Newsmakers

Backed University of San Diego President Mary E. Lyons said Friday that she and the school’s trustees have “unwavering support” for men’s basketball coach Bill Grier and athletic director Ky Snyder as the FBI investigates a bribery case. Two former players and a former assistant coach are charged in the case with running a sports betting business to fix games. Lyons and Snyder said they’ve been told the NCAA won’t look into the case until the FBI finishes its investigation. Grier, a former Gonzaga assistant, said he wasn’t suspicious that anything was going on.

Announced Former Gatorade Player of the Year Ammon Olsen will enroll at BYU in January, according to the Cougars’ head coach, Bronco Mendenhall. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound quarterback attended Southern Utah University as a freshman in 2009 before leaving for a two-year church mission.

Raised South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier will earn $800,000 more next season after taking the Gamecocks to their first Southeastern Conference title game. Spurrier made $2 million in 2010, when the Gamecocks won the SEC Eastern Division title and lost to Auburn in the league’s championship game. He will make $2.8 million next fall.

Pleaded Two College of Southern Idaho men’s basketball players pleaded guilty to reduced charges after police say they found marijuana in a smoke-filled car in which the two were sitting. Starting guard Jerrold Brooks and recent transfer Luke Cothron pleaded guilty in an Idaho Falls courtroom to frequenting a place where illegal substances are present. Both were suspended from the team. Brooks averaged 15.4 points per game as a freshman for CSI.

Suspended Los Angeles Kings forward Jarret Stoll has been suspended one game for a blindside hit that knocked San Jose defenseman Ian White out of Game 1 of a first-round Western Conference series. The NHL announced the punishment after holding a telephone hearing with Stoll.

Died Former Philadelphia A’s shortstop Eddie Joost, who managed the franchise in its last season (1954) before it moved to Kansas City, died Tuesday in Fair Oaks, Calif. He was 94. Joost played 17 major league seasons for the Reds, Braves, A’s, and Red Sox.