College football

Paterno's widow, son might testify in Sandusky trial

Sue Paterno, the widow of ex-Penn State coach Joe Paterno, and one of their sons might be among the witnesses in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial, potential jurors learned Tuesday.

The revelation came during the early stages of jury selection in Bellefonte, Pa.

Defense attorney Joe Amendola said Sue Paterno and son Jay might be called to testify in Sandusky's defense.

Sandusky, 68, is a former Penn State defensive coordinator who retired from the job in 1999.

Prosecutors and Sandusky's lawyers agreed on nine of 16 jurors and alternates.

Sandusky faces 52 counts of abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period

ABC News reported Sandusky allegedly wrote love letters to one of the boys he is accused of molesting.

Fired Shannon, Miami settle

Former coach Randy Shannon will not be fighting the Miami Hurricanes in a courtroom.

University officials said a breach-of-contract lawsuit Shannon, 46, filed in April over money he said he was denied after his firing has been settled. Financial terms were not released.

NFL

Owens plans comeback

Receiver Terrell Owens said he plans to return to the league after sitting out the 2011 season and fired Drew Rosenhaus as his agent, saying he needs to be represented by someone who "believes in my ability to help an NFL team."

The 38-year-old Owens, who ranks second to Jerry Rice in NFL history with 15,934 receiving yards, said in a statement on his website he has hired Jordan Woy as his agent.

Referees deny strike threat

The NFL Referees Association is disputing a claim by the league that the officials threatened to take a strike vote after their contract expired.

"The NFLRA has never threatened to strike," said its counsel, Mike Arnold. "After repeated references by the NFL during negotiations regarding its plans to obtain replacement officials, the NFLRA briefed its members at its annual meeting on April 21, 2012. No strike vote was taken at the meeting.

"In fact, the NFLRA's directive to its membership was to prepare for the season and to perform each and every task assigned to them both before and after CBA expiration."

College softball

Alabama evens title series at 1

Jackie Traina and Amanda Locke each hit three-run doubles and Alabama forced a decisive third game in the best-of-three Women's College World Series final by beating Oklahoma 8-6 in Game 2 in Oklahoma City.

College basketball

Madsen to join Stanford staff

Former Stanford standout Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen is returning to the school as an assistant coach on Johnny Dawkins' staff.

Madsen, 36, helped Stanford make four NCAA tournament appearances and played nine seasons in the NBA.

WNBA

Liberty beats visiting Atlanta

Guard Cappie Pondexter scored 26 points to lead the host New York Liberty to a 79-74 victory over Atlanta.

Guard Leilani Mitchell, who is from Kennewick, added 18 points for the Liberty (2-5), which lost its first five games. Mitchell made 4 of 5 three-point shots.

"Of course, we knew we were a better team than 0-5," Mitchell said. "But it's a long season and the league is so good. Any game could go either way. It was very frustrating to lose those five games, but we had to remain positive."

Angel McCoughtry had 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Dream (2-4).

Auto racing

Reutimann to fill in for Busch

David Reutimann will replace suspended driver Kurt Busch in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa.

Busch was suspended for 10 days Monday for verbally abusing a reporter after Saturday's Nationwide Series race in Dover, Del.

Busch's future with Phoenix Racing appears murky based on comments by team owner James Finch, who said the partnership will proceed on a race-by-race basis.

"Here's the deal: Quit wrecking the cars, get a good finish, be nice to people. That's not real hard to do," Finch told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. "It's affecting me.

"If I can't get a sponsor, I can't keep running without a sponsor. That's a slow death. I don't want to do that."

Finch said Busch has wrecked 14 cars so far this season, and at least three were beyond repair.

Elsewhere

• Mary Joe Fernandez will coach the U.S. women and Jay Berger will guide the men in tennis at this summer's London Olympics.

Fernandez is captain of the Fed Cup team and Berger is in charge of USTA player development.

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