CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Tony Stewart avoided suspension when NASCAR fined him $50,000 and docked him championship points for his altercation with Brian Vickers.

Stewart lost 25 points in the driver standings, car owner Joe Gibbs lost 25 points in the owner standings, and Stewart was also placed on probation until Aug. 18.

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed goalie Ed Belfour, forwards Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts and defenseman Aki Berg.Belfour, Roberts and Nieuwendyk could have become unrestricted free agents if they weren't signed before midnight.

PHOENIX - Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Shane Reynolds had arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage in his right knee and was placed on the 15-day disabled list.Reynolds, 36, made his Diamondbacks debut Monday after being activated from the 60-day DL. He gave up six runs, six hits and two walks in two innings, throwing only 50 pitches against San Diego.He had 277 starts for Houston and Atlanta before Arizona signed him as a free agent on Dec. 23.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - After more than 80 years, Southeast Missouri State University will no longer use Indians as a nickname.Years of debate over the use of the nickname and mascot ended when the board of regents voted unanimously to drop both for the men's teams as well as the Otahkians nickname for the women. The women's name came from the legend of a Cherokee woman named Otahki, who died near Cape Girardeau on the Trail of Tears forced march to the Oklahoma territory in the 1830s.Supporters had argued that the nicknames showed pride in the American Indian heritage of the region. But others found them demeaning.After a brief phasing out of the Indians, Southeast's teams will be known as the Redhawks.The change is expected to come in the spring semester of 2005.