VCU F Mo Alie-Cox arrested for assault

VCU F Mo Alie-Cox arrested for assault

RICHMOND, Va.

VCU forward Mo Alie-Cox is facing a misdemeanor assault charge after a woman claimed he punched her in the face in a nightclub.

According to the arrest warrant, the incident took place April 3, about two hours after Rams coach Shaka Smart told his team his was leaving to take the same job at Texas.

In her handwritten complaint, Morgan Ashley Kaye says she became involved in a verbal altercation with another woman in the club.

Kaye wrote the other woman pushed her, and Kaye “accidently” grabbed the woman by the hair. It was then that she claims the 6-foot-6, 250-pound Alie-Cox punched her in the face.

VCU athletic director Ed McLaughlin says the school is monitoring the situation and will allow the legal process to run its course.

Cactus Bowl to move back to Chase Field

PHOENIX

Due to construction work at Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, the Cactus Bowl will be played for the next three years at Chase Field in Phoenix, home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.

The bowl game, which originated in Tucson, Arizona in 1989, moved to Chase Field in 2000 and was staged there until it moved to Sun Devil Stadium in 2006. When the new contract expired, the game could return to the renovated Sun Devil Stadium.

The Cactus Bowl, operated by the Fiesta Bowl organization, is in the second year of a six-year contract with the Pac-12 and Big 12.

Fiesta Bowl Executive Director Mike Neal said Chase Field, in a revived downtown setting, was selected over a return to Tucson or to University of Phoenix Stadium.

Texans sign extension with LB Mercilus

HOUSTON

The Houston Texans signed outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus to a four-year contract extension on Monday.

A first-round draft pick in 2012, Mercilus has appeared in 47 games (33 starts) and has made 139 tackles, 18 sacks, 21 tackles for loss, forced four fumbles and had one fumble recovery. Last season, Mercilus had 50 tackles and five sacks. Playing on the opposite side from NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt, Mercilus was set to make $1.43 million this year under his rookie contract.

Mercilus was the 26th overall pick out of Illinois in 2012.

Denver, Colorado College to play outdoors

DENVER

The University of Denver and Colorado College will play an outdoor hockey game at Coors Field in February.

This will be the first time the Pioneers and Tigers have played outdoors in a rivalry that dates to the 1950s. The game will be held Feb. 20 and is being called the “Battle on Blake.” A week later, the Colorado Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings meet in an outdoor game at Coors Field. It’s the third straight season a team from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has been involved in an outdoor game.

Lady tries to find man she kissed at marathon

BOSTON

A Tennessee woman searching for the handsome stranger she kissed while running the Boston Marathon says finally heard back — from the mystery man’s wife.

Barbara Tatge (TAY’-jee) says her daughter had dared her to kiss a random, good-looking man and take a photo of it as she ran her first Boston Marathon on April 20. Then her daughter took to social media to try to find the man.

Tatge says The Wellesley Townsman, a Boston-area news outlet, shared a letter addressed to her Sunday. The unidentified man’s wife said the attention was fun, but the couple wanted to remain anonymous.

Tatge says she thanked the wife for her graciousness and good humor. She also apologized for any embarrassment the campaign may have caused.

Wire reports