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Stoops gives no update on Bradford

NORMAN, Okla. (AP)—Sam Bradford’s status for Oklahoma’s game against Miami isstill a mystery.

Sooners coach Bob Stoops skipped his usual post-practice interview sessionWednesday, instead sending team spokesman Kenny Mossman to tell reporters therewas no update on the quarterback’s status.

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The Heisman Trophy winner has missed No. 8 Oklahoma’s last two games afterspraining an AC joint in his right shoulder in the season-opening loss to BYU.

Stoops has said Oklahoma would spend the week watching Bradford’s recoveryand determine whether he can play Saturday against the 17th-ranked Hurricanes,perhaps as late as game day.

He has said Bradford has not had any setbacks in his recovery, but refusedto give any details on what he has been able to do in practice.

Pearl: Negedu awaiting word on tests

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Tennessee forward Emmanuel Negedu’s doctors andguardians were reviewing medical tests to make decisions about his playingfuture, coach Bruce Pearl said Wednesday.

Negedu was revived by members of the Volunteers’ training staff after apost-workout collapse at the Tennessee training facilities on Monday. Tennesseestaff have not confirmed reports that the 20-year-old did not have a pulse aftercollapsing.

Pearl said doctors are reviewing whether the 6-foot-7, 218-pound sophomorefrom Kaduna, Nigeria, has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition blamed forthe sudden death of more than a hundred athletes each year.

Negedu was expected to remain at the University of Tennessee Medical Centerfor a third night, the coach said.

“I would ask that folks continue to pray for him as he is in no immediatecause for concern right now in the hospital, but obviously decisions are beingmade about his future,” Pearl said in a brief statement without takingquestions. “We would just ask that folks please stop speculating about what mayor may not happen.”

Negedu’s U.S. guardians, Frank and Alison Quirk, were in Knoxville onWednesday to be with Negedu and help make decisions about his future. The Quirkswere Negedu’s host family while he attended Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, N.H.

“When they get through all the tests and they make their analysis, thendecisions will be made about what is going to happen with Emmanuel immediatelyand what is going to happen with his future,” Pearl said.

As a freshman, Negedu played in 33 games, averaging 7.2 minutes, 1.9rebounds and 1.7 points per game.

Binghamton athletic director resigns

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP)—Binghamton’s athletic director Joel Thirer resignedWednesday following the dismissal of six basketball players last week.

Star player Emanuel “Tiki” Mayben was arraigned last Thursday on cocainedistribution charges and kicked off the team. Players D.J. Rivera, Malik Alvin,Corey Chandler, Paul Crosby and David Fine were also released last week. Schoolofficials wouldn’t discuss the reasons behind the releases.

Thirer said he’ll remain a tenured professor, but Jim Norris, an associateathletic director, will take over as interim athletic director.

College president Lois DeFleur said last week she stressed to Thirer andbasketball coach Kevin Broadus that misconduct would not be tolerated amongstudent athletes.

In a statement announcing Thirer’s resignation, DeFleur said she hasdirected Broadus to provide her with a recruitment and supervision plan for thebasketball team. She said an external consultant also will audit the athleticprogram to make sure it complies with America East and NCAA policies andprocedures.

Broadus signed a contract extension in June through the 2013-2014 season,following the team’s first conference championship and NCAA tournament berth.The Bearcats went 23-9 last season and won both the America East regular seasonand tournament titles. They were 13-3 in league play and won a school-record 11straight games before losing to Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Mayben’s arrest was the third legal problem for a player since Broadusbecame coach in 2007. Mayben has pleaded not guilty to selling cocaine twice onJune 29 and to possessing 3.4 grams of the drug when he was arrested on a sealedindictment last week.

Former player Miladin Kovacevic, who wasn’t recruited by Broadus, facesprosecution in his native Serbia on charges he beat a classmate into a comaduring a May 2008 barroom brawl. He fled New York for home, creating tensionsbetween the U.S. and Serbia that were resolved when Serbia agreed to pay$900,000 to the victim’s family and prosecute Kovacevic.

Alvin, one of the players released last week, was a transfer student broughtin by Broadus. He was charged with stealing condoms from a Wal-Mart in November.

