Assault and battery
University at Buffalo basketball player charged in stabbing

Sep. 11, 2020 05:17 PM EDT
NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — A University at Buffalo basketball player was charged Friday with assault and weapons possession after stabbing a rival player...

ILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, Georgia guard Teshaun Hightower plays against Vanderbilt in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Nashville, USA. Hightower, now Tulane University’s leading scorer, was booked into jail Saturday April 25, 2020, on multiple charges, including murder and aggravated assault, Henry County Jail records show. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, FILE)
Tulane basketball player charged with murder in Georgia

Apr. 27, 2020 06:20 AM EDT

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo gives instructions against Ohio State during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, March 8, 2020, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 80-69. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
Michigan State AD defends Izzo after witness report

Apr. 02, 2020 06:50 PM EDT

This Nov. 28, 2017 file photo shows former Wake Forest assistant coach Jamill Jones, center, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Winston-Salem, N.C. A jury in Queens criminal court found Jones guilty of misdemeanor assault, on Thursday, for the punch that killed 35-year-old Sandor Szabo in August 2018.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Assistant basketball coach guilty of assault for fatal punch

Feb. 07, 2020 06:51 PM EST

New Mexico kicks Carlton Bragg Jr. off team after DWI arrest

Jan. 13, 2020 10:24 AM EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico forward Carlton Bragg Jr. has been dismissed from the Lobos basketball team following his arrest on suspicion of driving...

FILE - In this July 14, 2006, file photo, Atlanta Hawks guard Anthony Grundy plays during the Rocky Mountain Review summer league basketball game hosted by the Utah Jazz in Taylorsville, Utah. Former North Carolina State and Hawks basketball player Anthony Grundy died Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, from stab wounds suffered as the result of a domestic dispute in Kentucky, authorities said. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
Former NC State basketball player Grundy dies after stabbing

Nov. 15, 2019 07:35 PM EST

Wake hoops assistant, accused in punching incident, resigns

Apr. 12, 2019 03:46 PM EDT
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A Wake Forest assistant basketball coach has resigned eight months after police said he punched a New York City tourist who later died. ...

Youth basketball coach charged with assaulting referee

Apr. 08, 2019 10:44 AM EDT
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan youth basketball coach accused of punching a Kentucky referee, knocking him unconscious, has been charged with assault...

Friday Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press Mar. 30, 2019 03:35 AM EDT
HORSE RACING ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Racing returned to Santa Anita for the first time since the track was closed nearly a month ago following the...

FILE - In this March 19, 2017, file photo, Louisville coach Rick Pitino walks off the court after the team's 73-69 loss to Michigan in a second-round game in the men's NCAA college basketball tournament in Indianapolis. A woman who had sex with coach Pitino at a restaurant was later jailed for trying to blackmail the coach to keep the tryst secret. A former escort wrote a book describing parties for recruits that included prostitutes; the team had its 2013 national title vacated because of that. And yet, Pitino didn’t lose his job until the FBI investigation found that Louisville had paid a recruit’s family $100,000--an allegation that Pitino said he was “shocked” to hear. He denies any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Busted: NCAA bracket filled with tales of transgression

By Eddie Pells Mar. 21, 2019 02:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo, Larry Nassar listens as Melissa Alexander Vigogne gives her victim statement in Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. Fifty-one women are suing the U.S. Olympic Committee, its board members and a number of former high-ranking officials for failing to prevent their abuse at the hands of imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in federal court in Denver, details abuse dating to the late 1990s. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)
Attorney slams Engler for attending game amid Nassar probe

By Ed White Mar. 20, 2019 04:34 PM EDT

Friday's Sports In Brief

By The Associated Press Mar. 16, 2019 04:45 AM EDT
COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Zion Williamson had the go-ahead tip-in on his own miss with 30.3 seconds left and fifth-ranked Duke held off...

NC State reinstates Lockett after assault charge dismissed

Mar. 12, 2019 03:43 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State has reinstated backup guard Eric Lockett to the basketball team after a misdemeanor assault charge against him was...

Rutgers basketball player dismissed, faces deportation

Mar. 12, 2019 01:55 PM EDT
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University basketball player Issa Thiam has been dismissed from the team and faces deportation after his arrest on domestic...

Correction: BKC-T25-Nevada-Utah St story

Mar. 02, 2019 11:21 PM EST
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — In a story March 3 about Utah State beating No. 12 Nevada 81-76, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Nevada coach Eric Musselman went...

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2018, file photo, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer reacts in the final minutes of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in Baltimore. Rutgers won, 73-65. Coach Stringer, who earlier this season posted her 1,000th victory, is taking off the rest of the regular season on the advice of doctors. The announcement Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, by the Big Ten Conference school came three days after the 70-year-old Hall of Famer missed a game at Michigan. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
Michigan's title hopes could hinge on Round 2 against Terps

By Eric Olson Feb. 28, 2019 02:48 AM EST

NC State's Lockett facing charge of assault on a female

Feb. 14, 2019 09:53 AM EST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State backup guard Eric Lockett has been charged with assault on a female. According to court records, Lockett was...

Georgia guard E'Torrion Wilridge (13) tries to get past Arkansas defender Keyshawn Embery-Simpson (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan.29, 2019 in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods)
Georgia Bulldogs at Arkansas Razorbacks 1/29/2019

Jan. 29, 2019 08:15 PM EST