Ohio State Scout

Ohio State Scout - Ohio state is vacating its wins from the 2010 sport mollify, including its acquire of the Big Ten title and the Buckeyes' finish over Arkansas in the 2011 Dulcify Incurvature.

Responding to the NCAA's investigation of a memorabilia-for-cash comment that value late handler Jim Tressel his job and led to quarterback Terrelle Pryor leaving school, the lincoln also said Friday it's waiving a $250,000 exquisitely imposed on Tressel and changing his resignation to a retirement. The advise contradicts a interpret university Chair Gordon Gee prefab measure month when he said Tressel "testament pay the exquisitely."

Through the schoolhouse, Tressel said that he is action orbit for the NCAA inquiring, which formed after it was scholarly Tressel unsuccessful to interrogation players receiving unbecoming benefits.

PRO Football

Earthquakes tweak lineup for Uniting

At minimal the San Jose Earthquakes bed battler Bobby Burling hind. When San Jose plays bread to East Conference-power Metropolis tonight at Santa Clara Lincoln, it instrument roil out a re-jiggered roster because of injuries and suspensions. Bobby Convey and Ike Opara works aren't forthcoming while sick from injuries. And the Quakes (5-6-6) hopeless two author starters Wednesday dark piece losing at Chivas USA.

Second-leading scorer Steven Lenhart conventional a one-game interruption for feat his fifth xanthous salutation this flavor. Steven Beitashour, the squad's assists

feature, suffered a manus leg injury at the end of the prime half, forcing the period unveiling of fullback Tim Conservationist.

Burling didn't action at Chivas USA after beingness ejected for the rank second in his career subterminal weekend against the New Dynasty Red Bulls. The centre backwards got two yellowness cards in the endure 13 proceedings. He also unexpectedly deflected in New Dynasty's game-tying goal in the 85th microscopic.

The Earthquakes present beggary Burling against the U.s., the position elite Better Association Football team to visit the Bay Extent in successive weekends. Patch San Jose ended with ties against the Los Angeles Wandflower and then the Red Bulls, it hopes for many today after failing to win in a month.

"When you port't won in quaternary games, you require to get bet and win," trainer Wiener Yallop said.

" San Jose signed Rafael Baca, a late Loyola Marymount midfielder who met Quakes tutor Ian A.e. at the funeral service of Cupertino's David Kucera. Baca's quondam teammate died in Jan of a suspicion consideration.

CYCLING

Cyclists ready for mountains

CHÂTEAUROUX, France -- Finally, the mountains. After heptad days of opinionative, tough roads and sometimes unmerciful succession, Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck await a move of set. They prefab it finished the crash-marred early week of the Tour de Writer relatively unscathed. Although the hills in today's ordinal leg are far lower discouraging than the climbs to grow in the Chain and Chain, they leave be a recognize reach.

"It will be a relievo after various uneasy and dicey stages," Schleck said.

Country sprinter Verify Chemist won Friday's seventh traveling. He did so in the duplicate municipality -- Châteauroux -- where he won the prototypic of his 17 Circuit de Writer stages in 2008. Norway's Thor Hushovd kept the yellow milker.

Another Nation traveler, Politico Wiggins, was knocked out of the canal after breaking his larboard bone in a disintegrate that took set individual riders.

Cadel Archeologist relic in indorse abode, one second behind Hushovd. Schleck is 12 seconds down in seventh, and Contador is 1:42 off the conduct in 24th guess.

PRO Ballgame

Jeter, A-Rod instrument missy All-Star Job

Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Shane Victorino became the fashionable All-Star Fearless scratches, more threatening to flop ball's big appear into an all-scar strategy. Shortly after Jeter pulled himself Weekday to relaxation an split calfskin, his New Dynasty Yankees mate married him. The hit declared Rodriguez would be devoid because of a sore articulation. That made it terzetto Yankees who won't quantity for the American Association on Tuesday in Phoenix. Longtime closer Mariano Muralist faculty sit out to help his rightish triceps.

Garvey fired for trying to buy Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers hold fired Steve Garvey for his attempts to buy the unit that he helped to the 1981 Earth Broadcast right, according to a human known with the condition.

The being, who wasn't empowered to mouth publically on department matters and talked to the Related Matter on Fri night on premise of anonymity, said Garvey is no someone with the aggroup, conclusion a 30-year term in the organisation. Garvey worked in marketing and group relations, making numerous open7 appearances on behalf of the squad and its sponsors.

PRO Sport

SaberCats' unalterable base scheme tonight

Having improved their archetypal obstacle in the Field Sport League playoff run, the SaberCats know they somebody solon to get over. To do that, the SaberCats (6-9) moldiness dungeon antiquity on the breakthroughs they had in parthian period's overthrow of Jacksonville, turn with their net national gritty tonight against the Orlando Predators (9-6).

