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MINNEAPOLIS -- No criminal charges will be filed in an investigation of University of Minnesota wrestlers allegedly involved in the sale and use of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, prosecutors said Wednesday.In a report, university police investigators said Hennepin County prosecutors declined to pursue the case due to lack of evidence.We have declined to press charges at this time, Jean Heyer, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors office, told The Associated Press. She would not elaborate.Also, Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal told the Star Tribune that there was not enough evidence to support misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor charges against wrestling coach J Robinson. Segal said university police presented their case to her office last week, after going to the county attorneys office.We reviewed all the evidence and there was not sufficient evidence to support charges in the case and its as simple as that, Segal said. University officials did not inquire about drug charges against wrestlers who were allegedly involved, the newspaper reported.Campus police had been conducting an investigation into a team members disputed allegation that Robinson attempted to cover up the widespread sale and use of Xanax by his wrestlers.Robinson was placed on paid leave on June 1. The university launched its own investigation last month. The internal investigation continues, and the university is not commenting while that inquiry remains active, university spokesman Evan Lapiska said Wednesday.Robinsons attorney, Ryan Kaess, said he was pleased with the decision.Im glad that prosecutors did the right thing, he told AP.Kaess told the Star Tribune on Tuesday that the coach was trying to help his athletes by denying police access. He also called the alleged Xanax sales ticky-tack violations.Robinson has led the Gophers to three national championships in 30 years. Shaquille ONeal Jersey . 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OXON HILL, Md. -- John Schuerholz was perfectly happy at his job, teaching world geography and English to eighth graders in suburban Baltimore.Even so, one day he decided to mail it in.A letter, that is. A note the one-time Towson University second baseman wrote to the owner of the hometown Orioles, saying he really wanted to work in baseball, that he might be able to do some good.A half-century after he dropped that note with the post office, the game delivered its biggest prize: Schuerholz was elected to the Hall of Fame.And it all started with that letter in that free period at North Point Junior High in Dundalk, he reminisced Sunday.Schuerholz was the first general manager to assemble teams that won the World Series in both leagues, capturing crowns with Kansas City in 1985 and Atlanta in 1995.His Braves won a hard-to-believe 14 straight division championships, a run that began in his first season with them. Prior to that, Atlanta hadnt won so much as a single playoff game in its 25-year existence.I always had aspirations to be a successful general manager, the 76-year-old Schuerholz said.In 26 years as a GM, his teams won 16 division titles and six pennants.Schuerholz was a unanimous choice, picked by all 16 voters on a veterans committee at the winter meetings a few miles outside Washington. Former Commissioner Bud Selig also was elected to the Hall by the Todays Game Era panel, and theyll be enshrined on July 30 in Cooperstown, New York.Schuerholz praised everyone who helped him achieve the honor, including his new Hall teammates -- Atlanta pitchers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz, plus manager Bobby Cox. Star third baseman Chipper Jones is sure to join them soon, too.Al Kaline, Joe Torre and Pat Gillick weree among those who quickly reached out with congratulations, welcoming him to the club.ddddddddddddUnder Schuerholz, the Braves revamped the culture of the organization, and boosted baseball all across the South. His management strategy focused on stability and resisted knee-jerk change.The right plan, the right people, he said.In 2007, Schuerholz left his job as GM and became team president. He had only one regret, that the Braves turned those 14 division titles into just one World Series ring.What else is there? Schuerholz said at the time. It would have been, unequivocally, the complete validation of the grand nature of this franchise. Nobody could have said anything about the Atlanta Braves and ended the sentence with the word `but.Schuerholz is now a vice chairman with the team, helping prepare for its move to SunTrust Park next season.A son of a former Philadelphia Athletics minor league second baseman, Schuerholz has stamped his name in baseball. His son, Jon, played second base in the minors for the Braves and now works as a club executive.An avid golfer and fan of the street-corner songs that harmonized in the 1950s, Schuerholz was teaching in 1966 when he sent that letter to Orioles owner Jerry Hoffberger.The note got passed around the front office, and landed him a spot in minor league operations. In 1969, he joined the expansion Royals and became GM a dozen years later, followed by his success with the Braves.Here I am, 51 years later, he said.No matter that his first goal -- playing in the majors -- never panned out.I came to a reckoning, he said. The scouts were more right than I was. ' ' '