Former Oklahoma State quarterback Al Pena has received a waiver from the NCAA that will allow him to play at Houston this fall. Pena graduated from Oklahoma State in May but had a year of eligibility left. He had planned to take advantage of a rule that allows graduating seniors to transfer without having to sit out a year, but the NCAA rescinded the rule in January. Pena needed a waiver.

New Mexico State and coach Hal Mumme announced a settlement in a lawsuit brought by four former players who claimed they were discriminated against because they are Muslims.

Colorado was placed on two years of probation and fined $100,000 by the NCAA for inadvertently undercharging 133 athletes for meals totaling $61,700 over six academic years. The school also was ordered to cut one football scholarship for the next three seasons.

Soccer

After Frankie Hejduk and Landon Donovan scored, the United States nearly frittered away its lead and a spot in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. Hejduk, who missed last summer's World Cup with a knee injury, scored his first goal in almost seven years and Donovan converted his third penalty kick of the tournament. Then the United States hung on for a 2-1 victory against Canada in Chicago, getting help when an apparent tying goal in injury time was disallowed on a disputed offside call. The defending champions, who are unbeaten in the tournament, play Mexico or Guadeloupe on Sunday.

Basketball

Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt, 55, fainted at home and was being treated for dehydration at a hospital. Summitt, who won her seventh NCAA championship this past season, was being treated at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville.

Baseball

Alabama coach Jim Wells announced his retirement, closing a 13-year stay with the Crimson Tide that included three trips to the College World Series.

Jeff Albies, who led William Paterson in Wayne, N.J., to two Division III national championships in 1992 and '96 and more than 800 wins in 33 years as coach, retired.

Tennessee hired Western Carolina's Todd Raleigh to replace longtime coach Rod Delmonico, who was fired earlier this month.

St. Bonaventure coach Larry Sudbrook was fined $1,000 after he pleaded guilty to trying to carry a .357 Magnum revolver onto a commercial airplane in May.

Auto racing

Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, a.k.a. "The Rock," says the 42-year-old track is no longer profitable and will be sold at auction. The community has been concerned about the track's fate since it lost its Nextel Cup race in 2004.