Cincinnati interim football coach Jeff Quinn will be Buffalo’s new head coach, replacing Turner Gill, who took the job at Kansas. Quinn will remain the No. 3-ranked Bearcats’ skipper through their Sugar Bowl date with Florida Jan. 1. With 27 years of college coaching experience, Quinn returns to the Mid-American Conference, where he served as offensive coordinator at Central Michigan . . . Michigan junior cornerback Donovan Warren declared for the NFL draft, saying he believes it’s the right time to take his game to the next level. Warren’s four interceptions led the Wolverines this season . . . Iowa starting basketball guard Anthony Tucker was suspended indefinitely after Iowa City police said he was arrested for public intoxication.

American Lindsey Vonn capped a successful weekend with a third-place finish in the super-G event at Val D’Isere, France, regaining the overall lead in the World Cup standings from Germany’s Maria Riesch. Following her victory in Friday’s super combined, Vonn finished strong to gain a spot on the super-G podium. Franzi Aufdenblatten posted her first Cup victory, leading Nadia Styger to a 1-2 Swiss finish with Vonn .26 seconds off the pace. Vonn (581) leads Riesch by 50 points in the standings . . . Italians Max Blardone and Davide Simoncelli finished 1-2 in the World Cup giant slalom at Alta Badia, Italy, and Ted Ligety was the top American, finishing seventh. Bode Miller was 33d. Austrian Benjamin Raich (565 points) finished fourth to retake the overall Cup lead from Switzerland’s Carlo Janka (553) . . . Two-time Olympic champion Andre Lange won a four-man bobsled World Cup race on his home track at Altenberg, Germany, and American Steven Holcomb placed second. Lange’s team finished .76 seconds ahead of Holcomb. The American won the three previous four-man races and leads the Cup standings with 1,053 points, 115 ahead of Janis Minins of Latvia. American John Napier equaled his best showing on the Altenberg track, placing 10th . . . Tim Burke of Lake Placid, N.Y., became the first American biathlete to take the overall lead in the World Cup standings by placing sixth in a men’s 12.5-kilometer pursuit in Pokljuka, Slovenia . . . In Ramsau, Austria, Bjorn Kircheisen of Germany held off Magnus Moan of Norway in the final sprint to win a Nordic combined World Cup event for his 14th career victory. Double world champion Todd Lodwick was the top US finisher, taking fifth . . . Tomaz Druml of Austria won a Nordic combined event at Lake Placid, while Taylor Fletcher (fourth) and Alexander Miller (10th) were the top American finishers.

The Athletics are close to a deal with free agent Coco Crisp on a one-year contract with a club option for the 2011 season, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations. The 30-year-old former Red Sox can play all three outfield positions but is primarily a center fielder. While the A’s have been happy with Rajai Davis, he might wind up playing one of the corner spots to clear room for Crisp in center. Crisp underwent season-ending shoulder surgery in June and batted .228 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 49 games for the Royals, who last month declined their $8 million option to bring Crisp back in 2010 . . . Richie Ramsay birdied the first hole of a playoff to defeat Shiv Kapur and win the European Tour’s South African Open in Paarl. Ramsay, the 2006 US Amateur champion from Scotland, shot a 7-under 65 to finish at 13-under 275 at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Pearl Valley CC. Kapur shot 67. Third-round leader Pablo Martin bogeyed the third hole and never recovered, finishing three strokes back with a 73.