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MIAMI (AP) -- NCAA investigators visited the University of Miami campus Monday looking into claims that more than a dozen former or current football players received gifts and services from convicted Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro, his attorney said.Shapiro has told the NCAA he provided players with the use of a yacht and other favors, said his attorney, Maria Elena Perez. Shapiro and Perez have been talking with the NCAA about the matter for a couple of months and provided documentation, she said.University officials didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. School officials and current players were expected to be interviewed.Shapiro's relationship with the program dates back about a decade. Some of the alleged incidents occurred in the past four years, which would be within the NCAA's statute of limitations regarding violations.Shapiro, 42, was sentenced in June by a New Jersey federal judge to 20 years in prison for his role in an investment fraud scheme. [Read the full article] PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- In two short years, linebacker Aaron Maybin went from promising first-round draft pick to bust in Buffalo after the Bills waived him on Monday.Having run out of second - and third - chances, Maybin's departure was announced in a one-sentence e-mail issued by the Bills as they prepared to open their final week of training camp in suburban Rochester, and two days following a preseason-opening 10-3 loss at Chicago.Coach Chan Gailey was not available for comment and expected to discuss the decision to part with Maybin following the team's evening practice.The move did not come as a surprise to anyone, especially after Gailey had already described Maybin's status as "tenuous" in January.Selected 11th overall in the 2009 draft out of Penn State, Maybin never played up to his potential as a dominating pass-rusher. In two seasons with Buffalo, he failed to register a sack or even break into the team's starting lineup in 27 career games. [Read the full article] DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers got some help for their outfield Monday, acquiring Delmon Young from the division rival Minnesota Twins for a minor league pitcher and a player to be named.Young doesn't have far to go to join his new team. The Twins are in Detroit to open a series against the Tigers at Comerica Park.Young, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft by Tampa Bay, didn't become the feared power hitter that the Twins were hoping for when they acquired him in 2008. He was hitting .266 with just four homers and 32 RBIs in 84 games this season.He's still only 25, though, and had what was probably his best season in 2010, hitting .298 with 21 home runs.The first-place Tigers add another potentially big bat to their roster as they try to hold on in the AL Central. They lead Cleveland by 2 games heading into Monday night's action.Young and the Twins avoided salary arbitration before this season, agreeing in February to a one-year contract worth $5,375,000. [Read the full article] 
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