Miscellany

Tevester Anderson, an assistant to former coach Mark Gottfried, has been hired as Murray State’s new head basketball coach.

Stanford has taken a commanding 411-308 lead over defending champion and host Auburn with one day left in the NCAA swimming championships.

Two-time Olympic biathlete Beth Coats was in the intensive care unit of a Boulder, Colo., hospital after suffering head and back injuries in a climbing accident this week.

Gymnast Blaine Wilson won four events in helping the U.S. defend its International Team Championships against China and Romania in Knoxville.