Kansas’ Mangino Signs Extension

Kansas Coach Mark Mangino has signed a five-year contract worth about $1.5 million a year.

The university announced the deal Thursday, locking up Mangino through the 2010 season. His previous contract was set to expire at the end of the 2008 season.

Under the new contract, Mangino will earn a base salary of $220,000. The university also will pay for “professional services rendered,” such as the production of TV and radio shows and product endorsements, which boost the salary to about $1.5 million annually.

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Texas Tech could be without its top receiver this season after an NCAA ruling that denied a waiver for Jarrett Hicks’ academic eligibility.

No. 25 Texas Tech, which opens its season Saturday at home against Southern Methodist, has appealed the denial, spokesman Chris Cook said.

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The father of Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson will have to wait a little longer before getting to see his son play in person.

Nelson Peterson, who spent nearly seven years in prison for money laundering, was released to a halfway house in Oklahoma City this summer. He told the Oklahoman newspaper that his request to attend Saturday’s Oklahoma-Alabama Birmingham game in Norman had been denied.

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The once-promising career of Ohio State linebacker Mike D’Andrea has ended because of ongoing knee problems, Coach Jim Tressel said.