An Italian gay-rights activist said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: ''Gay is OK.'' Police on Monday denied this happened. Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television personality, told The Associated Press she was held for several hours Sunday before she was released. A duty officer at the central police station in Sochi told The Associated Press they have never had an Italian national in custody. Luxuria's agent, Fabio Saccani, told the AP from Italy his client had been held for five to six hours in a station room, and she was unable to understand what was happening because only Russian was spoken.

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) -- The Norwegian men's Alpine skiing coach says Aksel Lund Svindal is leaving the Olympics because he has problems with allergies and fatigue.

French investigators have ruled out any criminal wrongdoing in the debilitating ski accident of Formula One great Michael Schumacher, a state prosecutor said Monday. Albertville prosecutor Patrick Quincy said ''no infraction by anyone has been turned up'' and the probe has been closed, his office said in a statement - responding to questions about whether the Meribel ski station in the French Alps or an equipment maker might have had some role in Schumacher's injury. Schumacher has been treated at Grenoble University Hospital in southeastern France since then. Quincy's office said the rock that caused Schumacher to fall was 10.4 meters (34 feet) away from another rock upon which he hit his head - and each were more than 4 meters away from the edge of the red-level piste that he was on.

From the first play to the final minute, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving made it clear how the East felt about this All-Star game. Irving had 31 points and 14 assists and was voted the MVP, Carmelo Anthony made a record eight 3-pointers and scored 30 points, and the East stopped a three-game losing streak with a 163-155 victory over the West on Sunday night in the highest-scoring All-Star game ever. Fed up with losing the midseason game and tired of the East being picked on for its mediocrity this season, James had a steal and dunk on the first possession, long before defense usually shows up in the All-Star game. ''They beat us the last three years and they had a lot of bragging rights, so to be able to come through being down 18 was huge.'' Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin each finished with 38 points, four shy of Wilt Chamberlain's All-Star game record, for the West.

Terran Petteway and Walter Pitchford pushed Nebraska to one historic win. Petteway scored 23 points, Pitchford had 18 and the Cornhuskers beat Michigan State 60-51 on Sunday to get to .500 in the Big Ten for the first time since joining the conference. ''We really came in and played with a chip on our shoulder,'' said Petteway, who had 16 in the second half. It also was Nebraska's first Big Ten win over Michigan State.