PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst has hired former Wisconsin quarterback Brooks Bollinger as quarterbacks coach and Desmond Robinson as running backs coach. Chryst also named former Arkansas staff member Dann Kabala as player personnel director.

Bollinger starred at Wisconsin from 1999-2002 before spending six years in the NFL and two more in the UFL. He spent last season as the head coach at Hill Murray (Minn.) High, leading the team to a 9-3 record and a state playoff berth.

Robinson has made coaching stops at Notre Dame, West Virginia and Syracuse. Notable players under Robinson include former West Virginia running back Amos Zereoue and former Notre Dame back Autry Denson.

Kabala, a Pittsburgh native, worked in various capacities at Arkansas under Bobby Petrino from 2010-12.

CLEVELAND — Browns president Mike Holmgren says general manager Tom Heckert underwent heart surgery last week.Heckert had surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to repair a blockage. Holmgren said Monday that Heckert wasn't feeling well and went for a checkup, when the blockage was discovered. Holmgren said Heckert, who has been with the Browns since 2010, is recovering well and is expected to be back in his office Tuesday.

NEW YORK — On a night when the NBA All-Star game and Academy Awards went 1-on-1 on television, the basketball showcase produced its second-highest overnight rating since 2005.TNT said Monday the game in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday produced a 5.4 overnight. This is the highest metered-market overnight since the game seven years ago drew 5.9.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Sean Marshall agreed Monday to a new contract with the Cincinnati Reds that adds $16.5 million over three seasons through 2015.Cincinnati's setup man already was guaranteed $3.1 million this season as part of a two-year contract. The deal announced Monday adds salaries of $4.5 million in 2013, $5.5 million in 2014 and $6.5 million in 2015.

STORRS, Conn. — University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun underwent what the school says was successful surgery to address the spinal condition that has forced him to miss the Huskies’ past seven games.The two-hour surgery was performed Monday morning at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and involved removing a “large extruded disk fragment” that had been pressing on a spinal nerve, the school said. The surgeons then decompressed the area around the nerve.