six NCAA championships and 14 Ivy League titles. His career record at Princeton was 238-86. The Hall of Fame coach will succeed Jamie Munro, who resigned last month after compiling a 91-70 record in 11 seasons. Tierney, who was a Johns Hopkins assistant from 1985 to 1987, inherits a team that finished 7-8 this spring. In his time at Princeton, Tierney led the Tigers to 10 NCAA Final Fours and eight championship games. He coached 26 first-team All-Americans.
College basketball
UM women hire Chinn; Floyd resigns at USC
Former Seton Hall assistant Marlin Chinn, a Washington native, was named women's assistant coach at the University of Maryland. Chinn, a 1992 graduate of Hampton and an Archbishop Carroll alum, spent the past four seasons as an assistant with the Pirates - the past three as Phyllis Mangina's top assistant and recruiting coordinator. Chinn was an assistant at Mount St. Mary's from 1998 to 2005.
Southern California: : Tim Floyd resigned as men's coach after allegations that he give $1,000 in cash to a man who helped steer former star player O.J. Mayo to the Trojans. Floyd submitted a one-paragraph letter to USC athletic director Mike Garrett saying he was quitting after four seasons because he no longer had full enthusiasm for his job.
Villanova: : Point guard Scottie Reynolds, who in March led Villanova to its first Final Four appearance since the Wildcats won the 1985 national championship, said Tuesday that he has removed his name from the NBA draft and will return for his final college season.
North Carolina: : Forward Jessica Breland, the women's team's leading returning scorer and rebounder, is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma, which was diagnosed last month. She is receiving chemotherapy treatments at UNC Hospitals, and they are expected to continue into the fall.
Golf
Ken Green's brother, girlfriend killed in crash
