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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

NCAA: South Carolina broke number of rules

The NCAA has accused South Carolina athletes of receiving $55,000 worth of impermissible benefits and recruiting inducements for getting reduced hotel rates and for their involvement with a Delaware-based mentoring organization.

The NCAA sent university president Harris Pastides the letter of allegations Monday and requested the school's response by Dec. 14.

Football coach Steve Spurrier was among those asked to meet with the NCAA's Committee on Infractions in Los Angeles on Feb. 17 and 18. Track coach Curtis Frye was also asked to attend.

Also: North Carolina will vacate all 16 football victories from the 2008 and 2009 seasons, and reduce scholarships as part of self-imposed penalties following an NCAA investigation into the program.

The school also put the football program on two years of probation as a result of the probe into athletes accepting improper benefits and academic misconduct.

In its response to the NCAA's notice of allegations outlining nine violations, the school said it will cut three scholarships for each of the next three academic years. The school will also pay a $50,000 fine, though it isn't imposing a postseason ban.

Lawyers for suspended Louisiana State quarterback Jordan Jefferson said DNA tests in the case of a bar fight involving Tigers football players were inconclusive and that a grand jury will hear evidence in the matter on Wednesday.

Attorney Lance Unglesby, who represents Jefferson along with his father, Lewis, said defense lawyers were informed by East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hiller Moore about DNA results.

Oklahoma regents voted to give Bob Stoops a new contract that would keep him as Sooners football coach through 2018 and pay him $34.5 million over the next seven years.

Linebacker and leading tackler Shayne Skov is out for the season with a left knee injury, dealing a blow to No. 5 Stanford's bid for a Pac-12 title and national championship. Skov injured his knee in the second quarter of the Cardinal's 37-10 victory at Arizona on Saturday night.

MISCELLANEOUS

UNLV men's golf claims Falcon Invitational title

The UNLV men's golf team shot a final-round 5-under 283 to tie for the top spot after 54 holes, then shot 2 under on the first playoff hole to win the season-opening Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Rebels entered the final round two shots behind Colorado, which shot 3-under 285, giving both teams a tournament-record score of 20-under 844 entering the playoff.

UNLV junior Kevin Penner shot 4-under 68 to tie for medalist honors at 7-under 209 with Ball State's T.J. Carpenter. Rebels sophomore Blake Biddle tied for eighth at 212.

Also: Two racers died after a tire blew on their Chevy Camaro during the Silver State Classic Challenge, a high-speed race in rural Nevada.

Nye County Sheriff's officials said 53-year-old driver Richard DeKneef of California and his 41-year-old navigator, Merle Hill of Ely, were killed in the fiery crash Sunday at the 24th annual event.

Authorities said the 1994 Camaro was traveling at about 200 mph when the tire blew. The men died at the scene.

Legacy High School senior Avione Allgood was named to the U.S. women's roster in the javelin for the Pan American Games, USA Track and Field announced.

Allgood was one of 44 named to the women's roster. The Pan American Games will be held Oct. 24 through Oct. 29 in Guadalajara, Mexico.