New York ? Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush is expected to be stripped of the award by the end of the month

The former Southern Cal running back would become the first player in the 75-year history of the award to have the Heisman Trophy taken away. The report also said the award would be left vacant for ’05.

The NCAA found major violations in USC’s football program and levied serious sanctions against the school in June.

“I can tell you the Heisman Trophy trust has made no decision regarding the Reggie Bush situation,” Robert Whalen, executive director of the Heisman Trophy Trust, told the Associated Press on Tuesday.

The website cited two anonymous sources close to the Heisman Trophy Trust, who say the group’s investigation is almost complete and would agree with the NCAA’s finding that Bush was ineligible during the ’05 season.

College football

Big Sky adds Cal Poly, UC Davis

The football teams from Cal Poly and UC Davis are joining the Big Sky Conference, league commissioner Doug Fullerton said Tuesday.

The universities accepted the invitations to join the conference as football-only schools late last week after university presidents approved an exception to league rules that require all member schools to take part in the same 14 sports.

Cal Poly and UC Davis are Football Championship Subdivision members that compete in the Great West Conference but participate in the Big West Conference for the majority of their sports.

A timeline for the move has not been set.

Baseball

Aaron ‘saddened’ by steroid stories

New York — Hank Aaron’s verdict on baseball’s steroid scandal: “Saddened.”

Aaron, long reluctant to weigh in too strongly on the stories involving steroids and baseball, said Tuesday he’ll keep sticking with that tact in the cases of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, both accused of lying about using steroids and facing trial next spring

“I’m just saddened by it,” said Aaron, who held the all-time home run record until Bonds broke it in 2007. “I’m not a judge and I’m not a juror and I don’t know who’s guilty and who’s what. I’m just saddened for baseball and saddened for Clemens and Bonds, both.”

College basketball

Connecticut files response

Storrs, Conn. — Connecticut filed its response Tuesday to allegations of major recruiting violations in its men’s basketball program, but won’t make that response public this week. Tuesday was the deadline for the Huskies to respond to the eight infractions cited by the NCAA in May.

UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy said the response fills up several three-ring binders. He said some information given to the NCAA must be redacted before the report is made public in order to comply with state and federal privacy laws.

GM: UK recruit took cash

Istanbul — Kentucky recruit Enes Kanter received more than $100,000 in cash and benefits while he played for a professional team in Turkey, the club’s general manager told The New York Times.

Nedim Karakas, the GM for Fenerbahce Ulker, said the team has handed over banking and housing records to the NCAA, which is reviewing Kanter’s amateur status.

“The NCAA asked officially what we paid,” he told the newspaper. “We took from the bank what we paid. Normally, we send all the documents that we have. They asked for more things. They asked for the rent, what we paid.”

The 6-foot-11, 272-pound Kanter is one of the top prospects in Kentucky’s highly rated recruiting class.

Golf

Ryder Cup includes … Fowler?

New York — Tiger Woods was a no-brainer as a captain’s pick for the Ryder Cup.

Rickie Fowler?

That required a little more than deep thought.

“It just came down to feelings,” captain Corey Pavin said. “I had a gut feeling about Rickie.”

Fowler, the 21-year-old mop top who only turned pro 11 months ago, made history Tuesday as the first PGA Tour rookie on the American team and the first captain’s pick never to have won on tour.

He was the only big mystery when Pavin announced his four picks at the New York Stock Exchange. Pavin also chose a pair of major champions, Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson, both of whom have played the Ryder Cup on the road.

The matches will be held Oct. 1-3 at Celtic Manor in Wales.

NFL

Parcells relinquishes control

Miami — Bill Parcells is putting his protege in charge.

The Miami Dolphins’ football czar has given control of the team to general manager Jeff Ireland but will retain a role as a daily consultant. The Dolphins announced the move in a three-sentence statement Tuesday, five days before the start of the season.

The change was part of a long-range plan when the Parcells regime took over at the end of the 2007 season, the statement said.

In other NFL news:

• David Veikune went from outside linebacker to outsider with the Browns. The team waived the disappointing second-round draft pick Tuesday.

• Quarterback Matt Leinart has officially joined the Houston Texans. The former Heisman Trophy signed a one-year contract Tuesday. He was cut by the Cardinals on Saturday.

• The New York Jets have re-signed veteran fullback Tony Richardson two days after cutting him.

• Broncos tailback LenDale White underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured right Achilles’ tendon that will sideline him for the season.

• Veteran safety Jordan Babineaux has been re-signed by the Seattle Seahawks. Babineaux rejoined the Seahawks on Tuesday, a day after he was waived by the team.

Soccer

FIFA team to visit White House

New York — FIFA’s World Cup inspectors will have breakfast at the White House today, a highlight of their three-day tour of potential stadiums and facilities for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.

FIFA’s executive committee votes on both hosts Dec. 2, and the U.S. is the eighth of nine stops on the tour.