Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said Tuesday that the $250,000 fine levied against coach Jim Tressel for violating NCAA rules may not even cover the cost of the investigation.
Declining to address the ongoing NCAA investigation into Tressel's violation, Smith said he didn't know when Tressel's problems would be resolved. The AD said Tressel failed to apologize at last month's news conference, and that only after a meeting did the coach finally say he was sorry in a public forum.
Tressel, in his 11th year coaching the Buckeyes, has been suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for failing to notify Ohio State officials of e-mails he received as early as April 2010 which said his players were selling autographs, uniforms, championship rings and other memorabilia for money and tattoos.
Five players, including starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor, were suspended in December for accepting the improper benefits. All were permitted to play in Ohio State's Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas, with their suspensions beginning with the first game this fall.
-- The BCS could decide within a month whether the troubled Fiesta Bowl should keep its place among college football's marquee bowls. Penn State President Graham Spanier, chairman of a panel investigating the Fiesta Bowl, said the committee has had several teleconferences and plans to meet with officials and the bowl's board of directors.
The Arizona game is under scrutiny after bowl officials in an internal report released last month found that the Fiesta Bowl reimbursed employees for roughly $46,500 in political donations - an apparent violation of elections laws.
Manchester United was held to a 0-0 draw by host Newcastle, slowing the Premier League leader's title charge. Manchester United (20-10-3) has a seven-point lead over second-place Arsenal (18-5-9) heading into the Gunners' game at fifth-place Tottenham (14-6-11) tonight. Manchester United, which has five games left, is seeking a record 19th English league title.
-- Iker the Octopus has picked Real Madrid to beat Barcelona today in the Copa del Rey final. The 35-pound Pacific Ocean octopus named after Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas correctly predicted a draw in the first of four matches between the teams. Now he's out to prove his first pick was no fluke.
-- Los Angeles Galaxy defender Leonardo will miss the rest of the Major League Soccer season because of a pair of torn ligaments in his right knee.
-- Cindi Harkes - wife of former U.S. national team captain John Harkes - was hired as assistant coach of the D.C. United Women of the W-League.
Golf: Dustin Johnson has decided to split up with his caddie, who was on the bag during two chances to win a major last year and was involved in the American star nearly missing his tee time at Riviera. Johnson's agent described the split with Bobby Brown as mutual.
Jurisprudence: Prosecutors have declined to file charges against former Mets and Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra after he was arrested on suspicion of trying to buy a stolen car, authorities said. It's unknown whether charges could be filed at a later date.
This article appeared on page B - 8 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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