Colleges -- Ball State apologized to former basketball coach Ronny Thompson after an outside review found "unprofessional behavior" by an employee tainted the school's report to the NCAA on possible rules violations. Ball State also said yesterday that the school and Thompson had resolved a dispute surrounding his July resignation.

Cycling -- American cyclist Floyd Landis cannot compete in France until 2009 even if he has his two-year doping ban lifted by the sport's highest court. The French Anti-Doping Agency said it had imposed its own ban against Landis, preventing him from riding in France until Jan. 31, 2009 - ruling him out of next year's Tour de France.