TAMPA - The University of Tampa has canceled a speech by alumnus Alex Daoud, the former Miami Beach mayor who served a prison sentence for accepting bribes and then wrote a confessional book called "Sins of South Beach."

Top UT officials apparently were worried about the speech coming after the school's links to another corrupt politician, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, were publicized recently.

Communications professor Tom Garrett arranged the speech, which was scheduled for Wednesday, after reading Daoud's book.