Former Maryland star Baxter sent to prison

A federal judge in Greenbelt, Md., sentenced former University of Maryland basketball star Lonny Baxter to 60 days in prison on Friday for illegally shipping firearms, a ruling that cost Baxter his contract with a Spanish team.

U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte based the sentence on Baxter’s history with firearms and his actions in the case.

Baxter’s Spanish league contract was rescinded Friday, according to a statement on the Web site of his team in Barcelona, DKV Joventut de Badalona. Baxter, who had already begun training with the team, is scheduled to report to prison by Oct. 1.

•Boston Celtics forward James Posey was suspended by the NBA for one game for pleading no contest to reckless driving stemming from an incident in April.

•At Lexington, Ky., New York Knicks center Randolph Morris pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to pay a $100 fine.

•At Chester, Pa., divers, the U.S. Coast Guard and searchers with dogs continued until 4 p.m. looking for Floyd “Pete” Nelson, father of NBA player Jameer Nelson, in and around the fast-moving Delaware River.

The 57-year-old had been working Thursday in a dry dock area and was last seen walking toward a tug used as a break room, according to Harry Hays, the owner of Hays Tug & Launch Service.

Floyd Nelson was last seen at about 11 a.m.. His lunch and car keys were found in the tug’s kitchen area, and his car was nearby, Chester Police Chief John Finnegan said. Searchers were examining a 3-foot gap between the tug and the dock.

Nelson, a welder, had worked for the company for about a decade.

College football

Utah loses QB Johnson

Utah quarterback Brian Johnson will be out at least three weeks with a separated right shoulder, an injury suffered in his first game since a blown out knee cost him the entire 2006 season.

The Utes also lost their top running back, Matt Asiata, for the season with a broken lower right leg in a 24-7 loss to Oregon State on Thursday night.

•Texas suspended wide receiver Billy Pittman for three games after learning he broke school amateurism rules by borrowing a friend’s car this summer.

In a statement, the Longhorns did not identify the friend but said the person had no connections to the school.

Miscellany

Marleau, Sharks agree

Patrick Marleau agreed to a two-year, $12.6 million contract extension with the San Jose Sharks, keeping the longtime captain with the club through 2010.

•Marathon swimmer Skip Storch was in stable condition in New York’s Nyack Hospital, where he was being treated for muscle tears, abrasions and hypothermia following his record-setting swim around Manhattan, which he completed Thursday.

•The University of Oregon will hire Cal State-Fullerton baseball coach George Horton to restart its varsity program, The Oregonian of Portland reported. The Ducks haven’t played varsity baseball in 26 years.