Miami, FIU hand down harsher penalties

Miami and Florida International handed down additional punishment Monday in the aftermath of Saturday’s sideline-clearing brawl between the schools in the Orange Bowl.

Miami’s Anthony Reddick, who wielded his helmet as a weapon and smashed it into an FIU player, had his one-game suspension increased to an indefinite one.

FIU’s Chris Smith, who wrestled Miami holder Matt Perrelli down and appeared to punch him in the chin, was dismissed from the team.

Marshall McDuffie Jr., Smith’s teammate, who then kicked Perrelli in the head, was also thrown off the team. Both will remain on scholarship.

FIU’s new sanctions also included extending the one-game suspensions of 16 other players to indefinite ones.

FIU said its suspended players would have to complete 10 hours of anger management counseling and 50 hours of community service, plus would be on athletic probation for the remainder of the year. Miami said it would order its suspended players to complete community service as well.

“Lamar Thomas was fired from his job as TV analyst for Comcast Sports following his comments during Saturday’s fight in the Orange Bowl.

The former Miami player said, in part, “Now, that’s what I’m talking about. You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don’t come into the OB playing that stuff. … You can’t come over to our place talking noise like that. You’ll get your butt beat. I was about to go down the elevator to get in that thing.”

“Northern Colorado fullback Garrett Bliss, 21, was arrested after a fight outside an apartment complex in Greeley, Colo., becoming the third UNC football player in five weeks to be accused in altercations.

Baseball

Warrant out for Uribe

Dominican authorities were seeking Juan Uribe after issuing an arrest warrant for the White Sox shortstop in connection with the shooting of two men in Santo Domingo.

Uribe and a bodyguard are suspected of shooting and wounding a Dominican farmer and a captain in the Italian Navy when the pair walked too close to Uribe’s jeep, authorities said.

College basketball

Duke guard injured

Duke point guard Greg Paulus is out indefinitely with a foot injury, though it’s not known if the Blue Devils captain will miss any games. The sophomore reinjured his left foot, apparently first injured in high school, near the end of Saturday’s workout.

“Tara VanDerveer has received a six-year contract extension to remain Stanford’s women’s coach through the 2011-12 season. VanDerveer begins her 21st season at Stanford and 28th as a college head coach, having taken her team to 18 straight NCAA tournaments.

Miscellany

Hurdling champion dies

Ondina Valla, the 80-meter hurdle champion at the 1936 Summer Games and the first Italian woman to win an Olympic gold medal, died Monday in L’Aquila, Italy. She was 90.

“Ernestine Bayer, known as the mother of U.S. women’s rowing for the generations of athletes she trained, died in Exeter, N.H., at 97.