Briefs | Pat Summitt to donate $600,000 to University of Tennessee

College basketball

Summitt's donation to be shared by Tennessee's Knoxville, Martin campuses: Women's coach Pat Summitt will donate $600,000 to the University of Tennessee, with the donation to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses.

The donation will be given over several years to support the women's basketball programs at both campuses and includes a $100,000 endowed scholarship for a Vols basketball graduate assistant in honor of Summitt's parents, Richard and Hazel Head.

The 56-year-old Summitt has spent 34 seasons as coach of the Vols and has led the program to an unprecedented eight national championships, including titles in each of the last two seasons. She has a 983-182 record. Summitt played basketball and volleyball at Tennessee-Martin.

Two other Tennessee coaches have made similar contributions. Men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl endowed a scholarship in March 2007 and football coach Phillip Fulmer announced in August 2007 a $1 million gift for academics and athletics.

College football

Oregon State's Stroughter "ecstatic" before final season: Sammie Stroughter said he feels as if he has been given a second chance to have the senior season of his dreams.

"I like to think of it as a mulligan," Oregon State's standout receiver and kick returner said. "I am ecstatic."

Stroughter, 22, a third-team All-American in 2006, was leveled by the deaths of loved ones and a kidney injury that ended his 2007 season. He was granted another season because of the medical hardship.

Georgia suspension update: Georgia reserve linebacker Darius Dewberry was suspended for the first two games of the season, making him the sixth player to be suspended or dismissed from the team in the offseason.

"The reputation of this team has been damaged, no question," Bulldogs coach Mark Richt said.

On Saturday night, Richt announced the indefinite suspensions of two players — snapper Jeff Henson, after a second alcohol-related arrest, and safety Donavon Baldwin, who needed stitches after he was injured in a fight in Athens.

The 236-pound Dewberry went to a hospital to check on Baldwin, and broke a barrier on a control arm at the parking lot — with his hands, not his car — and also broke four plant pots.

Richt said Dewberry "was very distraught about a teammate getting hurt badly." Dewberry, 22, has agreed to pay for damages and the hospital is not pressing charges. Richt said Dewberry must perform 20 hours of community service and undergo counseling.

Kentucky cornerback is ineligible: Kentucky junior cornerback Paul Warford has been ruled ineligible for the 2008 season and will be redshirted.

NBA

76ers re-sign Williams: The Philadelphia 76ers re-signed guard Louis Williams, 21, reportedly for five years and more than $25 million. He averaged 11.5 points last season.

Celtics' Pierce handcuffed, released: Police detained Boston Celtics superstar Paul Pierce in handcuffs during a weekend traffic stop on the Las Vegas Strip, but released him without issuing a summons.

Officer Bill Cassell said Pierce, 30, was handcuffed briefly after emerging "a little agitated" from a vehicle he was driving around 3 a.m. Sunday.

Pistons sign Brown: Detroit finalized its contract with center Kwame Brown, 26, who signed for $4 million next season and has an option for $4 million for 2009-10. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis last season.

WNBA

Taylor ends her season: Forward Penny Taylor, 27, won't return to the Phoenix Mercury when the Olympics end.

She took off the first half of the season to train with Australia and prepare for this month's Beijing Games and has decided not to go back to the WNBA.

Auto racing

Weld dies: Greg Weld, who won 21 U.S. Auto Club sprint-car races and was the 1967 series champ, died of a heart attack in Kansas City, Mo. He was 64.

Horse racing

Hall class: Jockey Edgar Prado and trainer Carl Nafzger headlined a group of six new inductees into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Other inductees were retired jockey Ismael Valenzuela and three horses: Manila, Inside Information and Ancient Title.

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