Brett has been president of the company since 2001. The company did not return an inquiry seeking comment.
In other baseball news:
* NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a 2-year, $19 million contract.
* Police say Danny Clyburn Jr., an outfielder who played briefly for Baltimore and Tampa Bay in the late 1990s, was shot and killed in his hometown of Lancaster, S.C. A man who was seen arguing with Clyburn turned himself in and was charged with murder.
* Oakland agreed to contract extensions for general manager Billy Beane and team president Michael Crowley through 2019.
Colleges *
Memphis is expected to leave Conference USA for the Big East in all sports in 2013.
* South Carolina named Chris Rogers its head of NCAA compliance. Since 2007, Rogers has overseen compliance for football and six other sports at Ohio State since 2007.
* Washington State linebacker C.J. Mizell was kicked off the team after his arrest in connection with a fight at a fraternity house.
* A misdemeanor drug charge against former Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick has been dropped in Bradenton, Fla.
Sport Stops *
The World Anti-Doping Agency said new research findings expected this spring could suggest as many as 1 in 10 athletes who compete internationally may be doping. Accepted wisdom, drawn from annual testing statistics, was that "maybe between 1 and 2 percent of athletes who are tested are cheating," WADA director general David Howman said.
Also, the WADA urged U.S. federal authorities to quickly hand over evidence collected in their lengthy probe into Lance Armstrong and doping in American cycling. Federal prosecutors dropped the investigation of Armstrong last Friday.
Philly File *
Villanova junior forward Laura Sweeney was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 2 Women's Basketball Team. Also, the Wildcats' Lauren Burford was named Big East freshman of the week.