Binghamton is part of the State University of New York system, which is ledby chancellor Nancy Zimpher, who is known to take a hard line on problems withinathletic programs. Zimpher was the president of the University of Cincinnatiwhen men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins was pressured to resign in 2005following the program’s history of low graduation rates, suspensions and arrestsof Huggins’ players. Huggins was also convicted of drunk driving in 2004.

Big East-Big 12 in Yankee Stadium bowl

NEW YORK (AP)—The teams are set, one from the Big East, one from the Big 12.The site: The new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium.

Now all the new bowl game in the Bronx needs is a name before its debut inDecember 2010.

“If you’re looking for suggestions, maybe we should call it the JeterBowl,” Bronx Borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. said Wednesday at a newsconference to announce the bowl.

The leagues and the New York Yankees have a four-year agreement in place,running through the 2013 season. The payout to each team will be about $2million. For the Yankees, they get another event they hope will fill their57,545-seat stadium.

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“The game underscores our promise to use Yankees Stadium year-round,” saidYankees president Randy Levine, who presided over a gathering at the stadiumthat included Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Yankees managing general partner HalSteinbrenner and the commissioners from each conference.

The Yankees had already struck a deal with Army for the Black Knights toplay four regular-season games at the stadium in the next five years. Thatstarts next season with a game against Notre Dame.

The Big East will send either its third or fourth selection to the YankeeStadium bowl game. The Big 12 will send its seventh selection. If the Big 12does not have enough bowl eligible teams, Notre Dame has agreed to take itsplace, providing it is available.

The game will be played between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

The Big East was a logical fit for the game. While the league has becomemore far-flung in recent years with the additions of South Florida, Cincinnatiand Louisville, it’s roots run through the Big Apple.

“The Big East has long time recognized New York city as its home,” BigEast commissioner John Marinatto said.

The Big East has been playing its basketball tournament at Madison SquareGarden since 1983.

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe said the Bronx bowl was a late addition to theBig 12’s schedule, but it was too good to pass up.

“This is an opportunity to put our brand, our football, in the biggestmarket in the world,” he said.

The Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., was bumped from the conference’sbowl lineup to make room.

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The Yankee Stadium game has no title sponsor yet, though Levine said severalof the companies that already have relationships with the Yankees have showninterest. Considering signs for Master Card, State Farm, Gatorade, Pepsi andSony adorn the outfield walls at Yankee Stadium, sponsorship should not be aproblem.

The game does not have a television home yet, but if nobody is interested—which is unlikely—the Yankees’ YES network could step in.

The game needs to be certified by the NCAA in April, but that’s a formality.

It will be the first bowl played in the Northeast since the 1981 GardenState Bowl at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Most bowls are played in cities with mild or warm weather or in domes. TheHumanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho, is the most obvious exception, though it canget chilly in places such as Nashville, Tenn., and Dallas around the holidayseason.

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Still, the teams invited to the Yankee Stadium bowl—and their fans—better bring their scarves.

“I’ve played games in snow and ice, and it’s fun,” Beebe said. “Theopportunity for our youngsters to come here, whether there is snow or ice orwhatever, to come to the biggest market in the world … is too great to passup.”

“We’ll play in whatever conditions. We’ll put ice skates on instead ofcleats.”

The original Yankee Stadium was home of the NFL’s Giants from 1956-73 andthe site of college football games, many involving some of the greatest Army andNotre Dame teams, from the early-to-mid 1900s.

The Gotham Bowl was played there in 1962. Nebraska, now a member of the Big12, beat Miami 36-34.

With the return of college football, Bloomberg said he’s hoping for a coupleof tickets to the game, no matter how cold it gets.

“What’s strange is football in warm weather,” he said. “This is a sportwhere you’ve got to go out there and bundle up. That’s part of the fun of it.”

New Mexico probing Locksley fight

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)—University of New Mexico administrators have opened aninvestigation into a fight where football coach Mike Locksley struck anassistant, and the first-year coach could face suspension or firing.

The probe will be directed by the university’s Human Resources Division.

“It has been given a high priority,” university spokeswoman Susan McKinseysaid Wednesday.

The investigation comes after athletic director Paul Krebs announced Mondaythat Locksley had been issued verbal and written reprimands for his role in aSept. 20 dispute.

