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New charges for former North Carolina basketball playerGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Police have filed charges against former NBA and University of North Carolina basketball player P.J. Hairston, the latest in legal problems dating back to his college career.The News & Record of Greensboro reports Guilford County Chief Assistant District...

Iowa's Luka Garza has surgery for benign cyst in abdomenIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa sophomore Luka Garza had surgery Friday to remove a benign cyst in his abdomen and is out indefinitely.Coach Fran McCaffery says Garza's procedure ''went well.'' He says the Hawkeyes look forward to him rejoining...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Barnes gets 3-year contract extension, a raiseBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes has received a three-year contract extension and raise that will earn him $21 million over the next six years.Athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Thursday in a university release that...

ACC Tournament to return to DC, Brooklyn in 2021, '22GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is heading back to Washington and to New York.Commissioner John Swofford said Thursday that the tournament will be played in Washington in 2021 and in Brooklyn in 2022.The league...

AP Sports WriterIowa State's Lard hopeful he's turned career, life aroundBy LUKE MEREDITHAMES, Iowa (AP) Cameron Lard would wake up, meditate and do yoga. That was followed by a trip to the gym, a meal, meetings, another meal and more meetings.It was a boring but a clean summer...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Barnes gets 3-year contract extension, a raiseBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes has received a three-year contract extension and raise that will earn him $21 million over the next six years.Athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Thursday in a university release that...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Barnes gets 3-year contract extension, a raiseBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes has received a three-year contract extension and raise that will earn him $21 million over the next six years.Athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced Thursday in a university release that...

AP Basketball WriterRick Pitino tells AP he knows his coaching days are in pastBy DOUG FEINBERGNEW YORK (AP) Rick Pitino knows his coaching days are most likely behind him. He still wants to be involved in basketball, where he's spent a lifetime.''I think my time has passed, I...

Memphis' Martin out 4-6 weeks after hernia surgeryMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis guard Jeremiah Martin will miss four to six weeks as the Tigers' leading scorer last season recovers from hernia surgery.Memphis begins preseason practice in late September and opens the season Nov. 6 against Tennessee Tech.School officials announced...

Veteran ACC administrator Morrison to retire at end of yearGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Longtime Atlantic Coast Conference administrator Brian Morrison is retiring at the end of this academic year.Commissioner John Swofford announced the decision Tuesday, calling Morrison ''a staple of the conference's communications department, and ... a wealth of...

Duke guard O'Connell has surgery on broken facial boneDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke says guard Alex O'Connell has had surgery to repair a broken bone in his face.Team spokesman Mike DeGeorge said Friday that O'Connell had surgery Thursday on his fractured orbital bone and is expected back for the...

Kentucky nonconference schedule includes visit to LouisvilleLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky will visit rival Louisville as part of its nonconference schedule.The Wildcats will play the Cardinals on Dec. 29 in the series' return to a Saturday date after consecutive weekday contests.Kentucky hosts neighboring Transylvania (Oct. 26) and Indiana University-Pennsylvania...