IN BRIEF
Seneca Valley graduate Candice Eyerman scored a season-high 23 points, including six 3-pointers, as the Waynesburg College women's basketball team upended Thomas More, 66-62 Wednesday evening.
Butler graduate Kim Nowakowski scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the second half to lead California (Pa.) University to a 57-45 women's basketball win over rival Indiana (Pa.) Wednesday.Nowakowski also managed a career-best 20 rebounds in the victory.
NEW ORLEANS — Sean Payton was introduced as New Orleans Saints head coach, inheriting a team that won three games last season and played all its contests on the road because of Hurricane Katrina.Payton is taking on his first head coaching job after serving under Bill Parcels at Dallas, where he coached the quarterbacks and also held the title of assistant head coach. Before that, he was a New York Giants assistant, a stint that included that team's NFC championship in 2000.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter won't be fined by the NFL for criticizing officials after the Steelers beat Indianapolis.Porter criticized referee Pete Morelli's crew during a series of postgame interviews following Sunday's 21-18 win in the AFC divisional round.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An assault case was dismissed against Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, who had been accused of shoving a woman in a bar.A woman from Overland Park, Kan., had contended that Johnson shoved her at a Kansas City bar. The woman said she had been involved with the player for more than two years.
