Newsmakers

Interviewed Attorney Phil Abernethy wrote in an e-mail to the Associated Press that John Bond, the former Mississippi State player who helped spark the NCAA’s investigation of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, met with federal law enforcement and state investigators and that he “cooperated fully with both agencies and has provided them all facts known by him.” Abernethy said Bond would have no further comment.

• U.S. investigators interviewed French anti-doping officials at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, as part of a probe into allegations of drug use by cyclists, including Lance Armstrong, reported the Associated Press. The investigation shifted its focus to France, with an American delegation seeking information from police officials and the national anti-doping agency.

Paralyzed University of Southern Mississippi linebacker Martez Smith is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot outside a nightclub in Hattiesburg, Fla., over the weekend along with two of his teammates Tim Green and Deddrick Jones. Also, police said they arrested two women wanted in connection with the shooting and were searching for a third man.

Pleaded The driver in a crash that injured U.S. national soccer team forward Charlie Davies and killed a female passenger pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drunken driving. Maria Espinoza, 23, faces up to 13 years in prison when she is sentenced in February.

Awarded Sprinter Allyson Felix won her third Jesse Owens Award, and David Oliver was honored by USA Track and Field for the first time. The awards will be presented at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Dec. 4 at Virginia Beach, Va.

Retiring Montana Tech football coach Bob Green announced his retirement after 24 seasons at the Butte school. Green’s teams posted a 140-116-1 record and played for the 1996 NAIA national championship, falling 33-31 to Southwestern Oklahoma.

Expiring Montana athletic director Jim O’Day said the school will not renew the contract of women’s soccer coach Neil Sedgwick. Sedgwick was hired in 2004 and his teams have posted a 37-77-13 record over the past seven seasons, including a 3-12-3 mark overall this fall.