NORMAN, Okla. — Amath M’Baye, Wyoming’s top rebounder, is transferring to Oklahoma.
Sooners coach Lon Kruger announced Thursday that M’Baye signed a financial aid agreement with Oklahoma, where the native of Senegal will have two years of eligibility remaining but must sit out next season because of NCAA transfer rules. M’Baye averaged 12.0 points and 5.7 rebounds for the Cowboys last season.
• Michigan sophomore guard Darius Morris declared for the NBA draft, though he has not hired an agent and has until May 8 to withdraw his name from draft consideration.
• Eastern Michigan hired Rob Murphy to replace Charles Ramsey as its coach. Murphy signed a five-year contract worth $210,000 annually plus a $15,000 radio stipend and incentives.
• George Mason’s Jim Larranaga has emerged as the leading candidate to become the University of Miami’s next coach.
Red Bulls blank United
WASHINGTON — Thierry Henry scored twice in the first half, and Bouna Coundoul got his second shutout of the season as the New York Red Bulls beat D.C. United 4-0 to move into first place in the Eastern Conference.
Henry had goals in the 12th and 38th minutes, both with assists from Jan Gunnar Solli. Joel Lindpere netted in the 76th, and substitute Juan Agudelo scored in second-half injury time.
Footnotes.
Mike Dias, a 54-year- old software engineer from Lafayette, defeated Tom Howison of Chillicothe, Ohio, 215-176 to win the PBA Senior Don Carter Open in Winter Garden, Fla.
• Anaheim Ducks left winger Jarkko Ruutu was suspended for one game by the NHL for a late hit on Nashville’s Martin Erat on Wednesday night that left the Predators center out indefinitely.
• Loui Eriksson of the Dallas Stars, Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings and Martin St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the finalists for the NHL’s Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship. The winner will be announced June 22.
• Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge and was sentenced to probation after striking a deal with prosecutors that wipes out a similar charge and spares him any time in prison unless he stumbles again.
• Lynn Chandnois, a 1950s special-teams star for the Pittsburgh Steelers whose 29.6-yard average on kickoff returns ranks second only to Gale Sayers (30.6) in NFL history, died Tuesday in Flint, Mich. He was 86.
• Garrett Willis had a run of six straight birdies on the front nine en route to a 7-under-par 64 and a one-shot lead over Arjun Atwal, Matt Bettencourt, Chad Campbell and Tim Herron in the suspended first round of The Heritage in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
• Jess Jackson, the founder of the Kendall-Jackson winery and owner of two of the most widely recognized thoroughbreds in recent years (Curlin and Rachel Alexandra) died of cancer in Geyserville, Calif. He was 81.
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