Newsmakers

Suspended The two Mississippi State players caught on camera fighting in the stands of the Diamond Head Classic have been suspended indefinitely and sent home from Hawaii. Renardo Sidney and Elgin Bailey, who are roommates, were involved in a fistfight after the Bulldogs’ game Thursday. The altercation lasted for several minutes before being broken up by teammates and coaches. MSU athletic director Scott Stricklin sent out a tweet on Friday saying, “The actions that took place in Hawaii were embarrassing to all of us who love Mississippi State. This behavior will not be tolerated.” Sidney and Bailey will miss at least the next two games.

Sidelined Buffalo Sabres leading scorer Derek Roy will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left quadriceps tendon. General manager Darcy Regier announced that the center is expected to miss four to six months, and will have surgery to repair the injury in the next couple of days. Roy was hurt a day earlier in the first period of a 4-3 loss to Florida. Carrying the puck into the Panthers’ zone, Roy was driven into the boards by defenseman Dmitry Kulikov.

Retired The U.S. Golf Association executive director David Fay is retiring. His two decades as executive director marked by a steady push for golf’s return to the Olympics and for the U.S. Open to be held on golf courses that anyone could play at a reasonable price. Fay’s announcement was somewhat of a surprise, although he turned 60 two months ago and said it was an important milestone for cancer survivors. He joined the USGA in 1978 and became its sixth executive director in 1989, serving under 12 presidents. Mike Butz, the deputy executive director , will take over Jan. 1.

Died Former Clemson baseball coach Bill Wilhelm, who led the Tigers to more than 1,100 wins and six College World Series appearances, has died. The school said Wilhelm died Friday morning at Oconee Memorial Hospital at Seneca, S.C., at age 81. A cause of death was not given. Wilhelm coached the Tigers from 1958 to 1993 and never had a losing season, finishing with a record of 1,161-536-10.