Newsmakers

Suspended Maryland freshman center Diamond Stone has been suspended for a game by coach Mark Turgeon for his behavior Saturday against Wisconsin. Stone was issued a dead ball technical foul late in the first half. After Stone and Wisconsin’s Vitto Brown went to the floor underneath the basket, Stone pushed Brown’s face onto the court after they became entangled. Turgeon said Monday that Stone will miss Thursday’s game at Minnesota.

Rutgers star freshman Corey Sanders has been suspended from basketball activities for two weeks for a violation of team rules, coach Eddie Jordan said in a statement released by the school. Sanders will miss Rutgers’ next four games. Sanders ranks first among freshmen in the Big Ten in points (16.2) and steals (1.6) per game and is second in assists (4.1).

The Buffalo Sabres say left wing Evander Kane won’t play Tuesday night against the Ottawa Senators after missing practice on Monday. Coach Dan Bylsma says Kane attended the NBA All-Star Game in Toronto on Sunday night and slept in the next morning, missing practice. Bylsma says he is “disappointed” that the forward broke a team rule. The 24-year-old Kane has 16 goals and 8 assists in 47 games with Buffalo this season.

Staying The Tampa Bay Lightning and Steven Stamkos aren’t parting ways any time soon. The team announced that the two-time Maurice Richard Trophy winner won’t be moved before this month’s trade deadline. The announcement ends speculation that the defending Eastern Conference champions might abandon hopes of signing Stamkos, who has twice been the NHL’s top goal scorer, to a long-term contract extension. Stamkos, who has a no-trade clause in his contract, is in the final year of a deal that pays him about $5.5 million this season. He is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent in July.

Hopeful Spanish rider Alberto Contador hopes to compete in the Tour de France with his own professional team next year if he can raise enough money. The two-time Tour de France champion, who previously indicated he would retire at the end of the 2016 season, said it was “increasingly likely” he would ride in 2017 if his team could get “top-level status and compete in the Tour.” Contador, 33, said his new team needs to raise 15 million euros ($16.7 million) to sustain a professional squad. He was “optimistic and confident something good can come of this” but added his chances were “around 50 percent.”