IN BRIEF

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Sampson's appeal rejected by NCAA

The NCAA is finished with the latest Kelvin Sampson saga.

The NCAA on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the former Indiana basketball coach, who was slapped with five years of potential penalties for taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits while coaching the Hoosiers.

The NCAA said its infractions committee upheld the violations found in the case, which prompted an overhaul at the storied program and led to Sampson's departure after just 11/2 years. An NCAA spokeswoman said Sampson has used his only appeal, and the case is closed.

Sampson, now an assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks, is essentially barred from coaching in college until 2013.

Also: The father of highly sought Kansas basketball recruits C.J. and Xavier Henry said his sons might not play at Kansas, after all.

Xavier Henry, a 6-foot-6-inch guard, is considered one of the most talented players Kansas coach Bill Self has ever recruited. Xavier and his older brother, C.J., were headed to Memphis before switching to Kansas in the wake of John Calipari's decision to coach at Kentucky.

But their father, Carl Henry, told Kansas City sportstalk station KCSP that the family was upset with a story in The Kansas City Star on Sunday. The story, the father said, portrayed his sons as being disinterested in attending classes at college.

Henry said he planned to meet with his sons at the family home in Oklahoma City to see if the boys want to go to Kentucky or keep their commitment to Kansas.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Senate plans hearing on issues with BCS

The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding the Bowl Championship Series. It's the second time this year that Congress is shining a light on the polarizing system college football uses to crown its national champion.

The hearing will be held Tuesday in the Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights, according to a posting on the committee's Web site.

Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the subcommittee's top Republican and the lawmaker who sought the hearing, did not return telephone and e-mail messages left at his office.

In an essay for Sports Illustrated being released today, Hatch wrote that the Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits contracts, combinations or conspiracies designed to reduce competition.

"I don't think a more accurate description of what the BCS does exists," Hatch wrote.

MISCELLANEOUS

Milwaukee Mile track facing financial woes

The historic Milwaukee Mile racetrack faces an uncertain future, with its promoters behind on payments due to NASCAR and the Indy Racing League.

While track promoters have paid prize money to teams, they have not fully paid sanctioning fees owed to NASCAR and the IRL, according to reports in the Charlotte Observer and Indianapolis Star. Both leagues confirmed those reports to The Associated Press.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that promoters owed NASCAR nearly $1.9 million.

Also: Matt Kenseth finished second at his hometown track in Oregon, Wis., and Tony Stewart was fifth in a short-track All-Star Challenge at Madison International Speedway. Chris Wimmer, a short-track veteran from Wausau, Wis., won the 100-lap super late model race on the half-mile oval.

Organizers of the Kapalua LPGA Classic in Hawaii have pulled out of their contract to host the annual LPGA event through 2012.