“Two-in-Four” Upheld: The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear an appeal of the NCAA’s so-called “two-in-four” rule. The ruling, made last year by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court, upholds the legality of the NCAA’s rule of allowing D-I schools to participate in certified basketball contests no more than twice every four years. Two groups of college basketball promoters had sought to strike down the rule on antitrust grounds in 2003. The case now returns to the 6th District (Ohio), where the injunction halting NCAA enforcement of the rule will be lifted. [10/5/05]