PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Penn State's internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky scandal concludes that football coach Joe Paterno and other top school officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against Paterno's former assistant coach. An eight-month probe headed by former FBI director Louis Freeh (LOO'-ee free) blames a fear of bad publicity for their inaction.
ATLANTA (AP) - Mets pitcher Dillon Gee will have surgery today in St. Louis to replace a portion of damaged artery, a procedure that could sideline him the rest of the season. The right-hander was released from a New York hospital Wednesday after undergoing a procedure to break up a blood clot in his pitching shoulder. Gee is 6-7 with a 4.10 ERA this season and compiled a 3.00 earned run average in 60 innings over his last nine starts.
TORONTO (AP) - Blue Jays first baseman Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN') has signed a three-year, $27 million contract that begins next season. The 29-year-old Dominican native is batting .295 and is tied for fourth among all American Leaguers with 23 home runs. He's also fifth in the league with a .595 slugging average and seventh with 58 RBIs.
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) - Troy Matteson is the leader heading into the second round of the PGA's John Deere Classic near Chicago. Matteson carded 10 birdies yesterday for a 10-under 61 that leaves him three strokes ahead of Ricky Barnes. Steve Stricker is four shots back as he tries to win the event for the fourth straight year.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Coroner's officials say Junior Seau's (SAY'-owz) family has donated some of his brain tissue for research amid questions about whether damage from his football career contributed to his decision to commit suicide. The 43-year-old former NFL linebacker shot himself in the chest at his Oceanside, Calif., home in May, less than 2 1/2 years after ending his Pro Bowl career.
