May 30, 2009 in Sports

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Accused New Mexico football coach Mike Locksley, on the job less than six months, has been accused of sexual harassment, age discrimination and retaliation by a former administrative assistant. Sylvia Lopez filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Loaded Penn State coach Joe Paterno is a millionaire. Records released Friday by the university show the 82-year-old Hall of Famer is Penn State’s highest-paid employee, making more than $1.03 million last year. The records were released in compliance with a Pennsylvania Right-to-Know law that took effect in January.

Failed A “medical requirement” was failed by Ruslan Chagaev, forcing his challenge for Nikolai Valuev’s WBA heavyweight title to be called off a day before the fight. Finnish officials said “Chagaev has been unable to fulfill the Finnish Boxing Federation’s medical requirements” but gave no further details.

Died Former Olympic snowboarding champion Karine Ruby, who had been training to become a mountain guide, died in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc in France. She was 31. She was a six-time world champion with 65 snowboard World Cup victories.

Cut A fixture on the Redskins’ offensive line for much of the last decade before injuries took their toll, Jon Jansen was cut by the team. Jansen started 122 games for Washington.

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