Butler Catholic held its basketball free throw competition in the school gym recently, resulting in eight age-group winners.

The boys champions include Nick Grenci (age 10), John Ferguson (11), Keenan Barlow (12), Jacob Ferguson (13) and Philip Kletzi (14).

Girls champions were Christina Friel (10), Kate Kletzi (11) and Gabriell Carney (12).

PHILADELPHIA — Maurice Cheeks has at least another season to try and win a championship ring in Philadelphia as a coach to match the one he won as an All-Star guard with the 76ers.Cheeks and the Sixers agreed to a one-year contract extension Wednesday, giving him through the 2008-09 season to get Philly back to the playoffs for the first time since 2005.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Having lost its final appeal, Ohio State will pay former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien almost $3 million for wrongfully firing him. The Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear Ohio State's appeal of the coach's lawsuit against the university, signaling an end to a lengthy court battle.