Tom Izzo has another suitor.
Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis said Monday the Cleveland Cavaliers are interested in replacing fired coach Mike Brown with Izzo.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert discussed the framework of a deal, worth about $6 million a season for up to five years, with perks such as using one of his private jets. Izzo makes more than $3 million a season and is under contract through 2016.
“I’ve taken the no-comment-on- all-of-it policy, which is a little bit unlike Tom Izzo,” Izzo said. “But I’ve been very consistent with that. And maybe to close it up, I would just say there are so many things out there that are so far-fetched right now. I’m the Michigan State coach and that’s what I’m going to do right now. Who knows what the future brings?”
Colts ready for deal with Manning
BATAVIA, N.Y. — Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian said he is confident the team will re-sign four-time MVP Peyton Manning before his current contract expires after the 2010 season.
“There’s probably some likelihood that that will happen,” Polian said. “But there’s a lot of work that we can do between then and now to lay groundwork and cover areas that we need to cover.”
Colts owner Jim Irsay has already said he will make Manning the NFL’s highest-paid player.
• Police don’t plan to recommend pressing charges against a Green Bay Packers player accused of sexual assault by two women who changed their statements during the investigation, the chief overseeing the investigation said.
Delton (Wis.) Police Chief Tom Dorner said he expects to forward the investigation’s findings to prosecutors by today, but said they would have a hard time proving a case. One unidentified player remains under investigation.
• San Diego Chargers receiver Malcom Floyd signed his one-year contract tender worth $3,168,000.
• The St. Louis Rams acquired four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Isaac Bruce from San Francisco in advance of a retirement news conference Wednesday.
Rose, Fowler come up short
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Major champions Tom Lehman, Davis Love III and Ben Curtis led 15 players who earned spots in the U.S. Open, while Justin Rose and the youngster he beat at Muirfield Village on Sunday at the Memorial — 21-year- old Rickie Fowler — did not after a 36-hole qualifier.
• Europe Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie clinched a place at the British Open at St. Andrews in July.
Footnotes.
Former junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman will need surgery on his right knee after tearing his meniscus and stretching ligaments during Saturday night’s loss to Miguel Cotto.
• Manitoba coach Scott Arniel has been hired for the same job with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
• Megan Langenfeld hit a game- ending home run in the eighth inning to give UCLA a 6-5 victory over Arizona in the opener of the women’s College World Series finals in Oklahoma City.
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