Receivers coach J.B. Gerald told police Locksley struck him during a staffmeeting at the football office, splitting his lip.

At his weekly news conference Tuesday, Locksley said he acceptedresponsibility for his actions and should have handled the situation better. Hesaid he apologized to Gerald, the coaches and the team.

“The best way to handle it is admitting it, asking for forgiveness, which Ihave, and then try to move forward and find a way to win,” Locksley said.

Under the university’s policies, employees face progressive discipline forviolent behavior and some violations “may be of such serious nature thatimmediate suspension or discharge may be appropriate.”

McKinsey said administrators hope to complete their work as soon as possiblebut no deadline was issued.

“The scope of the investigation is being planned,” she said. “We willgive it due diligence. We will make sure it is as complete as possible.”

Locksley, hired in December after four seasons as offensive coordinator atIllinois, will continue coaching the Lobos (0-4) during the probe. New Mexicoplays Saturday at Texas Tech.

At a news conference Monday, Krebs told reporters he considered the matterclosed. However, McKinsey said Krebs requested the investigation on Tuesday,seeking additional guidance on university policies.

She said one goal of the probe will be to clarify two campus policylistings.

One entry, addressing campus violence, says any act of violence won’t betolerated. A second, in a section titled “Performance Management,” saysassault or battery on another person is grounds for suspension and eventermination.

An athletic department spokesman said Krebs wasn’t available for additionalcomment Wednesday.

Locksley, who earns $750,000 annually, has had a turbulent start at NewMexico.

He has denied wrongdoing in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioncomplaint alleging sexual harassment, age discrimination and retaliation.

A former football administrative assistant filed the complaint last spring,claiming she was improperly fired because Locksley wanted “a younger gal” whowould entice recruits.

His team has struggled, too, losing to rival New Mexico State last weekendfor the first time since 2002. The Lobos have lost their four games by anaverage of 24 points and rank near the bottom in several NCAA statistics.

Oklahoma, Miami renew former big rivalry

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)—Like most Miami and Oklahoma players of thisgeneration, Sooners offensive lineman Brian Simmons had no idea how fierce theschools’ rivalry once was.

That is, until a few days before they played in 2007.

Simmons was approached in a restaurant by a stranger, an older man, who gavean impromptu history lesson.

“He was just fired up talking about how they cost us two nationalchampionships in the 80’s, because that was the only team they lost to,”Simmons said. “I thought he was talking about Texas. … I know a lot of olderpeople, they’re fired up about it. Miami, they look at them as another Texas.”

The series once was about Brian Bosworth and Vinny Testaverde, Barry Switzerand Jimmy Johnson, Oklahoma’s fumblerooski and Miami’s mascot setting aminiature Sooner Schooner on fire. It decided at least two national titles, plushad both bravado and vitriol.

And it gets rekindled Saturday night.

No. 8 Oklahoma (2-1) visits No. 17 Miami (2-1), the second game of ahome-and-home that started two years ago in Norman with a 51-13 rout by theSooners—by far, the most one-sided game in series history.

If there’s ever a chance for Miami to show what kind of strides it’s madesince that dismal 5-7 season, this is it.

“I think it’s great for college football that you see those kind ofprograms play each other throughout the country,” said Miami coach RandyShannon, who played in some of those Hurricanes-Sooners games in the 1980s.“The more that those things happen, I think it’s better for college football.”

There won’t be any 5:30 a.m. crank wake-up calls Saturday from one side tothe other, like what the Hurricanes did to the Sooners before a game in the1980s. No talk of alleged plots to injure a team’s star players like in yearspast, either.

In some ways, Miami vs. Oklahoma has gone from fiery to friendly.

“It’s just exciting with the tradition and histories of the programs,”Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. “We recognize that going down to Miami is a bigchallenge. … They have been very impressive, they have a very difficultschedule and they have handled it really well, especially with great wins intheir first two games.”

Make no mistake, though, it’s an important game to both sides.

Oklahoma could get Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Sam Bradford back froma shoulder injury, plus potentially creep back to the top rungs of the Top 25following a season-opening 14-13 loss to BYU. Miami gets a chance to atone forlast week’s dismal show in a 31-7 loss at Virginia Tech, with the potentialbonus of what would surely be Shannon’s biggest win since taking over theprogram.

