In Brief

COLLEGE ATHLETICS

Ohio State's Tressel had history
of not self-reporting violations

Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was told by the school that he did a poor job of self-reporting NCAA violations years before he failed to tell his bosses that players were selling championship rings and other Buckeyes memorabilia, a cover-up that cost him his job.

In an evaluation of Tressel's job performance from 2005 and 2006, then-athletic director Andy Geiger rated Tressel "unacceptable" in terms of self-reporting rules violations in a timely manner. The coach also was warned in a separate letter that he and his staff needed to do a better job of monitoring the cars the Buckeyes were driving -- an issue that would arise again this spring.

The documents were part of a mountain of public records released Friday by Ohio State dealing with Tressel and the ongoing scandal that has sullied one of the nation's elite football programs.

Tressel received a letter of reprimand from Geiger for giving a recruit a Buckeyes jersey -- a clear NCAA violation -- before he had coached his first game.

Despite a 106-22 record and winning the 2002 national championship, Tressel was forced to resign May 30 after it became clear he had knowingly played ineligible players during the 2010 season.

Also: The NCAA has rescinded legislation that would have allowed Division I schools to contact high school junior prospects by phone in sports other than football and men's basketball.

The legislation was approved in April, but schools later raised concerns about extending the recruiting process. The Division I Legislative Council suspended the legislation after receiving more than 100 override requests by the June 27 deadline. It is just the second proposal since 1997 to eclipse 100 override requests.

UCLA right-hander Trevor Bauer was named the winner of the Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur baseball player by the U.S. Baseball Federation.

Bauer was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the third pick in the first round of last month's amateur draft after going 13-2 with 1.25 ERA and Division I-leading and Pac-10 record 203 strikeouts.

MISCELLANEOUS

Actor Wagner takes lead on
athletes at Tahoe golf tourney

Former major league baseball, football, basketball and hockey stars are near the top of the leaderboard at Lake Tahoe, but actor Jack Wagner has the first-round lead at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Stateline.

Former NHL all-star Jeremy Roenick and ex-quarterback Chris Chandler are tied for second in the tournament, which runs through Sunday at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.

Hockey's Mike Modano and Brett Hull also are in the hunt, along with Dallas quarterback Tony Romo and former pitcher Rick Rhoden, who has won the event a record eight times.

Wagner had seven birdies and one bogey for a total of 29 points in the modified Stableford scoring system. Roenick and Chandler had 24.

Also: Troy Matteson and George McNeill were tied for the lead of the PGA Tour's Viking Classic in Madison, Miss., midway through a waterlogged second round that was suspended because of frequent thunderstorms.

Matteson finished his round, but McNeill was on the 18th fairway when the final delay was called because of lightning.

Matteson fired a 6-under 66 for the second consecutive day. He birdied his final three holes after a nearly four-hour delay to finish at 12-under 132. McNeill was 7 under for the day after 17 holes.

UNLV golf coach Dwaine Knight added another player to his 2012 recruiting class, receiving an oral commitment from Adam Svensson of Surrey, British Columbia.

Svensson, 17, is one of Canada's top junior golfers and a two-time British Columbia Junior Open champion. He joins Coronado High's AJ McInerney, Arbor View's Zane Thomas and James Feutz of Tacoma, Wash., as future Rebels.

Zack Hattori of Las Vegas finished third in the United States Bowling Congress Junior Gold Championships at Sunset Station, giving him a spot on Junior Team USA 2012. Jakob Butturff of Henderson took 11th.

Gary Faulkner of Memphis, Tenn., won the boys event, and Natalie Jimenez of Rowland Heights, Calif., claimed the girls title.

Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane has a fractured left wrist and will need six to eight weeks to recover.

The team said the injury, a scaphoid fracture, was discovered during Kane's offseason training. He will have surgery Tuesday.

Former Brigham Young and Philadelphia Eagles running back Reno Mahe surrendered to authorities this week to face a criminal theft charge in Utah.

Mahe and four others are charged in Utah's 3rd District Court with stealing more than $15,000 in gasoline in 2010 from a construction company in a Salt Lake City suburb, according to court documents.