Robert Johnson hired as jumps coach Robert Johnson, a former assistant at Appalachian State University, will coach the men’s long, triple and high jumps as well as the women’s long and triple jumps. Read more...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. “”mdash; The backfield at Ohio State will be missing No. 13. At least for now. Maurice Clarett, the star sophomore running back for this past season’s Ohio State football team, is not allowed to practice in the Buckeyes’ preseason practice sessions after exaggerating information in a police report filed this past spring. Read more...

Merrick, Poucher pursue U.S. Amateur Senior John Merrick and junior John Poucher both qualified to participate in the U.S. Amateur, the most prestigious amateur golf tournament in the world. Read more...

Tennis legend Michael Chang’s stop at the Mercedes Benz Cup during his season-long farewell tour was brief. The 31-year-old lost to No. 5 seeded Mark Philippoussis 6-2, 6-4 Thursday afternoon in second-round action at UCLA’s Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Lleyton Hewitt showed why he was the No. 1 seed at the Mercedes-Benz Cup on Wednesday night. He overpowered Michael Joyce with aces, hard cross-court forehands and backhands and the occasional lob, beating the American 6-3, 6-0 in the second-round match. Read more...

Although playing in his final Mercedes-Benz Cup, Michael Chang was in no mood to make the moment last in his first-round match Tuesday. Chang quickly disposed of Zack Fleishman 6-1, 6-1, in what was a quick ending to a long day at the tournament. Read more...

Former Bruin Eric Taino went into his first-round match of the Mercedes-Benz Cup at UCLA as a huge underdog. He had been trying just to stay on the pro tour in singles, playing in only 16 tournaments this year, most of them lesser-known tournaments on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. Read more...