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AP Sports WriterSteve Fisher retires: 'San Diego State is my legacy'By BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) Steve Fisher felt it was simply time to step away from his long, distinguished and somewhat unusual basketball coaching career.Fisher will probably be best remembered for his Michigan years, when he led the...

A book by an escort alleging that former University of Louisville staffer Andre McGee brought escorts into dorm parties, and paid for the women to strip and have sex with the Cardinals' basketball recruits, their fathers and players is available online.Louisville is investigating allegations by Katina Powell in the...

Associated PressNo. 21 Texas starts season short with injury, suspensionsBy MARK ROSNERAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Shaka Smart will start his second season as Texas coach a bit short-handed.Mareik Isom, a senior forward expected to be an important reserve, will miss a few weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery for a...

AP Sports WriterYale responds to ex-basketball captain's lawsuit in sex caseBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Yale University denies it was trying to make an example of former basketball captain Jack Montague when it expelled him over a sexual assault allegation.The school filed its formal response late Friday to...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Miami was picked fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason rankings, is flirting with the Top 25 in the major national polls and is widely expected to be an NCAA Tournament team.Those would all be considered good signs.Here's another: People are actually buying Miami...

LAS VEGAS (AP) Dr. James Naismith created the original 13 rules for basket ball in 1892, outlining the method of scoring, what constitutes a foul and how to determine which team wins. Those rules evolved as the game grew. The peach baskets were replaced by rims and backboards were added. Team...

NEW YORK (AP) Jack Powers, a former player, coach and athletic director at Manhattan College, will be the first Jasper to have his basketball uniform number retired.No. 34 will be raised to the rafters of Draddy Gymnasium on Feb. 26, at halftime of the game with Iona.Powers was...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Wayne Selden Jr. scored 18 points, Perry Ellis added 15 and fourth-ranked Kansas used a big second-half run to rout Loyola 94-61 on Tuesday night in Cheick Diallo's much-anticipated debut with the Jayhawks.Diallo, a five-star prospect from Mali, was the subject of an exhaustive investigation...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Yale star Makai Mason will miss the season with a broken right foot. School spokesman Timothy Bennett says the 6-foot-1 guard came down awkwardly on the foot during a closed scrimmage against Boston University on Saturday and will need surgery. Mason averaged 16 points and 3.8 assists...

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) Division I men's basketball has its first openly gay coach.Bryant University assistant coach Chris Burns came out publicly in a personal essay posted Wednesday on Outsports.com (http://bit.ly/1jcvTD0 ).Burns says that the Supreme Court decision in June legalizing same-sex marriage was so powerful that it made...

AP Sports WriterYale responds to ex-basketball captain's lawsuit in sex caseBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Yale University says it wasn't trying to make an example of former basketball captain Jack Montague when it expelled him over a sexual assault allegation.The school on Friday filed its formal response to...

AP Sports WriterGeorgia Tech starting over with new coach Josh PastnerBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech is starting over.Again.Once an Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse and program that sent a steady stream of players to the NBA, the Yellow Jackets haven't made the NCAA tournament since 2010 - a...