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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns general manager John Dorsey isn't rushing to grant Duke Johnson's request to be traded. The running back was unhappy with a reduced role last season and hasn't reported for the Browns' voluntary offseason workout program, which began on April 1. Dorsey called Johnson a "talented playmaker" and says he looks forward to "seeing him on the field on Sundays."
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has officially appealed the NCAA's two-year suspension of forward Silvio De Sousa that resulted from an FBI probe into corruption in college basketball. De Sousa was suspended for most of the 2018-19 basketball season and all of the 2019-20 season for what the university calls "alleged violations that he was unaware of and from which he did not benefit." The Kansas City Star reports the appeal now goes to the NCAA's Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, whose ruling is final.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Assistant coach Donny Daniels is leaving Gonzaga after nine seasons, the first change on the basketball coaching staff since 2013. The Spokesman-Review reports that the 64-year-old Daniels plans to join Utah as director of basketball operations, which will reduce his workload since it won't involve recruiting or on-court coaching. Daniels' time at Gonzaga includes all five of the program's 30-win seasons, two runs to the Elite Eight and the 2017 national title game.
DALLAS (AP) — A world champion swimmer and former University of Texas athlete is suing a Dallas-based health company claiming that its multivitamins led to her suspension from international competition. Madisyn Cox is suing Cooper Concepts, saying the vitamins caused a failed drug test and a suspension handed down by the international swimming governing body.
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Several major racetracks, including all three sites of the Triple Crown, have agreed to phase out the use of an anti-bleeding medication starting next year followed by the elimination of Lasix in stakes races in 2021. Among the tracks that have come together on the divisive medication issue are Churchill Downs, Pimlico and Belmont — the hosts for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont.
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