Wednesday's sports briefs

Last update: October 7, 2009 - 11:56 PM

With one embarrassment behind her and another looming, acting CEO Stephanie Streeter decided to leave the U.S. Olympic Committee -- before she was pushed out.

Streeter announced Wednesday that she will not seek the job on a permanent basis and will leave before the end of the Vancouver Paralympics in March.

The decision comes five days after Chicago's first-round exit in voting for a site for the 2016 Olympics and on the same day leaders of America's Olympic sports organizations unanimously slammed Streeter's effectiveness as a leader.

Streeter replaced Jim Scherr after he was forced to resign in March. The USOC will hire a national recruiting firm to search for Streeter's replacement by the end of the month. The new CEO will become the third at the USOC in the span of about a year.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Oklahoma State WR ineligible

All-America wide receiver Dez Bryant has been ruled ineligible by Oklahoma State, four days before the Cowboys' first Big 12 game.

The university announced that Bryant "failed to openly disclose to the NCAA the full details of his interaction with a former NFL player not affiliated with OSU."

Oklahoma State (3-1) said it had already begun the process of asking the NCAA to reinstate Bryant. But NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn said no student-athlete reinstatement request had been received from OSU.

Bryant caught 87 passes for 1,480 yards and 19 touchdowns last seasons. He's the only one of last year's three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award who is still in school.

• Florida State President T.K. Wetherell says coach Bobby Bowden's job is safe for now, and that the football coaching situation will be re-evaluated at the end of the season.

WNBA

Mercury going home for Game 5

Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points, one of five double-digit scorers for the Phoenix Mercury in a 90-77 victory over the host Indiana Fever in Game 4 of the WNBA finals.

Tamika Catchings led the Fever with 24 points and 12 rebounds. The decisive Game 5 will be Friday in Phoenix.

GOLF

Woods-Stricker, for openers

Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker will be partners today in the opening session of the Presidents Cup in San Francisco.

The Americans will face Ryo Ishikawa, the 18-year-old Japanese sensation, and Australian Geoff Ogilvy.

Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim, a strong partnership at the Ryder Cup, will lead off the foursomes matches today at Harding Park against Mike Weir and Tim Clark.

NBA

Iverson has hamstring tear

Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson could miss three weeks after an MRI revealed a partial tear in his left hamstring, the team announced.

If the doctors' timetable is correct, Iverson would miss all of preseason, and as well as the Oct. 28 season opener against Detroit.

• Guard Delonte West has left the Cavaliers for the second time during training camp, although this time he has the team's blessing. He had unexcused absences for the first four practices last week. West has battled bipolar disorder.

AROUND THE HORN

Auto racing: Robert Kubica will drive for Formula One team Renault from 2010, replacing Ferrari-bound Fernando Alonso and partner Romain Grosjean of France.

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