Butler grad Allen named All-AcademicERIE — Butler graduate and Penn State Behrend track and field athlete Paige Allen has been named U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic for her efforts last season.To qualify for this team, a student athlete must carry at least a 3.3 grade point average, compete in an NCAA indoor or Outdoor Championship, or be ranked in the national top 35 in an individual event or top 25 in a relay event.Allen competed in the NCAA Outdoor Championships after qualifying sixth in the 100 meters and 13th in the 200 meters, setting school records in both.

Olympians at risk with bad Rio waterRIO DE JANEIRO — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of getting violently ill in water competitions, but the AP’s tests indicate that tourists also face potentially serious health risks on the golden beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana.The AP’s survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympic venues has revealed consistent and dangerously high levels of viruses from the pollution, a major black eye on Rio’s Olympic project.

Dodger OF Puig ticketed for minors?LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig expects to be sent to the minors on Tuesday after the Los Angeles Dodgers were unable to trade him at the deadline, according to his agent.Adam Katz said he was told Puig didn’t show up to Dodger Stadium before the club departed on its road trip to Colorado. Katz said the Cuban slugger wasn’t there because the Dodgers didn’t expect him to be on their big-league roster for Tuesday’s game.