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Resigned Central Florida athletic director Keith Tribble resigned Wednesday amid allegations of recruiting violations in the school’s football and basketball programs. School President John Hitt announced the move at a news conference to discuss a notice of allegations the school received this week from the NCAA. The notice details a list of infractions the NCAA says Tribble and other athletic department employees engaged in with reputed agent runners and several players.

Selected The Los Angeles Galaxy’s Omar Gonzalez was voted the league’s defender of the year. Gonzalez, who turned 23 on Oct. 11, became the youngest player to win the award. In voting by players, media and club officials, Gonzalez received 94.5, followed by Real Salt Lake’s Jamison Olave (50.7) and Nat Borchers (21.5).

Hired The NCAA hired a 28-year police veteran to lead its football investigations staff. The organization said that William Benjamin, the deputy chief of police at the Indianapolis Police Department, has been named a director of enforcement with a focus on football. He also played football at San Jose State.

Announced The IAAF decided to let Paula Radcliffe keep her marathon world record from 2003, after previously saying it would reduce one of athletics’ outstanding performances to a world best because the English runner set the mark in a race with men.

Died One of the NBA’s first big stars, Ed Macauley, who won a championship with the St. Louis Hawks and was traded by the Boston Celtics for Bill Russell, has died. He was 83. Saint Louis University announced Macauley’s death on Tuesday.

• Officials say two offshore powerboat racers died after their catamaran crashed during the first of three days of racing at the Key West (Fla.) World Championship. Robert M. Morgan, of Sunrise Beach, Mo., and Jeffrey Tillman, of Kaiser, Mo., were piloting the boat as throttleman and driver, respectively.