OKLAHOMA CITY The NCAA is citing Oklahoma State for a potential major rules violation in its baseball program.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. A junior defensive back at Western Carolina has died after participating in a voluntary offseason workout.

SALT LAKE CITY After taking its fight to change the Bowl Championships Series to Congress, the Mountain West Conference is reluctantly agreeing to a BCS television deal.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. The NCAA has sanctioned the women's basketball program at Missouri Western for letting an ineligible athlete play for two seasons.

SEATTLE Washington running backs Brandon Johnson and David Freeman have been ruled academically ineligible for the upcoming season.

There's only so much our nation's politicians can do in their limited time in Washington, D.C., and only so many issues they can tackle.

LUBBOCK, Texas Former San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Washington Nationals last month, has been selected as the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's player of the year.

LOS ANGELES Art Venegas is out as UCLA's men's track and field coach after 10 years.

WORCESTER, Mass. Sean Kearney is the new basketball coach at Holy Cross.

ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa Northern Iowa offensive lineman Austin Steichen and two other men have been arrested in connection with an alleged assault.

BRISTOL, Conn. Rutgers will play in the eighth annual Jimmy V Women's Classic when the Scarlet Knights host Florida on Dec. 7.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. The Tar Heels will wear the swoosh for the next nine years.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State is arguing it's unfair to make football coach Bobby Bowden and others they say played no role in an academic cheating scandal give up wins.

Everybody wants to be wanted. And then there's Mike Krzyzewski.

Montana State University has agreed to three-year contract extensions with head women's basketball coach Tricia Binford and head men's coach Brad Huse.