Colleges: The NCAA rescinded its policy prohibiting championship events from being held in states that have legalized sports gambling. After last year’s Supreme Court decision that opened the door for states to sponsor legalize sports betting, the NCAA indefinitely suspended the policy that previously had kept events such as the men’s basketball tournament out of Nevada. Sports betting now is legal in seven other states. ... Clemson fired assistant basketball coach Steve Smith. At the ongoing federal corruption and bribery trial in New York, a wiretap was played in court of a conversation between Smith, defendant Christian Dawkins and an undercover FBI agent. Smith is heard commenting on why Clemson’s national championship football team is so successful. He said “if you use resources at Clemson, you can really keep everything tight.” Clemson AD Dan Radakovich has said a review found no reason to believe the football program had done anything wrong.

Golf: Former PGA champ Jason Dufner shot an 8-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead midway through the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C. Dufner reached 11-under 131. Max Homa (63) and first-round co-leader Joel Dahmen (66) were tied for second, while four-time major champ and first-round co-leader Rory McIlroy (70) and 2018 Masters champ Patrick Reed (69) were five back of the lead and tied for fourth. ... Wu Ashen held a two-stroke lead midway through the China Open in Shenzhen. Kuang Yang became the youngest player to make a cut at a regular European Tour event at 14 years, six months, 12 days after holing a 20-foot par putt on his final hole to make it to the weekend on the number. ... Ken Tanigawa and Tim Petrovic shared the lead when the first round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Insperity Invitational in The Woodlands, Texas, was suspended because of lightning and heavy rain.

— News services