Newsmakers
Sentenced Thirty-three-year-old Adrian Gilliam, a convicted murderer who pleaded guilty to selling the gun used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair, was sentenced in a U.S. District Court in Nashville, Tenn., to 21/2 years in prison. Gilliam acknowledged during a court hearing in September that he sold a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic pistol to McNair’s mistress, 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi.
• Ex-NFL running back Lawrence Phillips has been sentenced to more than 31 years in prison for attacking his girlfriend and driving his car into three teens. Phillips, 34, twice choked his girlfriend in 2005 in San Diego. Later that year, he aimed his car and struck three teens after a pickup football game in Los Angeles.
Fined Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings was fined $7,500 by the NBA for posting a message on his Twitter account after Milwaukee’s 108-101 double-overtime win over Portland last weekend. Jennings was fined for the timing of his post, not the content.
•Offensive lineman Richie Incognito was fined $50,000 by the NFL for two unnecessary roughness fouls. The infractions were his fifth and sixth for unnecessary roughness this season. St. Louis released him Tuesday and he signed with Buffalo on Thursday.
Agreed Florida State’s new football coach, Jimbo Fisher, has agreed to a five-year contract worth $1.8 million annually, not including incentives. Fisher, currently FSU’s offensive coordinator, will take over from coach Bobby Bowden on Jan. 5.
Announced Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said he will give up his senior season of eligibility and enter the NFL draft.
Hired Sam Houston State hired Willie Fritz as head football coach. The 49-year-old Fritz was 97-47 in 13 seasons at Central Missouri, becoming the first coach to lead the Mules to eight straight seasons of at least seven wins.
Discovered Federal court records show the driver in a car accident that seriously injured U.S. national soccer team forward Charlie Davies had consumed alcohol. A U.S. Park Police detective says the unnamed driver told police she drank alcohol before the crash and officers smelled alcohol on her breath.