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Stanford fires Taylor following report

Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor following a report last week that he had been investigated twice for allegedly mistreating staffers. General manager Andrew Luck announced the decision on Tuesday in his first major move since taking over in his role running the entire football program. “It has been clear that certain aspects of the program need change,” Luck said in a statement Tuesday. “... There has been significant attention to Stanford investigations in previous years related to coach Taylor. ... It is evident to me that our program needs a reset. In consultation with university leadership I no longer believe that coach Taylor is the right coach to lead our football program.” ESPN reported last week that Taylor, 56, had been investigated twice since taking over before the 2023 season over allegations of hostile and aggressive behavior, as well as personal attacks, against female staff members. Both probes determined that Taylor’s treatment of employees, particularly of women, was inconsistent with Stanford’s standards. Taylor went 3-9 in each of his two seasons with the Cardinal.

Ex-King Bibby to lead Sacramento St.

Former Kings star Mike Bibby was hired to take over the struggling basketball team at Sacramento State. Athletic director Mark Orr announced the move Tuesday. “Since 2001, Sacramento has felt like home to me,” Bibby, 46, said in a statement. “The people, the fans and the passion they have for the city and their teams is unmatched. I have always felt that passion, and will always be thankful for how I was embraced. Sacramento State is no different. ... We are going to build, we are going to develop, and we are going to win.” Bibby won an NCAA title as a player at Arizona in 1997 and then starred in the NBA for 14 seasons, with his biggest success coming in seven seasons with the Kings. Bibby retired in 2012 and has had various coaching jobs since. He won five state titles at Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix. He also has been an assistant for the Puerto Rican National Team, summer league teams for the Cavaliers and Grizzlies, and the NBA G-League Ignite. Sacramento State has never made the NCAA Tournament since moving up to Division I in 1991-92.

Swiss court acquits Blatter, Platini

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. Once soccer’s most powerful men, former FIFA president Blatter, left, and former UEFA president Platini were acquitted for a second time in a case now in its 10th year on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than $2 million of FIFA money in 2011. The attorney general’s office in Switzerland had challenged a first acquittal in July 2022 and asked for sentences of 20 months, suspended for two years. The indictment alleged the payment “damaged FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini.” Blatter, 89, and Platini, 69, have denied wrongdoing. Though federal court trials have twice cleared their names, Blatter’s reputation likely always will be tied to leading FIFA during corruption crises that took down a swath of senior soccer officials worldwide. Two were convicted in 2017 after a trial in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn. Platini’s ban by FIFA expired in 2019 and Blatter’s will expire in 2028. —Associated Press