SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) β Notre Dame football players KeiVarae Russell, DaVaris Daniels, Ishaq Williams and Kendall Moore are being held out of practice while the school investigates what it is calling “suspected academic dishonesty.” University president the Rev. John Jenkins said evidence students had submitted papers and homework that had been written for them by others was initially detected at the end of the summer session. Because of potential violations, the four players can’t compete until the conclusion of the investigation and the university honor code process.
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) β Jeff Gordon has broken the Michigan International Speedway qualifying record to take the pole for tomorrow’s Sprint Cup race. Gordon had a top speed of 206.558 mph, 2 mph faster than the old mark set by Kevin Harvick in June. Joey Logano qualified second, followed by Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers and Brad Keselowski.
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) β NASCAR has added a rule that bars its drivers from approaching the track or moving cars after accidents unless there are extenuating circumstances such as smoke in the cockpit or fire. The rule comes less than a week after driver Kevin Ward Jr. was struck and killed during a dirt-track race in New York. If a car is involved in an accident and can no longer keep going, the driver should not loosen any personal safety equipment until directed to do so by safety personnel or a NASCAR or track official.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) β Heath Slocum and Scott Langley share the lead midway through the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. Slocum and Langley each fired 5-under 65s for the second straight day to take a one-shot edge over Brian Stuard, Nick Watney, Martin Laird and Andrew Svoboda. First-round leader Camillo Villegas (vih-zhay’-gas) is among nine golfers who are two strokes back.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) β Brittany Lincicome (LIHN’-sih-kuhm) has a three-shot lead over Inbee Park and Lexi Thompson through two rounds of the LPGA Championship in New York. Lincicome shot a 4-under 68 for a 9-under total as she seeks her second major title and first since the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Meena Lee, Jane Park and Lydia Ko are tied for fourth at minus-5.
