BLOOMINGTON, Ind. [bar] Indiana University president Michael McRobbie said Friday the school will conduct a new investigation into NCAA accusations that men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson committed five major rules violations.
Athletic director Rick Greenspan, university counsel Dorothy Frapwell and faculty representative Bruce Jaffee were asked to run the investigation and then recommend by next Friday what steps the university should take.
The Hoosiers face No. 10 Michigan State at home today. On Tuesday, they play host to No. 19 Purdue, the Big Ten leader.
An NCAA report Wednesday accused Sampson of providing false and misleading information to university and NCAA investigators, failing to promote a high standard of honesty in the program and not promoting an atmosphere of compliance.
baseball
Reds' Phillips gets 4-year deal
CINCINNATI [bar] Second baseman Brandon Phillips agreed to a $27 million, four-year deal on Friday, settling the Cincinnati Reds' final arbitration case.
The 26-year-old infielder had a breakout season last year, when he joined Alfonso Soriano as the only second basemen in major league history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases.
The new contract includes a club option for a fifth season. If Phillips is traded, it becomes a mutual option, and the total value of the contract increases to $43.25 million over five years.
IN OTHER BASEBALL NEWS
Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang lost his salary arbitration case against New York, meaning he'll earn $4 million this year instead of his request for $4.6 million.
Astros closer Jose Valverde lost his arbitration case against Houston, meaning he'll earn $4.7 million instead of $6.2 million.
Rockies reliever Brian Fuentes lost his arbitration case against Colorado, meaning he'll earn $5.05 million instead of $6.5 million.
Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard agreed to a $7 million, one-year contract with Seattle, avoiding arbitration.
college basketball
Two UNC forwards may sit vs. Va. Tech
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. [bar] North Carolina team spokesman Steve Kirschner said Friday that forwards Deon Thompson and Danny Green are questionable for today's game against Virginia Tech.
Thompson averages more than nine points per game, but he hyperextended his left knee in a win Tuesday at Virginia. Green, who is scoring more than 11 points per game as the Tar Heels' sixth man, is dealing with the flu.
Point guard Ty Lawson will miss his third straight game with a sprained left ankle.
steroids
Bonds' trainer can keep evidence
SAN FRANCISCO [bar] U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston, who is overseeing the BALCO steroids case, has ruled against the government and says BALCO founder Victor Conte and Barry Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, can keep evidence prosecutors turned over to them from the investigation.
Federal prosecutors wanted the two convicted steroids dealers to return the documents.
Anderson spent most of last year in jail for refusing to testify against Bonds. He was released after the indictment against Bonds on perjury and obstruction of justice charges was unsealed.
golf
Mickelson up by four in PGA event
LOS ANGELES [bar] Phil Mickelson finished with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 7-under-par 64 and a four-shot lead at the PGA's Northern Trust Open.
After his best score ever at Riviera, Mickelson is at 10-under 132.
Robert Allenby, who won at Riviera in 2001, shot a 66 that put him at 136 with Jeff Quinney.
IN OTHER GOLF NEWS
Tiger Woods will be the No. 1 seed in the Accenture Match Play Championship, which starts Wednesday in Arizona with a 64-man field.
Annika Sorenstam shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the second-round lead with Erica Blasberg in the LPGA Tour's season-opening SBS Open in Kahuku, Hawaii.
Loren Roberts, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tom Kite and Bruce Fleisher shot 7-under 65s to share the first-round lead in Champions Tour's The ACE Group Classic in Naples, Fla.
Felipe Aguilar shot an 8-under 62 to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the European PGA's Indonesia Open in Jakarta.
Rain washed out play again in the New Zealand PGA Championship, forcing organizers to reduce the Nationwide and Australasian tour event to 36 holes with a proposed Sunday finish.
basketball
Ewing, Riley among 15 Hall finalists
NEW ORLEANS [bar] Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, who battled for NCAA and NBA titles, and Miami Heat coach Pat Riley were selected as finalists Friday for the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Holdover candidates Chris Mullin, Adrian Dantley, Dennis Johnson and Golden State coach Don Nelson also are among the 15 candidates.
The other candidates include: Richie Guerin and Johnny 'Red' Kerr, both former players and coaches; ESPN announcer Dick Vitale; Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson; former Immaculata women's coach Cathy Rush; former Duke coach Victor Bubas; and international committee finalists Togo Soares and Maciel Ubiratan Pereira of Brazil. The class of 2008 will be announced April 7.
in other news
The president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Alexander Waldrop, has agreed to testify in front of a House panel investigating the effects of performance-enhancing drugs in his sport.
Carolina Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour had reconstructive surgery Friday on a torn ligament in his left knee and will likely miss the rest of the season.
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