Former 49ers player and current assistant coach for the Denver Broncos is facing a felony assault charge after being accused of punching a police officer in the face at the Denver International Airport.

Outside linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault on a police officer and booked into the Denver jail on Sunday, according to jail records. A judge set a $5,000 bond.

According to a police affidavit, Wilhoite pulled up to the airport’s drop-off lane Sunday afternoon and left his vehicle unattended. A uniformed police officer approached Wilhoite when he returned and told him he couldn’t do that.

Wilhoite told the officer to shut up and bumped his chest into the officer, who shoved Wilhoite back, according to the affidavit. Wilhoite then punched the officer in the face, knocking him down, and returned to his truck, according to the police affidavit.

The officer used a Taser on Wilhoite as he entered his vehicle to drive away and Wilhoite was subsequently arrested, according to the affidavit.

Panthers won’t re-sign Thompson >> The Carolina Panthers are moving on from longtime linebacker Shaq Thompson.

The Panthers informed Thompson, who was set to become an unrestricted free agent, that they will not be re-signing him.

The 30-year-old has been with the Panthers for a decade, but has been limited to just six games over the last two seasons because of injuries.

Women’s basketball

Texas No. 1 in AP poll >> Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll for the first time in 21 years and the third different team to hold the top spot in the past three weeks.

The Longhorns moved atop the poll after previous No. 1 Notre Dame lost in double overtime to North Carolina State. UCLA had been No. 1 the 12 prior weeks to the Irish.

Men’s basketball

Preseason No. 1 Kansas falls out of AP Poll >> Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week, while preseason No. 1 Kansas out of from the men’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly four years, ending the Jayhawks’ ranked run at 80 consecutive weeks.

The Tigers earned all 60 votes from the national media panel after beating Arkansas and Georgia last week. They were followed by Duke and Florida, which traded places in the poll, with Houston and Tennessee rounding out the top five. Houston has been in the Top 25 for 102 weeks.

The Jayhawks were dropped from the poll for the first time since Feb. 8, 2021, when the season was played amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That had ended a record 231 consecutive weeks in the Top 25 for Kansas.

Utah fires coach >> The University of Utah fired men’s basketball coach Craig Smith a day after a 76-72 loss at Central Florida that dropped the Utes to 15-12 this season.

Smith was in his fourth season in charge of the program. He was 65-62.

The Utes are 7-9 in the Big 12 Conference this season. The team advanced to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament a season ago while in the Pac-12.

Former Georgetown player dies >> Kevin Braswell, a Baltimore-born basketballer who played for the Georgetown Hoyas before enjoying a well-traveled professional career that took him to New Zealand, has died. He was 46.

Braswell’s death was announced by the Utsunomiya Brex, a team he coached in Japan’s domestic league. No cause of death was specified but Braswell had been hospitalized after undergoing heart surgery earlier this year. Braswell played pre-season matches for the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat and played for the Florida Flame and Columbus Riverdragons before pursuing an extensive playing career overseas.