UNLV candidates have WSU roots

Colleges: Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood, Washington State senior associate athletic director John Johnson and former Oregon athletic director Bill Moos are vying for the vacant A.D.’s job at UNLV.

The three finalists were announced Wednesday by members of a search committee and UNLV president Neal Smatresk. UNLV is looking for a full-time replacement for Mike Hamrick, now at Marshall University.

Livengood, pictured above, has been the athletic director at Arizona since 1994. He previously was A.D. at Washington State and Southern Illinois.

Johnson has been in his current position at Washington State since 1994 and previously served in various A.D. roles at Weber State and Eastern Washington.

Moos was athletic director at Oregon from 1995 to 2007. Prior to that, he held various A.D. roles at Montana and Washington State.

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Congratulations to nobody

Track and field: It’s time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold- medal winner in the women’s 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.

The International Olympic Committee reallocated two individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping, but in an unprecedented move withheld her 100-meter prize from Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou because of her “disgraceful” behavior in evading drug tests at the Athens Olympics.

The decision means the first two runners across the line in Sydney have both been denied the winner’s medal for doping violations, and the gold in sprinting’s marquee event will remain without an owner – believed to be a first in the 113-year history of the modern Olympics.

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Ochocinco increases ante

Football: Cincinnati receiver Chad Ochocinco is taking the NFL’s fine for his latest touchdown celebration as a challenge to do more.

Ochocinco was fined $30,000 for briefly donning a mock poncho and a sombrero next to the bench following his touchdown catch during a 23-13 win over Detroit on Sunday. That’s $10,000 more than the fine he got for pretending to bribe an official during a game earlier this season.

“That’s OK,” Ochocinco said. “They keep jacking them up, I’ll keep jacking up the celebrations.”

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