In Brief
ERIE — Seneca Valley graduate Alex Bilka scored two goals and an assist Tuesday to lead the Penn State Behrend women's soccer team to a 7-0 win over Hilbert.
Butler graduate Taylor Troyan made two saves in recording her first shutout of the season for the Lions (5-5, 2-0).
ERIE — Seneca Valley graduate Anthony Crivelli scored his team-leading seventh goal Tuesday and added an assist in leading the Penn State Behrend (8-1-1) men's soccer team to a 4-0 win over Hilbert.Fellow SV graduate Ryan Maurer recorded an assist in the game for his first collegiate point.
CHICAGO — Bulls star Derrick Rose will have surgery on his left eye after being elbowed in the face.The 2011 NBA MVP sustained a left orbital fracture on the first day of practice, the team said Tuesday in a release. He is scheduled for surgery on Wednesday, and a timetable for his return will be determined after the operation.
SAN FRANCISCO — Clayton Kershaw pitched the big-money Dodgers to their third straight NL West title, tossing a 1-hitter as Los Angeles beat the San Francisco Giants 8-0 on Tuesday night.Kershaw allowed just a third-inning single and struck out 13, and the Dodgers (88-69) advance to face the NL East champion New York Mets in the best-of-five NL Division Series.
DALLAS — The NCAA banned the SMU men's basketball team from postseason play and suspended veteran coach Larry Brown for nine games after concluding that he lied to its investigators and simply turned his back on a case of academic fraud involving one of his players.In a scathing report, the NCAA noted that Brown, who previously coached at Kansas and UCLA, made “choices against his better judgment when it came to compliance issues” at SMU.“These choices included not reporting possible violations in his program, initially lying to the enforcement staff during the investigation and providing no specific guidance to his staff on rules compliance,” the NCAA said in punishing SMU for its nation-leading 10th major infractions case.The school said it was studying the report and would decide within the next two weeks whether to appeal.
NEW YORK — A New York federal appeals court says February will be the earliest it will hear arguments in the NFL's appeal of the lifting of a four-game suspension of New England quarterback Tom Brady in the “Deflategate” controversy.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that oral arguments could be heard as early as Feb. 1. The NFL and the NFL Players Association had agreed on the expedited timetable. Lawyers will submit written arguments prior to the oral arguments.