North Dakota's state Senate on Tuesday endorsed allowing the University of North Dakota to discard its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname while ordering a three-year wait before the school decides on a replacement. The state House has yet to vote on the plan.
UND has been under sanctions from the NCAA since August for keeping the nickname and a logo depicting the profile of an American Indian warrior. The association says the nickname and logo are "hostile and abusive" to American Indians.
A North Dakota law requires UND athletics teams to be known as the Fighting Sioux. UND supporters say the law has caused scheduling problems with schools that object to the name. Gov. Jack Dalrymple, who would have to sign an approved bill into law, has already expressed support for retiring the UND nickname and an American Indian school logo. (News services)
Owens Award winners announced — Sprinter Carmelita Jeter and high jumper Jesse Williams captured the Jesse Owens Award as the outstanding U.S. track and field athletes of the year. The awards will be presented at a Hall of Fame banquet Dec. 3 in St. Louis at the Hyatt Regency downtown.
Jeter won the 100 meters at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea, last summer. Williams took the world title in the high jump, becoming the first American to do so since Charles Austin in 1991. (News services)
Stars sign up for race to honor Wheldon — A memorial kart race in honor of Dan Wheldon has attracted Formula One champion Jenson Button, IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti and Le Mans winner Guy Smith.
The two-hour kart endurance event will be Dec. 5 at Daytona Milton Keynes, about 10 miles from Wheldon's Emberton, England, hometown. Wheldon was killed in a crash in the IndyCar Series finale at Las Vegas on Oct. 16. (AP)
Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner sold — Royal Delta, winner of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic on Friday, has sold for $8.5 million in Lexington, Ky.
Benjamin Leon Jr., owner of Besilu Stables, purchased this year's likely 3-year-old filly champion and will keep her in training for a 4-year-old campaign. Royal Delta has earned nearly $1.7 million with five wins from eight starts. (AP)
Costas to have new town hall show with NBC — Bob Costas is resurrecting his live town hall TV shows. His new program, debuting initially as "Costas Tonight: Live from the Super Bowl," will air Feb. 2 from Indianapolis on Versus, soon to become the NBC Sports Network. The town hall would air four times a year.
His old "Costas Now" show shifted to the live format in his last year with HBO, then Costas joined MLB Network in early 2009. (AP)
Roddick, Isner advance at Paris Masters — Americans Andy Roddick and John Isner advanced at the Paris Masters. Roddick defeated Julien Benneteau 6-4, 6-4, making 12 unforced errors compared to 25 for his opponent. Isner edged Stanislas Wawrinka 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (5). He had 20 aces, including on match point. (AP)
Lamb bounced quickly from poker final — Las Vegas poker professional Ben Lamb was eliminated from the World Series of Poker main event night in four hands, leaving Pius Heinz of Germany and Martin Staszko of the Czech Republic battling for the $8.72 million title. (News services)
Mizzou-Kansas game time change — The starting time for the Missouri-Kansas football game Nov. 26 has been pushed back to 2:30 p.m., the Big 12 announced. The "Border Showdown" game will be played at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium and will be telecast on Fox Sports Midwest. (Staff report)
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