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College basketball

Notre Dame forward gets most votes from AP media panel: Senior forward Luke Harangody of Notre Dame led voting on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team announced Monday.

Harangody received 57 votes from the 65-member national media panel and was followed in the balloting by Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins. They are the sixth set of teammates selected for the preseason team, which began in 1986.

Junior center Aldrich received 49 votes, 10 more than senior guard Collins.

Junior forwards Patrick Patterson (35 votes) of Kentucky and Kyle Singler (30) of Duke rounded out the team.

Washington sophomore guard Isaiah Thomas was among other players receiving votes.

Ex-Kentucky coach Gillispie pleads guilty to DUI charge: Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty in Lawrenceburg, Ky., to driving under the influence of alcohol and apologized for what he called a mistake.

Gillispie, 49, accepted a plea bargain, which included fines and court costs of more than $1,000, a 30-day suspension of his driver's license and an agreement to complete an Alcohol Drivers Education Program.

He was arrested Aug. 27 in Lawrenceburg.

Special prosecutor ordered in Arkansas sexual-assault claim: A special prosecutor will review a sexual-assault claim against three Arkansas players after local authorities declined to file charges.

NHL

Judge approves sale of Coyotes to league: The Phoenix Coyotes' bumpy six-month journey through U.S. Bankruptcy Court has come to an end with Judge Redfield T. Baum's approval of the sale of the franchise to the league.

The NHL's bid totals about $140 million. The official figure listed in the sale order is $128.4 million, but that does not include the $11.6 million the league has agreed to spend to purchase claims of nearly all the unsecured creditors in the case.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly, in a statement, said the league "will engage immediately in a process to identify — and expedite sale of the franchise to — new ownership that is committed to the club's long-term success in the Phoenix/Glendale area."

The only party who didn't join in the agreement is former coach Wayne Gretzky, a Hall of Fame player who owned a small portion of the team. Gretzky did not file a formal objection.

Ovechkin is "week to week" with injury: The Washington Capitals say Alex Ovechkin, a two-time league most valuable player, is "week-to-week" with an upper-body injury that occurred in Sunday's overtime loss to Columbus.

Gagne to miss at least six weeks: Philadelphia forward Simon Gagne is expected to miss from six to eight weeks after having abdominal and hip surgery today.

Tennis

WADA asks ATP to investigate Agassi: The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked the ATP to investigate former top-ranked player Andre Agassi's admission he took crystal meth in 1997.

Golf

Barron is first to violate PGA Tour drug policy: Doug Barron, 40, who lost his Tour card three years ago, became the first player to be suspended by the PGA Tour for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. He was suspended for a year.

"I would like to apologize for any negative perception of the Tour or its players resulting from my suspension," Barron said in a statement.

Auto racing

Keselowski to replace Stremme: Brad Keselowski will drive the No. 12 Dodge for the final three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races of the season, replacing David Stremme.

Soccer

Beckham to return to AC Milan: England midfielder David Beckham will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian team reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

Beckham played for AC Milan for six months in the first half of the year and has won back his place on England's national team.

Olympics

"The Colbert Report" to sponsor U.S. speedskaters: On "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert announced his comedy show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team.

Short-track gold medalist Apolo Ohno of Seattle said he approved in an e-mail to AP: "I'd like to see how creative they can get! I'm game to do a skit about it :-)"

Running

Koplowitz finishes her 21st NYC Marathon: It took 61-year-old Zoe Koplowitz 28 hours, 45 minutes to finish this year's New York City Marathon, which started Sunday. The motivational speaker lives with diabetes and multiple sclerosis and has finished 21 NYC Marathons.

Jurisprudence

Founder of online gambling site gets four-plus years: Gary Kaplan, founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com was sentenced in St. Louis to more than four years in prison.

Kaplan, 50, must also forfeit $43.6 million in illegally obtained revenue as part of a plea agreement. He pleaded guilty in August to racketeering conspiracy, violating the Wire Wager Act and conspiring to violate the act.

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