IN BRIEF

FOOTBALL

Former UNLV coach Robinson
to be enshrined in college hall

Former Southern California and UNLV football coach John Robinson will be one of 24 individuals enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., today.

Robinson, who established himself as one of the sport's top coaches while at USC, later coached six seasons at UNLV, compiling a 28-42 record and leading the Rebels to a victory over Arkansas in the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl.

Other notables who will be inducted include former Notre Dame wide receiver Tim Brown, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1987; former Miami quarterback Gino Torretta, who won the Heisman in 1992; Penn State running back Curt Warner; Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman; and West Virginia quarterback Major Harris.

Also: The NFL suspended Green Bay Packers defensive end Johnny Jolly without pay for the upcoming season and perhaps beyond for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

Jolly's suspension begins immediately and will continue through at least the 2010 season. He will be eligible to apply for reinstatement after the Super Bowl.

Jolly is facing drug charges in Houston after his July 2008 arrest outside a club for possession of at least 200 grams of codeine. If convicted, Jolly faces up to 20 years in prison.

Seattle Seahawks safety Kevin Ellison has an Oct. 5 court date after pleading not guilty to drug possession in Torrance, Calif. He remains free on $10,000 bail.

The 23-year-old former All-Pac-10 safety was released by the Chargers after he was pulled over for speeding by police in Redondo Beach on May 24. He was arrested after officers allegedly found he had about 100 Vicodin pills but no prescription for the painkiller.

Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill will miss the season opener after being suspended by the NFL. Hill's punishment includes missing an additional game check for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

TRACK AND FIELD

U.S. sprinters to keep medals
ensnared in Jones' doping case

American sprinters who were stripped of their 2000 Olympics relay medals because teammate Marion Jones was doping won an appeal to have them restored.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Geneva ruled in favor of the women, who had appealed the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify them from the Sydney Games.

The court said the IOC and International Association of Athletics Federations rules in 2000 did not allow entire teams to be disqualified because of doping by one athlete.

In Sydney, Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander Clark and Andrea Anderson were part of the squad that won gold in the 4x400 relay. Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry and Passion Richardson were on the 4x100 bronze medal squad.

Also: Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt recovered from a poor start to win the 100 meters at the Paris Diamond League meet in Saint-Denis, France, in 9.84 seconds.

Bolt set a meet record and beat fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell, who finished second in 9.91. Jamaican Yohan Blake was third in 9.95.

MISCELLANEOUS

Boxer Judah wins easily, then
delivers message: 'I'm back'

Zab Judah made quick work of Jose Armando Santa Cruz, then delivered a concise message about the state of his boxing career.

"I just want to say that I'm back," he said. "I want everyone to make sure that they didn't forget about me."

Judah used his left jab to batter Santa Cruz before knocking him out in the third round of a junior welterweight bout in Newark, N.J.

Judah (39-6, 27 knockouts) has lost his last four high-profile fights, including a setback against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2006 that included a low blow that caused Judah to lose his boxing license for a year. He also lost to Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey in title fights, but has won three straight fights since his loss to Clottey in August 2008.

Also: WBO 140-pound champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs) will move up to welterweight tonight to meet fellow unbeaten fighter Luis Carlos Abregu, but the bout in Los Angeles probably is a prelude to bigger bouts and burgeoning fame for the boxer known as "Desert Storm."

A victory over the free-swinging Argentine (29-0, 23 KOs) would keep Bradley in position for bouts against the world's best 140-pounders and put him in the discussion for fights with Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao down the road.

More than 5,000 people were taken into custody in a crackdown on illegal World Cup gambling in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China, Macau and Hong Kong, locations where police raided hundreds of betting dens, international police agency Interpol said.