IN BRIEF
TAMPA, Fla. — Penn State athletic director Tim Curley plans to meet with Joe Paterno next month and expects the 84-year old coach to return for the 2011 season.
Curley, at an Outback Bowl luncheon Wednesday, said no date has been set for the meeting. Paterno, on Tuesday, insisted he has no plans to stop coaching after this week's game against Florida.
Paterno's contract runs through next season. He is the all-time leader in bowl wins with 24.
GREENSBURG — Butler resident Will Nesbitt won the boys 18-and-under tennis tournament this week at Greensburg Racquet Club.Nesbitt defeated Nicholas Ward of Erie 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals, Peter Riley of Woodsbury 6-4, 6-0 in the semifinals and Willie Suhrie 6-1, 6-1 in the finals.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Down to the last few days of the season and maybe Brett Favre's career, the NFL ended a slow-paced investigation of tawdry allegations against the quarterback with a $50,000 fine and a rebuke for not being candid.The league punished one of its marquee players for failing to cooperate with investigators who were trying to determine if the 41-year-old quarterback sent inappropriate messages and below-the-belt photos to Jenn Sterger in 2008, when both worked for the New York Jets.The ruling came days before what could be the final game for the three-time MVP. He'll start for Minnesota at Detroit on Sunday if he's recovered from a concussion sustained Dec. 20 against Chicago, and has said this will be his final season.