Sports in Brief | Three charged with assault on N.C. players

Authorities in Chapel Hill, N.C., have charged two women and a man with a weekend attack on three North Carolina football players, which police said was motivated by robbery and included the sexual assault of at least two players. Police said the players were attacked early Sunday at their off-campus apartment.

All three were bound with tape, and the man threatened the players with a butcher knife, according to police. None of the players required medical attention. Authorities charged  Monique Jenice Taylor,  28,  Tnika Monta Washington,  29, and  Michael Troy Lewis,  32, with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit a felony, and resisting arrest. All three were from the Durham-Greenville area. Taylor and Washington also were charged with a first-degree sexual offense. Lewis also was charged with robbery, possession of stolen goods and assault on government officials. New football coach  Rich Rodriguez  fired nine of Michigan's assistant coaches on his second day ...