Campbell University dealt one-year probation

By Associated Press
Published in Sports on August 23, 2016 1:48 PM

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Campbell on probation

BUIES CREEK (AP) -- The NCAA placed Campbell on probation for one year for improper academic certification of 34 athletes in 10 sports over a five-year period.

The governing body also said earlier this month the Camels must vacate all wins from 2010-15 in which ineligible athletes played.

Neither the athletes nor the sports were identified, though the NCAA says the majority of athletes involved were transfers.

The violations were discovered after an audit of the school's academic progress rate results, and the university self-reported them. An NCAA report in 2015 listed the Camels' baseball and wrestling teams as facing penalties for low APR scores.

The NCAA determined that the eligibility issues stemmed from an administrative error during the certification process, saying the school's registrar did not understand the process.

Sponsors drop swimmer

Ryan Lochte lost three major sponsors when swimsuit company Speedo USA, clothing giant Ralph Lauren and skin-care firm Syneron-Candela announced in quick succession they were dumping the swimmer over a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics that he initially described as an armed robbery.

Speedo USA also said it would donate $50,000 of Lochte's fee to Save The Children to benefit needy youngsters in Brazil.

Initially, Lochte said he and three swimming teammates were robbed after their taxi was pulled over by armed men posing as police the night after the swimming competition ended in Rio de Janeiro.

He has since apologized for embellishing his version of events.

The financial costs of losing Speedo and Ralph Lauren are likely to be only the first sanctions that await Lochte, whose night of partying ended up tarnishing the reputation of the American team and dominating news away from the stadiums and arenas in the final days of the Rio Games that closed Sunday night.