By The Associated Press

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:07 PM CST

Here's a look at Wednesday's sports in brief around the world.

BASEBALL

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The winter meetings heated up even more, with Milwaukee landing pitchers Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins, Baltimore acquiring Kevin Millwood in a trade with Texas, and the Yankees completing the three-team, seven-player swap that brought them All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson.

As the Rangers traded Millwood, they added Rich Harden. New York also re-signed postseason star Andy Pettitte, and Houston reeled in hard-throwing reliever Matt Lindstrom from the Florida Marlins on the next-to-last-day of the four-day annual session.

Detroit obtained lefty reliever Phil Coke and outfield prospect Austin Jackson from the Yankees, plus touted young pitchers Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth from Arizona. The Diamondbacks also got right-hander Ian Kennedy from New York.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing complaints from some members that Congress had more pressing matters, a House subcommittee approved legislation aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion.

The legislation, which still faces steep odds, would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship unless it results from a playoff. The measure passed by voice vote in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s commerce, trade and consumer protection subcommittee, with one audible “no,” from Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong is headed to Louisville to be the Cardinals’ head coach.

Louisville hired Strong to help revitalize a program that sagged under former coach Steve Kragthorpe, signing him to a five-year contract that will pay him a base salary of $1.6 million a year.

Strong’s sturdy defenses helped Florida win two national championships and for most of the past decade he has been considered a potential head coach.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Mack Brown is a $5 million man, not just this season, but for the life of his contract.

With the Longhorns playing for their second BCS national championship in five years, school officials agreed to raise Brown’s annual salary from $3 million to at least $5 million.

Brown was scheduled to receive a one-time $2 million payment early next year. University system regents agreed to make that an annual payment for the rest of his contract, which runs through 2016.

HOUSTON (AP) — Ndamukong Suh picked up another honor, taking home the Rotary Lombardi Award as the nation’s top lineman.

But in this week of picking up trophies, he took some time away from the celebration to apologize to fellow Lombardi Award finalist Jerry Hughes of TCU for not knocking off Texas in the Big 12 Championship game on Saturday.

Suh delivered his regrets to Hughes earlier in the week when the two were up for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. Suh also won the Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s top defensive player, and is a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities charged nine Michigan State football players with misdemeanor assault and conspiracy following a dormitory brawl last month that has left the team short-handed for its Jan. 2 bowl game.

All nine players were charged with conspiracy to commit assault and battery, according to Ingham County prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III and campus police chief James Dunlap. Each was also charged with at least one count of assault or assault and battery.

Coach Mark Dantonio has suspended 11 players, up from eight following the Nov. 22 incident.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jerry Hughes of unbeaten TCU won the Ted Hendricks defensive end of the year award.

Hughes anchors the nation’s top-rated defense, and had 54 tackles and 11 1/2 sacks in helping the Horned Frogs (12-0) win the Mountain West Conference and gain a berth in the Fiesta Bowl against Boise State on Jan. 4.

OLYMPICS

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — It’s time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold medal winner in the women’s 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.

The International Olympic Committee reallocated two individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping, but in an unprecedented move withheld her 100-meter prize from Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou because of her “disgraceful” behavior in evading drug tests at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The decision means the first two runners across the line in Sydney have both been denied the winner’s medal for doping violations, and the gold in sprinting’s marquee event will remain without an owner — believed to be a first in the 113-year history of the modern Olympics.

PRO FOOTBALL

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid signed a three-year contact extension through 2013. Reid, the winningest coach in team history, has led the Eagles to the playoffs seven times with five trips to the NFC title game and one Super Bowl appearance in 10 seasons.

Since joining the team in 1999, Reid has won 115 games and compiled a .611 winning percentage, both best in Eagles history.

GOLF

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The PGA Tour has picked up its third new title sponsor of the year with an announcement that Waste Management will be sponsor of the Phoenix Open starting next year.

Waste Management replaces FBR, which had said earlier this year it would not renew its contract after 2010.

The tournament, which draws by far the largest crowds of the PGA Tour, will be known as the Waste Management Phoenix Open. It will be held Feb. 25-28 at TPC Scottsdale.