Former coach wants Montana State to pay

Former Montana State football coach Mike Kramer said Monday he wants compensation from the university for his firing last month, which occurred days after the arrest of another former Bobcat on drug charges.

Kramer spoke publicly about his dismissal for the first time in a news conference with attorney Cliff Edwards at Edwards’ Billings office, as university officials prepared to begin interviewing four finalists for his job. He was ousted by school officials in mid-May, after seven seasons during which he compiled a 40-43 record.

Edwards said Kramer’s contract was breached and his career tainted, leaving MSU with “substantial monetary and legal exposure that need to be addressed.” Speaking with MSU officials about compensation is the appropriate first step, and helping Kramer “reclaim his good name” is one of the goals, said Edwards, adding that a lawsuit had not been filed.

•Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Jack Trudeau was charged with refusing to give police officers a list of teenagers attending a weekend party at his home involving underage drinking.

Officers arrested Trudeau and 13 teenagers early Saturday after complaints about a loud party at his home in the northern Indianapolis suburb of Zionsville.

Trudeau, 44, waived his right to an initial court hearing on the felony charge of obstructing justice and misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and furnishing alcohol to a minor.

•Sam Adams, a 350-pound defensive tackle and three-time Pro Bowl player, signed with the Denver Broncos after spending last season with Cincinnati.

Adams previously played for Buffalo, Oakland, Baltimore and Seattle. Adams started all 16 games for the Bengals last year with 25 tackles, two sacks and one pass breakup.

•The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed running back Verron Haynes to a one-year contract. Haynes, a fifth-round draft pick in 2002, played seven games in 2006 before hurting his knee against Oakland on Oct. 29 and being cut in March.

He is expected to compete for a job as the team’s third-down back with veterans Najeh Davenport and Kevan Barlow.

Miscellany

Canucks re-sign Pyatt

The Vancouver Canucks re-signed forward Taylor Pyatt to a two-year, $3 million contract.

The 25-year-old Pyatt set career highs with 23 goals and 37 points in 76 games while making $700,000 last season.

•Monica Abbott threw her fourth straight shutout, and Tennessee got home runs from Alexia Clay and Shannon Doepking to beat defending champion Arizona 3-0 in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series finals at Oklahoma City.

•Sacramento Monarchs forward DeMya Walker will miss the rest of the season after tearing a tendon in her right knee.

An MRI confirmed she had a patellar tendon tear. She will undergo surgery.

•Two Brazilian soccer fans accused of planning to throw a grenade at a bus full of rival supporters after a league game were arrested in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The two Palmeiras fans were stopped at a highway checkpoint Sunday night following the team’s 3-1 loss to Cruzeiro in Sao Paulo.

The fans were carrying an American-made grenade and confessed they were going to throw it at the bus taking Cruzeiro fans to the team’s hometown of Belo Horizonte.

•Janice-Lee Romary, who competed as a fencer in six consecutive Olympics and was the first woman to carry the U.S. flag during the opening ceremonies, died recently at her home in Klamath Falls, Ore., She was 79.

She died Thursday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.