aid the 27-year-old younger brother of Yu Darvish was sentenced to

TOKYO -- A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted the brother of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish of gambling on baseball games, handing him a suspended prison sentence.The Osaka District Court found Sho Darvish guilty of taking hundreds of bets on Major League Baseball and on professional baseball games in Japan last year.The court said the 27-year-old younger brother of Yu Darvish was sentenced to two years and four months in prison, but the sentence was suspended for five years. The court said the defendants gambling was limited to his group of friends and was not linked to organized crime, according to local media reports.The younger Darvish took bets of 10,000 yen ($100) on Japanese and American professional baseball games, accepting wagers totaling about 110 million yen ($1.1 million) through the LINE social networking application, Kyodo News reported.Sho Darvish himself bet roughly 220 million yen ($2.2 million) on the games, Kyodo said.His arrest last year led to an investigation of Yu Darvish, but the authorities found no involvement by the Rangers star.Sho Darvish reportedly said during his trial that he regretted causing trouble to his family and that he planned to change his surname to make their relationship less obvious.But on Tuesday, Judge Hajime Hashimoto reportedly advised Darvish that what should change are his actions, not his name. Jimmie Foxx Jersey Large . Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat. Custom Pedro Martinez Jersey . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. http://www.customredsoxjersey.com/custom-jim-rice-jersey-large-219j.html . And follow TSN.ca right through Deadline Day for all the updates. From Pierre LeBrun While Anaheim GM Bob Murray said earlier this season he was not going to trade Jonas Hiller despite the fact hes an unrestricted free agent on July 1, some sources have told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun that Murray might be willing to move another goalie. Custom Red Sox Jersey China .com) - Christian Ponder will get another chance to prove himself for the Minnesota Vikings, with head coach Leslie Frazier announcing Wednesday that the struggling quarterback will start this weekends game against the Green Bay Packers. Babe Ruth Jersey Large . Aside from the trilogy main event title fight, there are a number of intriguing matchups in the heavyweight, welterweight and lightweight divisions. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- University of Tennessee president Joe DiPietro has announced the members of a special independent commission to review the Title IX programs at each of the schools in the University of Tennessee system.Members of the commission include Washington attorney Stanley Brand, University of Connecticut Title IX coordinator and Office of Institutional Equity associate vice president Elizabeth Conklin, Sports Law Associates president Janet Judge and Nashville-area attorney Bill Morelli.DiPietro had announced in July he would appoint this commission when Tennessee reached a $2.48 million settlement of a Title IX lawsuit filed by eight unidentified women who said the school fostered a hostile sexual environment through a policy of indifference toward assault complaints against athletes.We are proud of the work done in recent years by our Title IX, student conduct and student welfare professionals on our Knoxville campus and across our system to create awareness of, prevent, respond to and provide support around issues related to sexual assault and sexual misconduct, but one incident of sexual misconduct is one too many, DiPietro said Tuesday iin a statement.ddddddddddddHaving said that, unfortunately these incidents will happen on a college campus, but when they do, I want the confidence that we did everything within our power to appropriately deal with the situation, and that we provided the necessary support for all involved, hence our desire for an independent commission to take a thorough look at our approach.Brand is a former U.S. House of Representatives general counsel. Judge has advised schools and conferences on Title IX compliance for over 20 years.The commission will hold its initial meeting Nov. 17 and will make a report to DiPietro within six months later. The commission has full authority to access all University of Tennessee campuses while reviewing existing Title IX programs and resources.The commission will be working with the law firm Neal & Harwell, which represented the university in the Title IX lawsuit.---The APs college football page: http://collegefootball.ap.org---This story has been corrected to reflect the settlement was $2.48 million. ' ' '