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Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services

Colorado aide gets probation

A former Colorado recruiting aide pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of soliciting a prostitute and official misconduct.

Nathan Maxcey, who was the only person charged in the school's football scandal, was sentenced to a year of probation and 48 hours of community service. He was ordered to pay about $1,200 in restitution, fines and court costs.

Maxcey was accused of paying a woman $250 for sex and using his university-issued cell phone to make 90 calls to a dating chat line. He was indicted by a grand jury that investigated allegations that Colorado's football program used sex and alcohol to lure top recruits.

-- South Carolina admitted to 10 NCAA violations committed under former football coach Lou Holtz in a report. Five of the violations were classified as major.

The school proposed two years of probation, a reduction from 56 to 50 paid campus visits for football recruits this year and next; and a loss of two football scholarships for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years.

-- UNLV receiver Terry James Furlow was suspended from the team after he was arrested and charged with trying to spend counterfeit $20 bills.

-- Michigan State running back Jason Teague has been charged with assaulting a woman.

-- The NFL and Coliseum officials ``moved closer to an agreement'' on terms after a three-hour meeting in New York, according to league executive Neil Glat.

The two sides plan to talk again Monday after senior NFL officials review several changes that were discussed. Some progress was made in resolving the main sticking point - rent - but it's not yet clear if the issue is resolved.

-Billy Witz

-- Tennessee Titans top draft pick Adam ``Pacman'' Jones surrendered to police on charges of assault and felony vandalism stemming from a fight at a nightclub in Nashville, Tenn. Jones was released from custody after posting bond.

GOLF: Michelle Wie took another step toward a possible Masters invitation, making a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole to edge Will Claxton 1-up in match play at the men's Amateur Public Links at Lebanon, Ohio. Wie still has to win five more matches before getting the coveted invitation.

MEDIA: Cris Collinsworth, who started his football broadcasting career at NBC 15 years ago after retiring from the NFL, will leave Fox and rejoin the network with its new Sunday night package starting in 2006 as a studio commentator.

-Tom Hoffarth

CYCLING: Italian cyclist Dario Frigo was arrested in Courchevel, France, after doping products were found in his wife's car at the toll station at Albertville, police said. Police said Frigo's wife was arrested Tuesday with about 10 doses of the banned endurance-boosting hormone EPO.