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AP Sports WriterPearl, Auburn face cloud of uncertainty as season approachesBy JOHN ZENORBruce Pearl's efforts to infuse a once-moribund Auburn basketball program have been derailed after his associate head coach's arrest as part of a nationwide federal bribery investigation of college basketball.Chuck Person, one of the greatest players in...

Charges dismissed against suspended South Carolina guardCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Assault charges against suspended South Carolina guard Rykym Felder have been dismissed.Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said Felder's charges were dropped by the city prosecutor. Felder had been charged with third-degree assault and battery stemming from a bar...

Louisville places Rick Pitino, AD on administrative leaveLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville has placed coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave amid a federal bribery investigation.Interim university President Greg Postel said at a news conference Wednesday that Jurich is on paid leave, while Pitino is...

AP Sports WriterLouisville names Padgett as Pitino's interim replacementBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Louisville has named assistant David Padgett as the interim replacement for men's basketball coach Rick Pitino, staying in-house to maintain continuity in the wake of a nationwide federal investigation of the sport.''It's not going...

AP Sports WriterUConn's 8 newcomers already competing for playing timeBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) The competition to earn playing time is already in high gear at UConn, where eight newcomers have joined the Huskies.So far, it's been just pickup games, limited workouts with coaches and on Thursday, their...

The Latest: Adidas executive charged in NCAA bribe schemeNEW YORK (AP) The Latest on fraud and corruption charges announced against people associated with college basketball (all times local):11:10 a.m.The director of global sports marketing for Adidas is among those charged in a bribe-paying scheme that federal authorities say...

AP Sports WriterLouisville names Vince Tyra as acting athletic directorBy GARY B. GRAVESLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Vince Tyra hopes to add some continuity to an unstable situation, no matter how long - or brief - his time is as Louisville's acting athletic director.The university foundation board member Tuesday was...

A&M's Caldwell suspended for 5 games after arrestCOLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Texas A&M's J.J. Caldwell has been suspended for the first five games of the season for violating school policy.The school did not elaborate on the reason for his suspension, but Brazos County court records indicate that he...

UNC team skipping White House visit due to schedule conflictCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina's national championship men's basketball team will not visit the White House because of a scheduling conflict.Team spokesman Steve Kirschner said Saturday that Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams and the players were willing...

Arizona to honor former basketball coach Olson with statueTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Arizona says it will honor former Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson with a statue on campus.Athletic director Dave Heeke announced Tuesday that the project will cost about $300,000 and construction is scheduled to be completed next March.The...

AP Sports WriterUConn's 8 newcomers already competing for playing timeBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) The competition to earn playing time is already in high gear at UConn, where eight newcomers have joined the Huskies.So far, it's been just pickup games, limited workouts with coaches and on Thursday, their...

AP Sports WriterNCAA title game top scorer Booth returns healthy for NovaBy DAN GELSTONVILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) Phil Booth can live with hitting only Villanova's second-biggest buzzer beater in a national championship game.Let's throw it back to April 2016 in Houston.''Five seconds to go in the half. Booth. He...