She was The Associated Press' national coach of the year in 2011, sharing the award with Connecticut's Geno Auriemma and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer. Meier also was a co-winner of USA Basketball's coach of the year award after leading the Americans to a gold medal at last year's Under-19 women's world championships.
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Williams was inactive for Sunday's 37-22 loss to the New England Patriots. Williams started the Bills' first four games, but coach Doug Marrone said Sunday's game plan called for the Bills to activate a third tight end in place of one of the team's wide receivers.
VIENNA (AP) — Carlos Berlocq of Argentina came back from a break down in the second set to defeat Gerald Melzer of Austria 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Monday at the Erste Bank Open.
Bettman was joined by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and Sabres executives in making the announcement before the team's home game against Anaheim.
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Vinci was joined in the next round by eighth-seeded Monica Niculescu of Romania, who defeated Germany's Antonia Lottner 6-2, 6-2.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks is in a Las Vegas hospital after a second operation for abdominal problems.
Fink said the injury can't be helped with surgery and he's been advised to wait 30 days to see if the horse heals. He won't decide on whether Wise Dan will return to training until then.
Berlocq, who is ranked 64th, next plays fourth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, who had a bye in the opening round.
In the women's draw, fifth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced into the second round when Czech opponent Klara Koukalova retired with a viral illness after losing the first set 6-1.
Wise Dan is 4-0 this year after his season was interrupted by colic surgery. He won two Grade 1 races in April and May before the emergency surgery. He won his comeback race at Saratoga in August and then won the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile earlier this month.
Wise Dan has 23 wins in 31 career starts, including 11 Grade 1 wins, and over $7.5 million in earnings.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills General Manager Doug Whaley granted the agent for wide receiver Mike Williams permission to seek a trade.
BEIJING (AP) — Dan Martin of Ireland won the 97-mile fourth stage of Tour of Beijing on Monday, while Belgium's Philippe Gilbert retained the overall lead.
Whaley said Monday that Williams' agent, Hadley Englehard, asked to gauge interest from other teams in a possible trade. But Whaley says the Bills aren't actively pursuing a trade.
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Financial terms of the deal weren't released. Meier, however, revealed that she donated $75,000 to support women's sports at the school, a pledge that has already gotten several longtime Hurricane supporters to follow suit.
Wise Dan had been preparing to defend his title in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 1. Fink says trainer Charlie LoPresti noticed swelling in Wise Dan's ankle and an X-ray showed a fracture in the 7-year-old horse.
Hale spent parts of seven seasons with Minnesota and the Los Angeles Dodgers during a 12-year playing career.
The 49-year-old Hale will replace Kirk Gibson, who was fired with three games left in a disappointing 2014 season in which Arizona finished with the worst record in baseball.
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Also, eighth-seeded Andreas Seppi advanced by beating Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 6-4.
Additionally, five freshmen who are redshirting this season — Tyler Jones, Kalen McCain, Deyshawn Middleton, Terronne Prescod and Maurice Trowell — have been placed on team probation.
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Coach Katie Meier is now under contract to lead Miami's women's basketball program through 2021, with an extension being announced Monday by the school.
His wife updated The Associated Press on her husband's condition, saying "it's going to be a long road ahead, but he's strong and he's starting to recover." Brenda Spinks does not know how long he will be hospitalized but the family is optimistic.
Hale managed in Arizona's minor league system for six seasons and was the Diamondbacks' third base coach from 2007-09. He spent two seasons as the New York Mets' third base coach before serving as Bob Melv
