IN BRIEF
SCRANTON — Former Slippery Rock University basketball standout Jabril Bailey has signed a contract with the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Steamers of the Premier Basketball League.
Bailey played for The Rock from 2009-11, averaging 15.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game his senior year.
Bailey becomes the fifth SRU player coached by Kevin Reynolds to sign a pro contract, joining Kyle Camper (Germany), Michael Evans Jr. (National Basketball League of Canada), Erroll Robinson (ABA Dallas Impact) and Denell Stephens (Luxembourg).
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU's 2011 season will be remembered for challenging Les Miles' crisis-management skills over and over again.Now within one more victory of an unbeaten season and a BCS national title, Miles has been voted The Associated Press Coach of the Year.Thirty of 56 votes cast went to Miles. Bill Snyder of Kansas State was second with 16, Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State had six, Brady Hoke of Michigan got three and Lane Kiffin of USC had one.
NEW YORK — The biggest draw in television is going mobile.The Super Bowl will be streamed online and to phones for the first time, the NFL said Tuesday. NBC's broadcasts of wild card Saturday, the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl will be available on the league's and network's websites and through Verizon's NFL Mobile app.The service will include additional camera angles, in-game highlights and live stats — and replays of those always popular Super Bowl ads.
Abby Wambach's clutch performance at this summer's World Cup made her the clear choice for the 2011 Female Athlete of the Year, selected by members of The Associated Press. The U.S. forward received 65 of the 214 votes cast, while teammate Hope Solo (38) was a distant second and UConn basketball star Maya Moore (35) was third.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah offensive coordinator Norm Chow has accepted the job as Hawaii's new head coach, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because all the details of the move have not yet been formalized.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Once Marshall got the lead, Rakeem Cato was determined to finish off Florida International in the Beef ‘O' Brady's Bowl.The freshman from Miami sparkled in his return to his home state Tuesday night, throwing for 226 yards and two touchdowns in a 20-10 victory.