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Signing Day notebook: Nebraska flips 4-star WR Cortez Mills
Nebraska plucked a prize from old rival Oklahoma on Wednesday, inking wide receiver Cortez Mills on early National Signing Day.,Mills committed to Oklahoma on July 1. He decommitted on Wednesday, then signed with the Cornhuskers. Mills, from Homestead (Fla.), told On3 that the Nebraska recruiting st...
Bowl notebook: San Jose State, South Florida to meet in Hawaii Bowl
San Jose State will face South Florida in the Hawaii Bowl, officials announced Tuesday.,The contest will be held Dec. 24 on the Hawaii campus in Honolulu.,The Spartans (7-5) of the Mountain West completed the regular season by beating neighbor Stanford 34-31 on Friday. San Jose State features star r...
SEC notebook: Sooners savor rest; Florida, Georgia happy to be home
Oklahoma is getting healthy while getting a freshman quarterback ready for No. 2 Texas at the Cotton Bowl.,Sooners coach Brent Venables expects an immense benefit to true freshman Michael Hawkins -- and seven injured starters -- with a bye this week before taking on the rival Longhorns.,"It's a bene...
Rams place WR Puka Nacua, pair of OL on IR
The Los Angeles Rams officially placed dynamic wide receiver Puka Nacua and two starting offensive linemen on injured reserve Wednesday amid a flurry of moves. ,Guard Steve Avila, left tackle Joe Noteboom and Nacua all will have to miss at least four games. ,In corresponding moves, the Rams signed G...
Rams WR Puka Nacua has PCL sprain, headed to IR
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua suffered a PCL sprain in his right knee Sunday night and will be placed on injured reserve, coach Sean McVay told reporters Monday.,McVay confirmed that Nacua re-aggravated a knee injury originally suffered during joint practices with the Los Angeles Charger...
Rams WR Puka Nacua has PCL sprain, IR possible
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua suffered a PCL sprain in his right knee in Sunday night's game, and injured reserve is an option for him, coach Sean McVay told reporters Monday.,Nacua appeared to sustain the injury on a 6-yard catch with 6:36 left in the second quarter of the Rams' 26-20 l...
Aces C A'ja Wilson (foot) ruled out vs. Liberty
Las Vegas star center A'ja Wilson was ruled out of Sunday's game against the host New York Liberty, marking the first game that she will miss in the last three seasons.,Wilson, who was not listed on the initial injury report, was seen sporting a walking boot on her right foot. The two-time WNBA MVP ...
College football notebook: Bobby Petrino's new ID, QB at Arkansas
Bobby Petrino rides back into the SEC and returns to Arkansas this weekend, a reminder that college football is stranger than fiction.,Petrino, 63, has this habit of resurfacing at old haunts.,Heading up the Razorbacks' offense and coaching quarterbacks feels more significant than previous boomerang...
NASCAR notebook: Michael McDowell captures Daytona pole
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-- Former Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell captured the pole position for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- his fourth career pole, but first at the sport's iconic track.,It will be an all Fr...
NFL adjusts rule to address 'cheat motion'
The NFL has adjusted the rulebook for 2024 to hinder so-called "speed motion" -- "cheat motion" to its detractors, NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk reported Thursday.,The pre-snap technique showed up in the NFL last season, with offensive players who are in motion gathering their momentum by leaning to...
Argentina upset in chaotic soccer opener; France blanks U.S.
PARIS -- A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2.,Argentina's Cristian Medina scored deep in injury ...
Big Ten notebook: USC, UCLA face tall task in loaded Big Ten
With their summer 2022 joint declaration of intent to leave the Pac-12 in 2024, Los Angeles-based rivals UCLA and Southern California began a groundswell that fundamentally changed the college football landscape. The two programs hope to find stable footing as they begin membership in the Big Ten.,T...
Big Ten notebook: Ohio State's new Chip
In late July, the heat is on almost everywhere.,But in Columbus, Ohio, the heat has been on Ohio State head coach Ryan Day since 2021. ,Losing three straight rivalry games to Michigan will leave a fan base ticked at the coach who's being paid millions not to lose those games.,With Chip Kelly running...
NHL notebook: Lightning's Victor Hedman gets 4-year extension
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman isn't going anywhere.,Hedman, who has been with Tampa Bay for the first 15 seasons of his NHL career, signed a four-year, $32 million extension on Tuesday to remain with the Lightning through the 2028-29 campaign.,Hedman, 33, racked up 76 points (13 goals...
NBA notebook: Cavs reportedly retain Donovan Mitchell
Donovan Mitchell plans to sign a three-year, $150.3 million maximum-level contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to multiple media reports on Tuesday.,Mitchell's deal includes a player option for the third year (2027-28), providing the All-Star guard the potential to return to free agency ...
NHL free agency notebook: Predators' haul features Steven Stamkos
The Nashville Predators are signing forwards Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault and defenseman Brady Skjei, multiple outlets reported Monday.,Stamkos, the longtime Tampa Bay Lightning captain, agreed to a four-year, $32 million deal. Marchessault's agreement is for five years and $27.5 million...
Who is the best point guard in the NBA?
What is a point guard in today’s NBA? The role and term has evolved so much from the 1990s when the position was defined by midrange scoring, playmaking and limited athleticism. Today’s concept of a point guard runs the whole gamut, across all five positions, where a center in Denver is the best pas...
Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....
What matters most about Rudy Gobert’s money signs is he meant it
Renowned aggravator Rudy Gobert pissed off another group of people Friday night, and though getting T’d up isn’t newsworthy in itself, it’s what the Frenchman did to earn a technical that’s interesting. In the closing seconds of the Cleveland-Minnesota game with his team ahead by a point, the Timber...
Jacksonville Jaguars embezzler went full Florida Man with his $22 million
The Florida man in Amit Patel — the Jaguars’ employee who embezzled $22 million from the team — was very strong. You’d expect that much ill-gotten cash would be spent on things that the cast of The Italian Job would buy, but this is the land of Parrot Heads, so the preferred route is to go hog wild ...