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Ex-Gamecocks star McKie joins East Tennessee State staffJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) BJ McKie, the all-time leading scorer at South Carolina, has joined East Tennessee State's staff as an assistant coach.East Tennessee State coach Steve Forbes announced Monday that McKie had been hired. McKie replaces Brian Collins, who is...

NCAA OKs request by Houston coach for aid to Harvey victimsBy The Associated PressThe NCAA is signing off on a request for aid for Hurricane Harvey victims that began with a tweet from Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson.Sampson sent a tweet Aug. 28 asking high school, college and pro...

AP Sports WriterHawks look to future on draft night, address trade of HowardBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) On a night when the focus was on the future, the Atlanta Hawks insisted the trade of Dwight Howard was not the start of a major rebuilding job.New general manager Travis Schlenk...

AP Sports WriterOhio State hires Butler basketball coach Chris HoltmannBy BY MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State has hired Butler basketball coach Chris Holtmann to be its next head coach.Ohio State announced Holtmann's hiring Friday morning and plans a news conference Monday to formally introduce him. He'll be...

AP Sports WriterSouth Carolina coach suspends G Raykm Felder indefinitelyBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina guard Rakym Felder has been suspended indefinitely and won't attend classes this fall, another blow to a thinning Gamecock backcourt that reached the Final Four this past April.Felder's status was announced by...

Police issue warrant for former college basketball playerPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island police have issued an arrest warrant for a former Providence College basketball player because he did not register as a sex offender.Abdul Abdullah pleaded guilty to statutory rape in 2005 in Georgia and moved back to...

Ball State basketball player's death ruled a suicideMUNCIE, Ind. (AP) Ball State coach James Whitford is offering condolences to the family of Zach Hollywood a day after the basketball player was found dead of an apparent suicide in an off-campus apartment.Delaware County coroner Scott Hahn said Hollywood killed...

AP Sports WriterFormer Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote dies at 90By LARRY LAGEJud Heathcote, who led Michigan State and Magic Johnson to the 1979 NCAA championship, has died. He was 90.The school announced Heathcote died Monday in Spokane, Washington.Spartans coach Tom Izzo was hired by Heathcote as a part-time...

AP Basketball WriterRollie Massimino, who led Villanova to '85 NCAA title, diesBy TIM REYNOLDSWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova's storied run to the 1985 NCAA championship and won more than 800 games in his coaching career, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer....

AP Sports WriterRichmond player back on court after collapse, heart scareBy HANK KURZ Jr.RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Grant Golden had no idea what was happening when he collapsed.''I just got extremely dizzy and then I ended up blacking out at half court,'' the Richmond forward said, recounting a frightening...

AP Sports WriterFormer Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote dies at 90By LARRY LAGEJud Heathcote, who led Michigan State and Magic Johnson to the 1979 NCAA championship, has died. He was 90.The school says Heathcote died Monday in Spokane, Washington.Spartans coach Tom Izzo was hired by Heathcote and was promoted...

AP Sports WriterVillanova fondly remembers '85 championship behind MassiminoBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Rollie Massimino took the stage surrounded by a band, students, and scores of blue-and-white balloons and delivered a speech as fiery as one of his Villanova halftime pep talks.Thirty one years after Massimino brought an improbable...