Sports briefs

Injuries claim UCLA players Coleman, Stanley

LOS ANGELES (AP) - UCLA's Kenyon Coleman, one of the top defensive linemen in the country, had surgery yesterday to repair torn cartilage in his left knee - an injury that occured in UCLA's 23-20 victory over Michigan this past Saturday. He is expected to be sidelined for three weeks.

"He played pretty much the whole game with torn cartilage," Bruins coach Bob Toledo said Monday. "We lost probably our best player, maybe for the season. We'll know more tomorrow."

In addition, the Bruins will be without fullback Matt Stanley for a minimum of four weeks. Stanley dislocated his right shoulder early in the Michigan game.

Minnesota tutor arraigned on academic fraud charges

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The former tutor who blew the whistle on the academic fraud in the Minnesota basketball program will be arraigned next Monday on one count of felony fraud.

Jan Gangelhoff, who admits she wrote more than 400 pieces of course work for as many as 20 players, will appear before U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson and may enter a plea.

Local news organizations, quoting unidentified sources, have reported that Gangelhoff has agreed to plead guilty and receive no prison time in exchange for testimony against former coach Clem Haskins and Alonzo Newby, former academic counselor.

Gangelhoff was charged with fraud on Friday for doing course work for a student-athlete in 1995 so that he could become eligible to play basketball. The athlete, said to be former Gophers star Bobby Jackson, received a Pell grant, a form of federal aid based on need.

The grant was obtained illegally because Gangelhoff did work that allowed Jackson to qualify for the money, the federal charge alleged.

Jackson is expected to testify as soon as today before a federal grand jury. His attorney has said Jackson is not the target of the investigation and will not be prosecuted.

Indiana's Davis hires two new assistant coaches for upcoming season

BLOOMINGTON (AP) - Dan Panaggio, a three-time coach of the year in the CBA, and Julius Smith were hired as assistants Tuesday by Mike Davis, Indiana's new interim basketball coach.

Panaggio compiled a 313-191 record in nine seasons with the Quad City Thunder, the most victories of any active CBA coach.

Smith was an assistant at Southeastern Louisiana last season and before that, he was at Tulane in that capacity for eight years.

Davis was promoted from assistant to interim head coach last week after Bob Knight was fired.