Louisville fires AD Tom Jurich after 20 years on job

Louisville trustees fired athletic director Tom Jurich in the wake of its involvement in a national federal investigation of college basketball.

The board of trustees voted 10-3 on Wednesday to fire Jurich after 20 years as the school's AD. Jurich, 61, had been placed on paid administrative Sept. 27 by interim university President Greg Postel. Louisville's Athletic Association fired men's basketball coach Rick Pitino on Monday.

Jurich shepherded Louisville's 2014 entry into the Atlantic Coast Conference. He also was responsible for facility upgrades and saw numerous sports thrive under coaches he hired.

Vince Tyra was named acting AD since Oct. 3, a move the Athletic Association approved Monday before firing Pitino.

Jerry Sandusky lost a bid Wednesday for a new trial and a second chance to convince a jury he is innocent of the child sexual abuse charges that landed him in state prison to serve a lengthy sentence.

Judge John Foradora denied Sandusky's requests for a new trial or for dismissal of charges.

The former Penn State assistant football coach's lawyers said they were disappointed and planned to appeal the decision to Superior Court.

The Barbasol Championship is leaving Alabama next summer for the Keene Trace Golf Club just outside Lexington. The tournament is July 19-22 and will be held the same week as the British Open. As an opposite-field event, the winner does not get an invitation to the Masters and the prize fund is only $3.5 million.

The tournament began in 2015 at the RTJ Trail's Grand National in Opelika, Alabama.

Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville hosted the PGA Championship three times and the Ryder Cup in 2008. But the last regular PGA Tour stop in Kentucky was the Kentucky Derby Open from 1957 to 1959. That's where Gary Player won his first PGA Tour event in 1958.

Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa is leaving the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

La Russa served as chief baseball officer from 2015 to 2016 and became chief baseball analyst when the new regime of General Manager Mike Hazen and manager Torey Lovullo arrived last spring.

Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick said La Russa played a significant role in putting the franchise on the path to success.

For the first time in the history of the world's most famous sled dog race, several of the high-performance animals in the Iditarod have tested positive for a prohibited drug. But race officials have refused to name the musher involved.

The governing board of the nearly 1,000-mile race said that several dogs tested positive for the opioid pain reliever Tramadol.

Officials said the team was tested six hours after finishing the nearly 1,000-mile race in Nome in March. Officials say they likely could not prove legally prove intent on the affected musher's part.

Swimming: Two-time Olympian Lindsay Mintenko was appointed to lead the U.S. national swimming team, becoming the first woman to hold the title.