Morning roundup: NCAA OKs new recruiting rules

The NCAA approved new rules on basketball recruiting Thursday that are intended to restrict money being funneled to third parties.

The governing body wants to limit access by coaches from outside the NCAA who run camps and try to enlist players.

Effective immediately, coaches will no longer be allowed to employ a person associated with a prospective student-athlete at a camp or clinic, make payments to nonprofit organizations that a person associated with a prospect has a financial interest in, or use 1-900 telephone numbers for recruiting purposes.

Coaches found in violation of any of the rules could be suspended from regular-season or NCAA tournament games.

Several conference commissioners, including the Big 12’s Don Beebe, showed up at the NCAA meetings in Indianapolis to voice support for the new rules.

Former University of Oklahoma golfer Anthony Kim won two round-round matches in the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Casares, Spain, while fourth-ranked Paul Casey lost twice to drop out of contention for a semifinal spot.

Kim topped the Seve Ballesteros Group with four points after beating Casey and Retief Goosen, both 3 and 2.

Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams wants more of Vince Young. He’s getting just that with his winless team switching from veteran Kerry Collins back to the 2006 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Coach Jeff Fisher announced that the former Texas star would start Sunday’s game against Jacksonville. Fisher insists it was an organizational decision resulting from the team’s winless start, but Adams said after a 59-0 loss at New England that he wanted Young to start.

Former Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight will not attend next week’s ceremonies in which he is to be inducted into the athletic department’s hall of fame.

Athletic director Fred Glass said Knight contacted him directly to decline the invitation. Glass said Knight was concerned that the interest in him would be a distraction from the other six inductees.

NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger was arrested in Mooresville, N.C., on a charge of drunken driving and was placed on probation for the rest of the year by NASCAR.

Allmendinger, who drives the No. 44 for Richard Petty Motorsports, said in a statement he had drinks with dinner and made a mistake by driving afterward.

Serena Williams became the first player to clinch a spot in the semifinals of the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, after defeating Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-4 for her third straight win in the round-robin tournament.

Caroline Wozniacki moved closer to a semifinals spot with a 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-4 win over Vera Zvonareva.

FROM WIRE REPORTS

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