Former director of USA Swimming named in sex-abuse scandal

The sexual abuse scandal at USA Swimming has revealed its biggest name yet — the former director of the national team.

Everett Uchiyama was on a list released Tuesday by the swimming organization showing 46 people who have received lifetime bans or permanently quit the organization, most for sex-related offenses.

According to USA Swimming, Uchiyama received his suspension on Jan. 31, 2006. The oldest suspension on the list was handed out in 1991, but most occurred in the past decade — including 11 since the beginning of 2009.

Uchiyama hastily resigned as national team director on Jan. 27, 2006, without explanation. He began his career at USA Swimming in 1999 as the national team coordinator, and moved up to national team director on an interim basis in December 2002. The interim title was removed in April 2004, just a few months before the Athens Olympics.

Uchiyama was banned for violating a section in the code of conduct that forbids “any sexual conduct, advance or other inappropriate sexually oriented behavior or action directed towards an athlete by a coach.” The provision also prohibits “any nonconsensual physical sexual conduct, or pattern of unwelcome advances or other sexual harassment in connection with or incidental to a USA Swimming-related activity.”

Of the 46 names released by the organization, 36 were punished for sexual misconduct or inappropriate sexual behavior. Two were banned for fraud, deception or dishonesty; two for unspecified felonies; and another for illegal drugs or substances. No offense was listed in five cases

Pro Football

Coach Norv Turner has told safety Kevin Ellison to stay away from the San Diego Chargers’ minicamp following his arrest on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance. Turner says he didn’t want the distraction of having to talk about Ellison’s arrest.

Police in Redondo Beach said Ellison was arrested Monday afternoon after he was stopped for speeding in a school zone near his former high school. Sgt. Peter Grimm says a search of Ellison’s vehicle turned up 100 pills of Vicodin, a controlled substance. He was booked and released on $10,000 bail.

Ellison, who played at USC, was a Chargers rookie in 2009.

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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by two photographers who said they were shot at by bodyguards of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.

The April 2009 incident allegedly occurred during a party in Costa Rica celebrating the couple’s marriage two months earlier.

Photographers Yuri Cortez and Rolando Aviles and the news agency Agence France Presse alleged in the lawsuit that the guards shot at the photographers and narrowly missed their heads.

The judge said neither Brady nor Bundchen lives in New York and the lawsuit against them does not belong in the state.

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Jarvis Williams, a former defensive back for the Miami Dolphins and New York Giants, died of an asthma attack Tuesday night in north Florida. He was 45.

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Washington Redskins receiver Santana Moss told a group of teammates last week that he received treatments from the Canadian doctor charged with smuggling and supplying human growth hormone. Moss portrayed the treatments as routine — and not involving banned substances — according to teammate Phillip Daniels.

Moss and Coach Mike Shanahan met before Wednesday’s offseason practice, and Shanahan said he was confident that Moss would not be disciplined for a possible violation of the NFL’s banned substance policies.

CYCLING

The International Cycling Union asked national members in four countries to investigate riders and officials based on claims of doping made by Floyd Landis.

The probes did not “in any way” imply the UCI believed Landis’ accusations, it said.

The UCI said the investigations concern Australia’s Matthew White, Belgium’s Johan Bruyneel — longtime team manager of Lance Armstrong — Canada’s Michael Barry and France’s John Lelangue to establish if they broke anti-doping rules.

Landis alleged Bruyneel and Armstrong tried to cover up a failed drug test in 2001 by the seven-time Tour de France winner.

The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that U.S. authorities examining the Landis allegations are looking into whether they should expand their probe to include other charges involving fraud.

Armstrong denied Landis’ claims.

Soccer

Real Madrid fired Manuel Pellegrini and plans to hire Jose Mourinho as its new coach once he negotiates an end to his contract with Inter Milan.

The announcement came four days after Mourinho led Inter Milan to the Champions League title with a victory over Bayern Munich. His team also completed an Italian treble following victories in Serie A and the Italian Cup.

BASEBALL

A judge approved a multimillion-dollar Major League Baseball loan to keep the Texas Rangers afloat during bankruptcy proceedings, raising hopes that the team’s stalled $575-million sale may happen this summer.

U.S. District Judge D. Michael Lynn set a mid-June hearing on the Rangers’ plan to pay the $75 million of the club’s debt tied up in owner Tom Hicks’ financially strapped ownership group. That would remove the team from the additional claims by creditors against Hicks Sports Group, which is not part of the bankruptcy filing.

Matters could be finalized at a July 9 hearing.

HOCKEY

The Kings agreed to terms on a two-year contract with left wing Scott Parse, who just completed his rookie season with 11 goals and 24 points. His plus-13 rating in 59 regular-season games ranked first among all rookie forwards in the NHL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

A former Oklahoma State assistant basketball coach who sued Minnesota Coach Tubby Smith over an aborted hiring was awarded nearly $1.25 million by a jury.

The jury found that Smith falsely represented that he had the authority to hire Jimmy Williams when he called Williams in 2007 to talk about an assistant coach position in Minnesota. Williams claimed Smith offered him the job and that after that conversation, Williams resigned from his $200,000-a-year post at Oklahoma State.

But Minnesota officials backed away from Williams after Athletic Director Joel Maturi pointed out that Williams had NCAA recruiting violations in his past.