Sports briefly: Kevin Love makes large donation to UCLA

September 21, 2016 at 4:33AM

Kevin Love is making what UCLA's athletic department calls "a significant financial contribution" to the university where he helped the Bruins reach the Final Four in his lone season.

The UCLA athletic department said Love's unspecified donation announced Tuesday matches the amount Russell Westbrook gave last December, which was the largest by a former Bruins basketball player in school history.

In return for his gift, UCLA's strength and conditioning facility to be located in the new Mo Ostin Basketball Center will be named for Love.

He led the Bruins to the Pac-10 regular-season and tournament titles and the Final Four during the 2007-08 season. Love left school early for the NBA draft, where he was selected fifth overall. He helped Cleveland win the NBA championship in June.

Love will be honored during UCLA's football game against Stanford at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

college football

Penn State linebacker out for season

Penn State linebacker Nyeem Wartman-White will miss the remainder of the season because of a right knee injury, coach James Franklin announced Tuesday.

The senior was hurt midway through Penn State's 34-27 win against Temple on Saturday. Although he was able to hop up, take a few high steps and walk off the field on his own, he did not return to the game and was spotted later with a full brace on his right leg.

It is the second-straight season-ending knee injury for Wartman-White, who missed all but three series last season because of a torn left ACL.

The Philadelphia native suffered both injuries against the Owls on similar plays, while on the field for punt return.

In addition to Wartman-White, Penn State (2-1) likely will play without its other two starting linebackers as Brandon Bell (left leg) and Jason Cabinda (left hand) are nursing injuries as well.

auto racing

Busch's ex-girlfriend indicted for fraud

The former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has been charged with stealing from a military charity she led.

Court documents don't say how much prosecutors believe Patricia Driscoll took from the District of Columbia-based Armed Forces Foundation, whose mission is to support service members, veterans and their families.

But a 2014 tax return for the nonprofit says that the "foundation has become aware of suspected misappropriations" by Driscoll totaling more than $599,000 for the years 2006 to 2014. It says she misused money for meals, travel, parking tickets, makeup and gifts.

Driscoll, who has accused Busch of assault, was indicted on two counts each of wire fraud, mail fraud, and tax evasion, and one count of attempts to interfere with administration of Internal Revenue laws.

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