Basketball

Defections have CAA looking to add new members (Yahoo! Sports)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager has lost two long-time member universities in the last week, and is now shopping for replacements.
Cincinnati dismisses freshman F Octavius Ellis (Yahoo! Sports)
CINCINNATI (AP) Freshman forward Octavius Ellis was dismissed from Cincinnati's basketball team on Friday because of an incident at a downtown nightclub the previous weekend.

Celtics back at practice, prepare for pivotal Game 5
The Celtics player who needs a break the most this postseason isn't 34-year-old Paul Pierce, who's nursing a knee injury. Or 36-year old Ray Allen, who's got bone spurs in his ankle. Or even Kevin Garnett, who turned 36 on Saturday but is playing like he did a decade ago.
Ex-NBA star, Olympian Bob Boozer dies at 75
Bob Boozer, a member of the dominating 1960 Olympic basketball team who went on to star in the NBA, has died of a brain aneurysm. He was 75.
Heat tweak lineup for Game 4, start Turiaf and Battier
For the fourth time in four games, the Miami Heat have changed their starting lineup against the Indiana Pacers.

Injuries force pair of Hawkeyes to end careers (The Associated Press)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa sophomore Jade Rogers and freshman Virginia Johnson are ending their college careers because of chronic injuries.
Dawn Staley named BCA coach of the year (The Associated Press)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is the Black Coaches and Administrators' female coach of the year.