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LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech suspended coach Mike Leach on Monday while the school investigated complaints from receiver Adam James about how he was treated after a concussion.

Defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill will be the interim coach when Texas Tech plays Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl Jan. 2. School officials declined to identify the player, but James' family released a statement to The Associated Press saying it was Adam.

Leach arrived with the team in San Antonio. McNeill said he was told Monday afternoon that he was taking over for Leach, then told the players shortly afterward.

BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren has not decided if coach Eric Mangini will be back next season.Holmgren, who signed a five-year contract to try and fix the Browns, said Monday he will wait until he arrives ext week before making changes.

LAS VEGAS — The head of the Nevada boxing commission ordered Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to submit to urine tests Monday as a way of trying to break the impasse that has threatened to derail their proposed March 13 megafight.

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