County hoopsters in Cager ClassicNATRONA HEIGHTS — Numerous Butler County basketball players will be participating in the 21st annual A-K Cager Classic All-Star Game March 25 at Highlands High School.Freeport's Kim Mixon, Kevin Lynch and Evan Schaffhauser, Mars' Nicole McCloud and Ben Perdziola, Knoch's Carly Burdett, Austin Hannes and Mac Christy will be playing.The girls game begins at 6 p.m. with the boys game to follow.,b>Affadavit released on Kansas playerTULSA, Okla. — One day before top-seeded Kansas opens NCAA Tournament play, court officials released an affidavit that said freshman star Josh Jackson threatened to “beat” a women’s basketball player during a confrontation in December.Douglas County District Court officials released the affidavit to The Lawrence Journal-World detailing statements from McKenzie Calvert and two other Kansas women’s basketball players who witnessed the argument Dec. 9 outside a bar in Lawrence, Kansas. The affidavit was filed by police to justify a court summons Jackson was served March 7; he is charged with misdemeanor criminal damage.

Penny resigns post at USA GymnasticsSteve Penny resigned as president of USA Gymnastics following intensified pressure on the organization for its handling of sex abuse cases.The resignation came a week after the United States Olympic Committee’s board recommended to USA Gymnastics chairman Paul Parilla that Penny should step down. Penny offered his resignation during a previously scheduled board meeting on Thursday.

Bulls lose Wade to fractured elbowCHICAGO — Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade will miss the rest of the season with a fractured right elbow.The Bulls said an MRI revealed the fracture. Wade was injured in the fourth quarter of the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. He collided with Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph and said after the game that he felt his elbow pop.Fernandez likely drove in boat crashMIAMI — Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was the “probable” operator of a speeding boat that crashed into a Miami Beach jetty on Sept. 25, killing the baseball star and two other men, according to a report issued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which investigated the accident.The 46-page report included a seating chart that had Fernandez at the helm, based on “physical evidence” collected during the investigation, including the pitcher’s fingerprints and DNA on the steering wheel and throttle and projection of his body as he was thrown from the boat.

NFL plans to add 2nd female officialNEW YORK — A person with knowledge of the hiring tells The Associated Press that the NFL is adding a second female official, Terri Valenti, to work as an instant replay official next season.Valenti will join Sarah Thomas, who has been a line judge since 2015.