Ducks may lift RB’s suspension

College football: Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount’s season-long suspension for punching an opponent could be lifted if he meets certain conditions, coach Chip Kelly said.

“It’s not a football decision, it’s a human being decision. It’s about that individual,” Kelly said Friday. “And he’s got a lot of things he’s got to do.”

Blount punched Boise State’s Byron Hout (Lake City High) in the aftermath of Oregon’s 19-8 season-opening loss. The suspension banned him from games, but Blount was allowed to remain on scholarship and practice with the team.

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Abuse of Williams’ head alleged

Baseball: A new book by a former employee of Alcor, the company that froze Ted Williams’ remains, alleges the baseball Hall of Famer’s body was mistreated by the company.

Larry Johnson says in the book “Frozen: My Journey Into the World of Cryonics, Deception and Death,” that he watched an Alcor official swing a monkey wrench at Williams’ frozen severed head to try to remove a tuna can stuck to it. The first swing accidentally struck the head, Johnson contends, and the second knocked loose the tuna can.

Johnson says Alcor used the cans as pedestals for the heads.

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Courtship goes off course

Golf/tennis: Just 15 months after they were married, golf star Greg Norman and tennis great Chris Evert have separated.

The announcement came three days before Norman is to captain the International team at the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, where wives of the captains take on a visible role.

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