More than five years after Baylor fired football coach Art Briles in response to a scathing review of the university's handling of sexual assault allegations made against students, including football players, the NCAA ruled on Wednesday that Briles and the university didn't violate its rules by their inaction. Based on other violations related to impermissible benefits and improper recruiting practices involving a female hostess group, the NCAA committee on infractions placed Baylor on four years' probation and imposed other recruiting restrictions against the program. The NCAA didn't ban the Bears from playing in the postseason this upcoming season and didn't take away any scholarships. A former assistant director of football operations unnamed in the report but later identified as Odell James, who failed to cooperate in the investigation, was given a five-year show-cause order. In its report, the NCAA said the committee could not conclude that Baylor or Briles violated NCAA rules...