The University of Miami is giving back $83,000 it says it received "directly and indirectly'' from Nevin Shapiro, the former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect whose claims of giving athletes and recruits extra benefits for nearly a decade sparked an NCAA investigation.
Court records show the agreement between the school and bankruptcy trustee Joel Tabas was filed last week. Once the agreement becomes finalized, Miami would have 14 days to make payment to Tabas, who is overseeing the effort to recoup money that Shapiro's investors lost.
The NCAA said in August that eight football players would be suspended for either one, four or six games - most got only one-game bans - and that they and four others would have to pay back what they received from Shapiro, who claimed to give extra benefits to 72 players and football recruits during his time as a booster, along with contributions to the university's athletic department.
The NCAA is expected to levy sanctions against Miami when its inquiry into the school's compliance practices concludes. Miami's football team did not make itself eligible for selection to a bowl game this season, a self-imposed penalty related to the NCAA investigation.
DALLAS (AP) - Penn State's search to replace fired football coach Joe Paterno could be wrapped up in a few weeks.
Acting athletic director David Joyner said he'd like the next coach to have time to interact with recruits before high school seniors can announce their college choices starting Feb. 1. Paterno was fired Nov. 9 in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Florida State extended football coach Jimbo Fisher's contract a season through 2016 before the Seminoles' 18-14 victory over Notre Dame in the Champs Sports Bowl.
Fisher signed a five-year, $13.75 million contract in February after going 10-4 during the 2010 season, his first as head coach. Florida finished this season 9-4.
FOOTBALL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady participated in practice on a limited basis because of a left shoulder injury.
Brady missed Wednesday's session, but the team said his absence was not injury-related. Comcast SportsNet reported that same day that Brady had X-rays to check for a separated left shoulder and was told he was "all set.'' Brady landed hard on his left shoulder with 1:40 left Saturday when he was tackled by Kevin Burnett on a scramble in a 27-24 victory over Miami. New England will close the regular season Sunday against Buffalo.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger doesn't want his sprained left ankle to keep him out of Pittsburgh's regular-season finale Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.
Roethlisberger, who sat out the Steelers' victory Sunday against St. Louis, fully participated in practice again. He said the ankle, sprained on Dec. 8 in Pittsburgh's last meeting with the Browns, was "a little sore.'' Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said he was "much more'' confident in Roethlisberger's ability to play Sunday after watching his mobility improve in Thursday's practice.
BASKETBALL
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Michael Jordan is engaged to longtime girlfriend Yvette Prieto, a Cuban-American model he has been dating for three years.
Publicist Estee Portnoy confirmed the news, first reported by WCNC in Charlotte.
The Bobcats' owner got engaged over the Christmas weekend. No wedding date has been set.
This will be Jordan's second marriage. He married Juanita Vanoy in September 1989, and they divorced in 2006. They have two sons, Jeffrey Michael and Marcus James, and a daughter, Jasmine.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kobe Bryant confirmed he recently directed Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez to an experimental treatment on his right knee in Germany.
Bryant credits the therapy with dramatic improvement in his own troublesome knee and an injured ankle in recent months. Bryant gave Rodriguez the phone number of the German doctor who developed the treatment, the Lakers guard said before Los Angeles beat New York.
Bryant had the treatment during the offseason, getting injections of plasma-rich platelets.
PHOENIX (AP) - The Phoenix Suns signed All-Star guard Michael Redd to a one-year contract for the veteran's minimum of about $1.3 million.
The 6-foot-6, 32-year-old sharpshooting guard left the Milwaukee Bucks at the end of last season, the final year of his six-year, $91 million contract. Injuries to his left knee cost him most of the last three seasons. Redd played in 33 games in 2008-09, 18 in 2009-10 and 10 in 2010-11.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA said Miami's Dwyane Wade didn't travel before his shot that beat Charlotte on Wednesday night.
Wade banked in a short jumper with 2.9 seconds left, and the Heat held on for a 96-95 victory. Because he appeared to make an extra move forward between stopping and releasing the ball, there was speculation he should have been called for a traveling violation.
SKIING
LIENZ, Austria (AP) - Austria's Marlies Schild raced to her fourth straight World Cup slalom victory, while 16-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States finished third to become the youngest female racer to finish in the top three in 33 years.
Schild beat Slovenia's Tina Maze by 0.79 seconds. American Lindsey Vonn was 18th and retained the lead in the overall standings.
Also, 32-year-old American Sarah Schleper retired. The four-time Olympian won one race, a slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, in 2005. Instead of racing, she leisurely skied down the Hochstein course in a minidress, carrying a camera and picking up 3-year-old son Lasse midway through her run.
BORMIO, Italy (AP) - Olympic champion Didier Defago won a World Cup downhill on the bumpy Stelvio course, beating Swiss teammate Patrick Kueng by 0.29 seconds.
American Bode Miller was fifth, 0.78 off the pace.
AUTO RACING
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne apologized for comments he made on his Twitter account about public breastfeeding.
According to multiple media reports, Kahne posted messages on his account that he saw a mother breastfeeding a child in a supermarket, calling it "nasty'' and saying he didn't "feel like shopping any more or eating.'' Reports say Kahne then sent a crude reply message to a Twitter user who took issue with his comments.
After apparently deleting the offending posts from his Twitter feed, Kahne posted an apology on his Facebook page Wednesday, saying it wasn't his intention "to offend any mother who chooses to breastfeed her child, or, for that matter, anyone who supports breast feeding children. I want to make that clear.''
Kahne said he understands his comments were "offensive to some people'' and apologized.
HOCKEY
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Russian captain Yevgeni Kuznetsov had three goals and six assists in a 14-0 victory over Latvia night in the world junior hockey championship.
The nine-point performance was the second-highest total in tournament history. Sweden's Peter Forsberg had 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in a 20-1 win over Japan in 1993.
Nikita Gusev had two goals and five assists to help Russia improve to 3-0 in Pool A. In Edmonton, Mark Stone had two goals and an assist for Canada in a 10-2 victory over Denmark. Canada tops Pool B at 3-0.
SOCCER
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner said he was awarded World Cup television rights for as little as $1 in return for helping Sepp Blatter win elections for the presidency of world soccer's ruling body.
Warner, who resigned from FIFA in June amid bribery allegations, said in a statement that the organization awarded him the 1998 World Cup rights in his native Trinidad & Tobago for $1 after he helped Blatter win a "brutal'' campaign to become FIFA president. A former president of regional body CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union, Warner also said he was sold the rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups after helping Blatter get re-elected in 2002, and later bought the 2010 and 2014 rights.
GOLF
HOUSTON (AP) - Luke Donald was the overwhelming choice as male player of the year by the Golf Writers Association of America.
Donald, who won four times around the world and became the first player to win the money title on the PGA Tour and the European Tour in the same season, won 88 percent of the vote to easily beat Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson and Rory McIlroy.
Yani Tseng received 94 percent of the vote as the female player of the year after winning 12 times worldwide, including two majors. Tom Lehman was voted senior player of the year.
BASEBALL
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract.
The 26-year-old left-hander will earn $8 million next season, and $14.25 million in each of the final four years of the contract. A 15-game winner in 2010, Danks slumped last season and was 8-12 with a 4.33 ERA.
TENNIS
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Top-ranked Novak Djokovic began his preparations for next season with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory over No. 16 Gael Monfils in the World Tennis Championship exhibition event.
Djokovic will face Roger Federer in the semifinals Friday, and Rafael Nadal will meet fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Ferrer beat Jo Wilfried Tsonga 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
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