BRIEFLY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Coach kicks 4 off University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. football team Four University of Minnesota football players being investigated in a sexual assault were kicked off the team. Dominic Jones, a cornerback charged Monday with third-degree criminal sexual conduct Criminal Sexual Conduct refers to criminal activities with a sexual component. This more modern catchall term encompasses rape, sexual battery, molestation, and so on. In some states, criminal sexual conduct is charged by degree, e.g., first degree, second degree. in connection with the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman in April, and three teammates -- running back E.J. Jones, defensive end Alex Daniels and defensive back Keith Massey Keith Massey, Ph.D. and his twin brother Rev. Kevin Massey, born June 15, 1966 in Madison, Wisconsin, are linguists who have have gained particular notoriety as a result of their purported partial decipherment of the Phaistos Disk and their claim that the Kensington Stone were dismissed from the team Wednesday, coach Tim Brewster said. Nebraska wide receiver Maurice Purify pleaded no contest in Lincoln, Neb., to four charges as part of a deal with prosecutors. He awaits word from coach Bill Callahan about disciplinary action. A Lancaster County judge sentenced him to a year of probation and fined him $1,250. Purify was found guilty of driving while intoxicated driving while intoxicated n. see driving under the influence. , assault, disturbing the peace and hindering arrest. The charges stem from two incidents earlier this year. BASKETBALL: Kevin Durant, picked No. 2 overall in the NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, has agreed to a seven-year, $60-million endorsement deal with Nike that includes a $10 million signing bonus, the Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site Wednesday. It is the second-largest endorsement contract for an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= rookie behind Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James' $90 million deal with Nike in 2003. According to published reports, Durant turned down a seven-year, $70 million deal with adidas because of a relationship with Nike dating to Durant's AAU AAU abbr. Amateur Athletic Union days in eighth grade. Durant has also signed endorsement deals with Upper Deck and EA Sports. Part-time starter Fabricio Oberto re-signed with the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and are the current NBA Champions after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals. . Restricted free agent forward Travis Outlaw signed a three-year dea to stay in Portland, the team announced. Terms of the agreement were not released. Dennis Haslam, president of the Utah Jazz and the Larry H. Miller Lawrence Horne "Larry H." Miller (born April 26, 1944) is a Utah businessman and philanthropist. He is well known as the owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz. Miller is also the owner of an automotive dealership, and a variety of other business ventures including Prestige Financial, Jordan Sports & Entertainment Group of Companies, said he is stepping down after 10 years to pursue other interests. He will be succeeded by Randy Rigby, senior vice president of sales and broadcasting and chief marketing officer, who has been with the Jazz for 21 years. Coach Bruce Pearl has agreed in principle to a one-year contract extension that will keep him at the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. through 2013 and increase his compensation package to $1.3 million this year. BOXING: Jermain Taylor and Kelly Pavlik will fight for Taylor's middleweight championship. Lou DiBella, Taylor's promoter, said the fight will happen Sept. 29 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. TENNIS: Three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport will return to the pro tour by playing doubles at the Aug. 17-25 Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven, Conn., a little more than two months after she gave birth to her first child. |
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