Indiana State Police Sgt. J.D. Maxwell faces internal charges that he improperly interviewed a witness and then disclosed that information to Bob Knight in a police investigation of a restaurant altercation involving the Indiana basketball coach.
Maxwell, a friend of Knight’s who has refereed games at the coach’s basketball camp for four years, will answer the charges at a disciplinary hearing Sept. 2.
– Longtime backup Scott Kavanagh will be Wisconsin’s starting quarterback when the Badgers open the season against Murray State, coach Barry Alvarez said.
– Florida running back Vannez Gooch was carjacked at gunpoint early Thursday and taken to a secluded road in Putnam County, Fla., where he was released unharmed, according to the Alachua County sheriff’s office.
– Minnesota failed to provide sexual-violence-awareness training for its male athletes last year, one year after a series of alleged assaults by star athletes, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Swimming: Setting her sixth record in five weeks, Penny Heyns lowered her world mark to 2 minutes 24.42 seconds in the 200-meter breaststroke semifinals at the Pan Pacific championships in Sydney.
Women’s basketball: Former Carver star Yolanda Griffith of the Sacramento Monarchs won two WNBA awards–Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