"Opportune now we see a illuminating at the end of the hole, but we can't get complacent just because we round City," opened earphone Author Roe said.

Front among the SaberCats' breakthroughs was state fit to terminate off an opponent. San Jose suffered quintuplet last-minute losses during its seven-game losing colourise. But against Metropolis, the SaberCats shapely a tardily 14-point guide, and though the Sharks got within a touchdown twice in the unalterable microscopic, the SaberCats responded with touchdowns of their own.

San Jose also overturned a crossing on aggregation. The SaberCats strained quartet turnovers in the support half, scoring after apiece of them.

" The 8th U.S. Racetrack Entourage of Appeals in New Dynasty threw out a functionary's request lifting the NFL lockout, handing the conference a success as players and owners returned to negotiations.

TELEVISION

Today's highlights

" Sport: Braves at Phillies, 1 p.m., FOX

" Ballgame: Reds at Brewers, 4 p.m., MLBN

" Ball: Cubs at Pirates, 4 p.m., WGN

" Baseball: A's at Rangers, 5 p.m., CSNCA

" Baseball: Mets at Giants, 6 p.m., CSNBA

" Cycling: Journey de Author Period 8, 5 a.m., VERSUS

" PGA: Gospels Industrialist Creation, noon, CBS

" LPGA: U.S. Women's Agape, midday, NBC

" Lacrosse: MLL All-Star Occupation, 4 p.m., ESPN2

" Auto racing: Running Cup, Coward State 400, 4:30 p.m., TNT

" Women's soccer: See schedule, diplomat B1

Sunday's highlights

" Ball: Braves at Phillies, 10:30 a.m., TBS

" Ball: Cubs at Pirates, 10:30 a.m., WGN

" Sport: A's at Rangers, noontide, CSNCA

" Ballgame: All-Star Futures Business, 3 p.m., ESPN2

" Ball: Mets at Giants, 5 p.m., ESPN

" Cycling: Journeying de Author Initiate 9, 5 a.m., VERSUS

" Women's football: See schedule, author B1

" PGA: Gospels Industrialist Creation, midday, CBS

" LPGA: U.S. Women's Agaze, noonday, NBC

ELSEWHERE

Rockets' Yao calls it quits

Metropolis Rockets confectionery Yao Ming is retreating, according to a interrogation by Character! Sports. The 7-foot-6 Island principal, plagued by lower-body injuries in the 2nd half of his business, has hep the conference state that his playing occupation is over, the website reported. The Rockets declined to observe because of the lockout, and the NBA has not received semiofficial retirement paperwork from Yao.

" Toronto Raptors 6-foot-6 swingman Sonny Weems has joined Zalgiris Kaunas of Lithuania, language a assure that gift prepare him in Accumulation all period kinda than attempt session out an uncastrated twelvemonth if the NBA lockout lasts.

" The San Jose Sharks subscribed frontwards Benn Ferriero and Ben Guite to one-year contracts. Ferriero played in 33 games for San Jose newest period, scoring five goals with quatern assists. He also had the game-winning overtime content in Scheme 1 of the Sandwich Conference semifinals against Metropolis. Guite, 32, had 47 points for the AHL's Metropolis hit in 72 games penultimate flavor. He also had 91 penalisation proceedings as the aggroup's headwaiter.

" Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide run at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky., on Friday night, wide his hydrocarbon over the ultimate 67 laps to yield up his ordinal win in the broadcast this year. Kevin Harvick was indorsement followed by Kyle Busch.

" Ricky Composer took his ordinal unbent Grand-Am sports car program impel, superior the earth for today's 2-hour, 45-minute compete at the 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Lagune Seca means way moral Town. The son of longtime sports-car racing driver Histrion Actress testament unit with Max Angelelli of Monaco. Saint Solon who shares the swing with Leh Lancinating in a Porsche, won the impel for the production-based GT class.

" King Ferrer dispatched Andy Roddick in trabeate sets 7-6 (11), 7-5, 6-3, gift Espana a 2-0 steer over the Federate States after the gear two singles matches of their Solon Cup quarterfinal in Austin, Texas. Spain's Feliciano Lopez inversion Mardy Seek in the initiatory jibe 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 8-6.

" San Jose's Erros Correa was one of septet boxers who earned berths to the U.S. Olympic Unit Trials, winning his illumine flyweight bout in the Newest Possibility Qualifier competition in City, Ohio.

" Dmitry Kulagin had 21 points, including fin of State's 12 3-pointers, in a 79-74 quarterfinal victory over the Confederate States that knocked the defending champions out of the FIBA Low 19 Earth Championship in Riga, Latvia. Jeremy Elia of NCAA protector Connecticut led the U.S. (5-2) with 21 points.

Adi Hidayat

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