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Monday's Sports In Brief

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Urban Meyer keeps winning big.

Meyer can pair Ohio State's national championship with a hefty contract extension that will make him the second-highest paid coach in college football. Meyer was rewarded with an extension through the 2020 season.

His previous contract ran through the 2017 and would have paid him $4.9 million for 2015. The new terms and extension give Meyer a six-year deal. He will make $5.8 million in total compensation for 2015. His contract will average at least $6.5 million a year over the next six years.

Meyer has led Ohio State to a 38-3 record and is 24-0 in Big Ten regular-season play. The Buckeyes defeated Oregon last season to win the first College Football Playoff.

Alabama's Nick Saban is the only coach to earn more money per season than Meyer at $7 million.

NFL

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders have agreed to a deal with free agent wide receiver Michael Crabtree.

Crabtree announced on his Twitter account that he is joining the Raiders and the team confirmed the signing later Monday night.

He will become a Raider six years later than many people expected. Oakland passed on Crabtree in the 2009 draft even though he was considered the top-ranked receiver. The Raiders instead took the faster Darrius Heyward-Bey seventh overall, three spots before Crabtree went to the San Francisco 49ers. Heyward-Bey was cut after four ineffective years in Oakland.

Crabtree's production has been limited in recent years by injuries and the Niners made little effort to keep him in free agency.

Crabtree had 68 catches for 698 yards and four touchdowns last season, when he had the sixth-lowest yards per catch of any wide receiver at 10.3.

DETROIT (AP) - A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that the Detroit Lions have disputed Tampa Bay's offer sheet to restricted free agent defensive end George Johnson.

The person confirmed Detroit's objection on condition of anonymity Monday because the NFL is not commenting on the matter. The 27-year-old Johnson is coming off a productive season as a backup for the Lions. He had six sacks, the third-most on the team.

According to the collective bargaining agreement, a dispute over an offer sheet is to be resolved by an arbitrator, who identifies what terms would have to be matched by the player's current team.

NBA

NEW YORK (AP) - Rod Thorn returned to the NBA league office in 2013 with a commitment to stay two years.

That ends in August, so Thorn will be on the move again.

Thorn will retire as NBA President of Basketball Operations, ending a lengthy and successful career at the league and team level.

As a team executive, Thorn drafted Michael Jordan in Chicago and built the Nets into two-time Eastern Conference champions. He said Monday he has no plans to work for a team again, at least on a full-time basis.

The 73-year-old Thorn previously spent 14 years at the league before taking the Nets job. He traded for Jason Kidd and won the 2001-02 Executive of the Year award, when the Nets made their first of two straight NBA Finals trips. He spent 11 years as team president and later held the same position for the Philadelphia 76ers.

He then agreed to return to the NBA and stay on during the transition from David Stern to Adam Silver as commissioner.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Justin Anderson is forgoing his final season at Virginia and entering the NBA draft.

The university announced his intentions Monday, but said he has not hired an agent, a move that would end his amateur status and force him into the draft. His decision was first reported by Yahoo Sports.

The 6-foot-6, 228-pound guard with outstanding leaping ability made the biggest impression at Virginia with his shot blocking and crowd-pleasing dunks. He averaged 12.2 points this season and was leading Virginia in scoring when he broke the pinkie finger on his (left) shooting hand against Louisville on Feb. 7. He also was leading the conference in 3-point shooting percentage at 48.4 percent before making just 1 of 9 after his return from the injury.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Kansas forward Perry Ellis announced he will return to school for his senior season.

Ellis revealed his plans at the team's awards banquet.

The 6-foot-8 Ellis averaged 13.8 points and 6.9 rebounds last season. He started 34 games and surpassed 1,000 career points while helping the Jayhawks to their 11th straight Big 12 Conference title.

Ellis missed two games late in the season with a knee injury, but returned for the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Tournament. Kansas finished with a 27-9 record.

NHL

DETROIT (AP) - After struggling through the last month of the regular season, the Detroit Red Wings are turning to Petr Mrazek in goal for the opening game of their playoff series against the NHL's highest-scoring team.

The 23-year-old Mrazek will make his postseason debut Thursday night in Game 1 at Tampa Bay. Coach Mike Babcock picked him over Jimmy Howard, announcing the decision after practice.

Howard has been Detroit's No. 1 goalie since the 2009-10 season. Two years ago, the Red Wings kept him off the free agent market by giving him a $31.8 million, six-year contract.

Howard looked fine this season until he injured his groin in a Jan. 10 game at Washington. Mrazek played well in his absence, and Howard has only an .896 save percentage since returning.

SAILING

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Sailing's international governing body has rejected a former official's complaints of gross misconduct filed against the America's Cup jury that handed down the harshest penalty in the history of sailing's marquee regatta.

In a statement posted on its web site, the International Sailing Federation says that along with outside attorneys, it reviewed the complaints by Paul Henderson of Toronto and ''considers there is no case to answer.'' Henderson has the right to appeal, ISAF said.

ISAF has refused to divulge which of its officials reviewed the complaints.

Henderson is a former ISAF president and a former member of the International Olympic Committee. He filed complaints in January contending the five-member jury failed to provide a fair hearing to sailors from Oracle Team USA while investigating the biggest cheating scandal in America's Cup history.

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