Morgan State's Todd Bozeman and Larry Bastfield say the situation, in which the coach has been accused of punching the guard midgame, was blown out of proportion.Athletic director Floyd Kerr informed him of the decision late Sunday night, Bozeman told the newspaper. The school has begun an investigation into the incident.Kerr told the coach he was to "separate" himself from the team and have no further contact with any of his players or coaches until further notice, The Sun reported.South Carolina State president George E. [Read the full article]

"New Jersey & You, Perfect Together" used to be the Garden State's tourism slogan. But for Connecticut, New Jersey was no vacation paradise last week, as a pair of losses at Seton Hall and Rutgers sent the Huskies plunging eight positions to No. 16 in Monday's ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.UConn was one of five teams in last week's top 10 to lose in the past seven days, as Duke, Missouri, Georgetown and Louisville also dropped decisions -- results that shook up this week's top 10. But the Huskies, beaten 75-63 by Seton Hall and 67-60 by Rutgers, fell the farthest of any team in the poll.Losing hasn't been a problem at Syracuse, which improved to 17-0 and remained at No. 1. The Orange received 30 first-place votes from the panel of 31 Division I head coaches, with No. [Read the full article]

The Denver Broncos' victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday turned into a nice payoff for quarterback Tim Tebow in more ways than one.SportsNation: On the bandwagon?Did Tim Tebow clinch a place as America's quarterback? And just how good was his performance? • Cast your votes! • Stats & Info: Top 10 Tebow tidbitsTebow has an escalator of $250,000 in his contract for each playoff victory assuming he participated in at least 70 percent of Denver's plays during the requisite season, according to an NFL source. [Read the full article]

The seven-time Grand Slam title winner announced on Twitter and her website that she wouldn't play in the year's first major tournament, which starts next week.Williams hasn't played competitively since pulling out of the U.S. Open on Aug. 31, saying she'd been diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can cause fatigue and joint pain.To experience everything that ESPN.com has to offer, we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version of your web browser. Click the upgrade button to the right or learn more.The seven-time Grand Slam title winner announced on Twitter and her website that she wouldn't play in the year's first major tournament, which starts next week.Williams hasn't played competitively since pulling out of the U.S. Open on Aug. [Read the full article]