NCAA: Two Oklahoma St. QBs will split opener
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy still hasn’t chosen a starting quarterback for the 13th-ranked Cowboys’ season opener on Aug. 31 against Mississippi State. Instead, he announced both senior Clint Chelf and sophomore J.W. Walsh will each see action at the neutral-site game in Houston.
Duke coach David Cutcliffe said walk-on Hud Mellencamp will continue to practice with the football team while he deals with felony battery charges in Indiana.
Cutcliffe said the son of rocker John Mellencamp will remain practicing, and “we’ll let the legal due process occur.”
Hud Mellencamp, 19, is charged with punching and kicking a 19-year-old man last month.
The attorney for North Carolina State running back Shadrach Thornton said his client is receiving counseling that could lead to the dismissal of a misdemeanor charge of assault on a female.
HOOPS: WNBA fines Liberty coach Laimbeer
Liberty coach Bill Laimbeer was fined an undisclosed amount by the WNBA for comments he made after their loss at Minnesota on Sunday. Laimbeer was critical of the fact Lynx star Maya Moore was still in the game late in the fourth quarter with her team comfortably ahead.
The 76ers acquired guard Tony Wroten from the Grizzlies in exchange for a conditional second-round draft selection in 2014 and a trade exception.
The Miami-Dade Police Department says it will discipline the officer who provided a police escort to Heat star LeBron James to the Justin Timberlake/Jay Z concert.
ETC.: Merritt wins in first race since Worlds
American LaShawn Merritt won the 400 meters at the DN Galan Diamond League meet in his first major race since regaining his world title last week.
Caroline Wozniacki beat American Sloane Stephens, 7-6 (6), 6-2, to make it to the semifinals in New Haven for the sixth consecutive year. The former No. 1 player in the world will play Simona Halep today. The Romanian beat Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova, 6-1, 7-6 (6).
In Edmonton, Alberta, 16-year-old Lydia Ko, the winner last year at Vancouver Golf Club at an LPGA Tour-record age of 15 years, 4 months, shot a 5-under 65 at Royal Mayfair for a share of the first-round lead with Angela Stanford and Christel Boeljon.