Wednesday's sports briefs

Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis said Wednesday he expects men's basketball coach Tom Izzo to make a decision on the Cleveland Cavaliers' coaching vacancy by July 1.

Izzo told his team he has talked to the Cavs about the job, imploring them to concentrate on their classes and workouts.

"That was the gist of the meeting yesterday," associate head coach Mark Montgomery told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

Much will hinge on whether LeBron James re-signs.

• Former Dallas Mavericks coach and current ESPN analyst Avery Johnson told ESPN an agreement was reached that will make him the next coach of the New Jersey Nets.

• The NBA was again the only men's professional sports league to receive a combined "A" for race and gender in the annual report released by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.

Two-year postseason ban for USC A two-year bowl ban and a loss of more than 20 football scholarships are among the sanctions that the NCAA has dealt Southern California, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Los Angeles Times.

Trojans officials would not confirm that the school had received the NCAA's report. Asked if USC had heard from the NCAA, athletic director Mike Garrett said: "We are looking at things right now. That's about all I can say."

Limited recruiting contacts, probation and forfeiture of victories are also among the penalties regarded as possibly in play.

Bush, now with the NFL's New Orleans Saints, and Mayo, who plays for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, have maintained that they did nothing wrong while attending USC.

• Suspended Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was kicked off the team Wednesday, two days after a police officer cited him for marijuana possession and driving infractions.

• Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says Florida prep star Demar Dorsey, a defensive back, has been informed he will not be admitted to the school.

• Carolina linebacker Thomas Davis suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Tuesday for the second time in seven months.

• Facing a sexual assault claim, Green Bay cornerback Brandon Underwood apologized to teammates for creating a distraction and dragging them into it. In a brief statement to reporters, Underwood declined to discuss the allegations made by two women after a weekend incident in Lake Delton, Wis.

• More than 50 audio and video recordings released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reveal details of what allegedly happened in the bathroom of a Milledgeville, Ga., bar between Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the college sophomore who accused him of rape. He has denied the accusations and will not face criminal charges in the March 5 incident.

Olympics: Olympic bobsled teammates John Napier and Chris Fogt are changing uniforms for the next few months. The U.S. Army has summoned them to war. Napier, of Schenectady, N.Y., is being sent to Afghanistan, and Fogt, of Alpine, Utah, to Baghdad.

College basketball: Former Notre Dame coach and current ESPN analyst Digger Phelps, 68, had prostate cancer surgery and is recovering at the University of Washington Medical Center.