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College football

Kramer turns his attention to Bobcats’ troubles

Montana State football coach Mike Kramer has a “quiet” period of about three weeks during which his recruiting is limited. But that doesn’t mean Kramer is getting a break.

“I’m going to have to re-recruit every one of my players,” Kramer said Friday at the end of a press conference in which he said the recent drug-related arrest of one current and two former players was one of the factors that led him to withdraw his name from consideration for the head coaching job at Idaho.

Montana State cornerback Andre Fuller and former Bobcat players Eddie Sullivan and Derrick Davis were arrested on Dec. 11 on charges that they sold drugs to informants in June.

And in June, former redshirt football player John Lebrum and former Bobcat basketball player Branden Miller were charged with murder and kidnapping in the shooting death of suspected drug dealer Jason Wright. They have pleaded not guilty.

The suspected murder weapon was recovered in a locker in the MSU men’s basketball locker room.

NBA

Punishment coming for brawl

The NBA could rule today on penalties resulting from the brawl between the Nuggets and Knicks.

All 10 players on the court, including league scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected after the melee Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The mayhem began when New York’s Mardy Collins flagrantly fouled the Nuggets’ J.R. Smith with 1:15 left in Denver’svictory.

Anthony could receive one of the harshest penalties and faces an automatic suspension for throwing a punch.

Smith and New York’s Nate Robinson will be penalized for their fight that spilled into the stands.

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NFL career scoring leaders

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