“I grew up watching Oklahoma. I wouldn’t ever call myself a fan ofOklahoma,” said Miami left tackle Jason Fox, a native of Fort Worth, Texas,about a three-hour drive from the Sooners’ campus. “But I have a lot of respectfor them. They’re always at the top of the national rankings, so this is a hugegame, not just for me but for everybody involved.”

From that restaurant incident a couple years ago, Simmons—ironically, whodropped his allegiance as a Florida State fan when the Seminoles lost a nationalchampionship game to Oklahoma, only to become a Miami fan at that point instead— can attest to how much this game matters to ardent fans.

The same apparently rings true in Miami. Ticket sales suggest this could beone of the Hurricanes’ biggest home crowds in years.

“I just can’t wait,” said Miami offensive lineman Joel Figueroa, whomissed the 2007 game with an injury. “Can’t wait.”

But what does Figueroa know about the rivalry?

“Not much,” he acknowledged. “I’m not a big stat guy.”

Other than the history lessons, there isn’t really a way for today’s Soonersand ‘Canes to relate to the epic matchups past, like the ones in the 1985, 1986and 1987 seasons, when Switzer’s Oklahoma teams went 33-0 against all otheropponents, and 0-3 against Miami.

Neither team has a player from the opposing state, although Oklahomafreshman Curtis Chambers can say he’s from Miami. (That is, Miami, Okla., pop.13,704.)

Still, one team gets bragging rights Saturday night, a chance to show up forclasses Monday morning with puffed-out chests, able to say that it just knockedoff one of the nation’s most storied programs.

Even without a national title or No. 1 ranking at stake like in past years,that’s plenty for the Sooners and ‘Canes.

“That’s the reason why you come to school at a place like this,” saidOklahoma running backs coach Cale Gundy, the Sooners’ quarterback from1990-1993. “You want to play in the big games.”

AP Sports Writer Jeff Latzke in Norman, Okla. contributed to this story.

Wyoming coach has kidney stone removed

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP)—Wyoming coach Dave Christensen underwent surgery to removea kidney stone and should be on the sidelines when the Cowboys travels toFlorida Atlantic this weekend.

The 48-year-old Christensen went to Ivinson Memorial Hospital on Tuesdaymorning because he wasn’t feeling well.

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Athletic department spokesman Tim Harkins says Christensen had surgeryTuesday night to remove the kidney stone and was discharged Wednesday morning.

Christensen is in his first year as head coach at Wyoming.

Bowden: TB Thomas likely to start at BC

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)—Jermaine Thomas is running again with the first team atFlorida State.

Coach Bobby Bowden said Wednesday the sophomore tailback likely will havethe starting assignment when the Seminoles visit Boston College on Saturday.

Thomas started the opener against Miami, but has just 10 carries the lastthree games as Florida State coaches rotate their backs in hopes of findingsomeone to take the top job. Ty Jones has started the last three games.

Thomas enjoyed a successful freshman year when he gained 482 yards andaveraged seven yards per carry.

In last week’s 17-7 loss to South Florida, Thomas carried for 15 yards earlyin the game, but didn’t touch the ball again.

Texas WR Collins, DB Scott ineligible

AUSTIN, Texas (AP)—Texas wide receiver Brandon Collins and defensive backChristian Scott have been ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA and willmiss the 2009 season.

Neither has played this season for the second-ranked Longhorns. Texasofficials announced the decision Tuesday night.

Both players are enrolled in classes and are in good academic standing withthe school, but must make progress toward their degree. They will be allowed tocontinue practicing with the team. Both will have two years of eligibilityremaining.

Collins, a junior, has played in 19 games. Scott, a sophomore who wascompeting for a starting job at safety in the preseason, played in all 13 gameslast season as a redshirt freshman.

Iowa State WR Reynolds breaks leg

AMES, Iowa (AP)—Iowa State wide receiver Darius Reynolds has broken his leg inpractice.

The school says the Cyclones’ second-leading receiver will be examinedWednesday to determine the extent of the injury he suffered Tuesday.

Reynolds, a junior-college transfer in his first season at Iowa State, has13 receptions for 72 yards in four games.

The Cyclones (3-1) open Big 12 play on Saturday when they face Kansas State(2-2).

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