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College football

Sandusky to get names

of alleged abuse victims

Pretrial publicity and Penn State's prominent role in its local community mean Jerry Sandusky's criminal trial should be heard by jurors brought in from another Pennsylvania county, prosecutors argued in a motion filed Tuesday.

Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, said he would fight the proposal.

The attorney general's office also said it would give the 68-year-old Sandusky, a former assistant coach at Penn State, the names of the 10 young men he is charged with having sexually abused.

"The only statement I have is, he knows who they are," said Jeffrey Fritz, a lawyer for the young man called Victim 4 in the first grand-jury report.

Sandusky faces 52 criminal counts and has denied the allegations against him.

The scandal resulted in the ousting of school President Graham Spanier and longtime coach Joe Paterno. Hall of Famer Paterno died Jan. 22 at age 85.

Iowa State hires Sturdy

Todd Sturdy, Washington State's offensive coordinator the past three seasons, has been hired as passing-game coordinator and wide-receivers coach at Iowa State.

Sturdy was Eastern Washington's offensive coordinator in 2007.

Before working at Eastern, Sturdy went 85-40 in 12 seasons as coach at his alma mater, St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

Baseball

Astros invite Hernandez

The Houston Astros agreed to a minor-league contract with pitcher Livan Hernandez, 36, and invited him to major-league spring training.

Two-time All-Star Hernandez pitched for the Washington Nationals last year and was 8-13 with a 4.47 earned-run average. He was voted the most valuable player in the 1997 World Series, when he pitched for the champion Florida Marlins.

Cleveland acquires Canzler

The Cleveland Indians acquired Russ Canzler, voted most valuable player in the Class AAA International League last season, from Tampa Bay for cash.

Canzler, 25, played outfield, third base and first base last season for the Durham (N.C.) Bulls, where he batted .314 with 18 homers in 131 games.

Arizona settles 2 cases

The Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to one-year contracts that settled arbitration cases, giving 28-year-old catcher Miguel Montero $5.9 million and 31-year-old infielder Ryan Roberts $2,012,500.

Minor-leaguer is suspended

Daniel Reynolds, a minor-league pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels' organization, has been suspended 50 games for a second drug violation. Reynolds, 20, was penalized under baseball's minor-league program for a drug of abuse.

Auto racing

Patrick gets Daytona berth

Driver Danica Patrick will be guaranteed a spot in the Feb. 26 Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Fla., via an alliance between Stewart-Haas Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing.

Sutil is convicted

Driver Adrian Sutil, who finished ninth in last year's Formula One standings, was convicted in Munich, Germany, of causing grievous bodily harm to an F1 team executive — Renault's Eric Lux — in a nightclub confrontation in China in April and given an 18-month suspended sentence.

Sutil, 29, also was fined $262,200, to be paid to charities.

Elsewhere

• Rivals Manchester United and Manchester City are tied for first in the English Premier League points race, though City leads on goal difference.

Host Manchester United beat Stoke 2-0 and Manchester City lost 1-0 at Everton.

Darron Gibson scored for Everton in the 60th minute on an assist from Landon Donovan, who is on loan from the MLS Los Angeles Galaxy.

• Serena Williams said her sister, Venus, has been training every day and will be ready for the Fed Cup matches against Belarus — Venus' first competitive tennis since she pulled out of the U.S. Open because of an autoimmune disease.

The U.S. team will play Belarus starting Saturday in Worcester, Mass.

• Andy Murray, ranked No. 4 in the world, will miss Britain's Davis Cup match against Slovakia next month after suffering "a few injuries" during his run to the Australian Open semifinals.

• Cuba's best-known Olympic athlete, Dayron Robles, complained about poor training conditions as he seeks to win another gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles this year at the London Games.

"The Olympic Games are already there and we don't have even half of what you need to train well," the 25-year-old said without going into specifics. "Conditions are terrible. There's no stimulus."

• Michael Huyghue, 50, has announced his resignation as commissioner of the United Football League; he has been the second-tier pro league's commissioner since its inception in 2009.

• UFC heavyweight fighter Alistair Overeem, 31, has been charged with misdemeanor battery after police say he shoved a woman in the face Jan. 2 at Wynn Las Vegas hotel/casino.

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